Date Posted:
2023-10-25
Country:
United States of America
Location:
AL218: 315 Bob Heath Drive,Huntsville 315 Bob Heath Drive , Huntsville, AL, 35806 USA
Position Role Type:
Onsite
About Us:
At Raytheon, the foundation of everything we do is rooted in our values and a higher calling – to help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression. We bring the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat. Our team solves tough, meaningful problems that create a safer, more secure world.
Life Cycle Engineering (LCE) is responsible for ensuring our products are Safe, Reliable, Maintainable and delivered on time. Life Cycle Engineering consists of multiple disciplines that support engineering, our program offices and our customers. Our Life Cycle Engineering disciplines participate in the total life cycle of our products from conception to deactivation. Our focus area is product support, including the following disciplines: Reliability System Safety and Supportability.
Job Summary:
As a Principal Software / System Safety Engineer, you are an integral participant in the design/development process and are responsible for performing risk analyses to identify risks and influence design to eliminate or minimize safety hazards. In this role, you will work with a multi-disciplinary team responsible for both Software and System Safety.
This requisition is posted as ONSITE and is based in Huntsville, AL.
Responsibilities to Anticipate:
Specific responsibilities may include:
- Developing Software Safety Requirements and providing requirements analysis and flow-down of Safety requirements and attributes
- Conducting safety analyses and documenting results (i.e., Preliminary Hazard Analysis, Functional Hazard Analysis, Software/Firmware Hazard Analysis, Fault Trees, Safety Assessment Report, Hazard Tracking System)
- Performing code analyses to determine whether code has the potential to command the hardware and contribute to a hazard
- Supporting System Safety Working Groups, US Government Safety Review Boards (e.g., Software System Safety Technical Review Panel (SSSTRP)), Technical Interchange Meetings, and Change Review Boards
- Partnering with the software development team on verification procedures to ensure safety requirements are tested with the proper level of rigor
Basic Qualifications:
- Typically Requires: Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) and a minimum 8 years of relevant engineering experience. An advanced degree may account for additional years of experience as required for this position.
- Experience as a Software Safety Engineer, Software Engineer, System Safety Engineer, Systems Engineer or equivalent
- Leadership experience
- Ability to obtain and maintain a US Secret Security clearance is required. US citizenship is required as only US citizens are eligible for a security clearance
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience working with command & control systems and/or combat/weapon systems
- Understanding of technical theories and concepts related to system safety engineering and combat/weapon systems design
- Planning, performing analyses, and reporting results IAW MIL-STD-882
- Demonstrated experience executing a System Safety Program with Software Safety Analysis in a DoD environment.
- Exposure to software development processes and methodologies, particularly Agile, Scrum, and spiral development
- Software requirements development and verification
- Use of tools, such as Dynamic Object Oriented Requirements System (DOORS) database tool, JIRA, Confluence, Clearcase, Rhapsody/Cameo, Windchill Product Data Manager (PDM), Jenkins
- Familiarity with AMCOM 385-17, Joint Software System Safety Committee (JSSSC) Handbook, MIL-HDBK-454, MIL-STD-1472, MIL-STD-1474, MIL-STD-464, and MIL-STD-1425.
- Experience with Software System Safety Technical Review Panels (SSSTRPs) or Software Materiel Release activities
- Strong communication skills, verbal and written
- Microsoft Office proficiency
What We Offer
Whether you are just starting out on your career journey or are an experienced professional, we offer a total rewards package that goes above and beyond with compensation; healthcare, wellness, retirement and work/life benefits; career development and recognition programs. Some of the outstanding benefits on offer include parental (including paternal) leave, flexible work schedules, achievement awards, educational assistance and child/adult backup care.
Additional Information:
* Please consider the following role type definition as you apply for this role.
- Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.
Additional Details: This job is posted internally as: Principal Engineer, Systems Engineering
About Huntsville: https://jobs.raytheonmissilesanddefense.com/living-in-huntsville
Clearance Information: This position requires the eligibility to obtain a security clearance. The Defense Industrial Security Clearance Office (DISCO), an agency of the Department of Defense, handles and adjudicates the security clearance process. More information about Security Clearances can be found on the US Department of State government website here: https://www.state.gov/m/ds/clearances/c10978.htm
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