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Job ID: 2506547-SAN_JOSE-CA

Location: SAN JOSE, CA, US

Date Posted: 2025-06-10

Category: Engineering and Sciences

Subcategory: Sys Safety Engr

Schedule: Full-time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time

Minimum Clearance Required: Interim Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Secret

Potential for Remote Work: No

Description

SAIC has an immediate need for a Senior Software Safety Engineer for the Precision Fires (PF) projects for performance of risk analyses and hazard analyses on integrated systems forming part of advanced weapons systems for the DoD. They will be responsible for oversight of a portfolio of engineering developments and will provide assurance of engineering activities. They will support design engineers to build evidence-based safety cases for their products and will assure compliance to hardware and software engineering processes for safety critical and safety related systems. This position will sit in Huntsville, AL.

Job Description:

• Development of software safety targets and software safety requirements.
• Execute hazard analyses required to support identification of software safety requirements in accordance with business standards and program / product objectives.
• Development of specific application, generic application and generic product safety cases.
• Document and communicate results of technical data generated to internal and external customers.
• Co-ordinate the timely production of the necessary design safety documentation, especially the relevant safety cases and related documentation for approval milestones.
• Conduct/facilitate PHA, FMEA, Fault Tree Analysis and other safety studies with Engineering groups.
• Develop and maintain Hazard Tracking Log.

Qualifications

Education Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in a STEM related degree and fourteen (14) years' experience; additional six (6) years' experience can be considered in lieu of degree (per contract vehicle).

Clearance Requirements:

• Must possess an active Interim Secret clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a full Secret clearance.

Required Skills:

• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to conduct research into issues and products.
• Ability to present ideas in user-friendly language and visuals.
• Highly self-motivated and directed.
• Keen attention to detail.
• Proven analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
• Experience operating as a software safety engineer (or senior engineer with software safety and assurance responsibilities), across complex, large scale systems.
• Proven experience in software safety engineering.
• Familiarity with design, test and analysis tools and systems.
• Familiarity with Hazard Analysis per MIL STD 882E.
• Familiarity with the Joint Software Systems Safety Engineering Handbook (JSSEH).

Target salary range: $160,001 - $200,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Defense and Space Manufacturing

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