NASA Senior Software Safety and Assurance Engineer
SAIC
**Description**
**Position Description** :
In support of NASA Safety and Mission Assurance (S&MA), the primary purpose of the GFE Software Assurance Engineer position is to assure that acquired and developed GFE software products supporting spaceflight are safe, reliable, and capable of performing required functions. GFE projects supported fall under the International Space Station, Artemis/Orion, Gateway Lunar Outpost, Extravehicular Activity, and various other NASA initiatives. Our products include analysis/ assessment reports, safety data package inputs; documented comments, issues, and discrepancies; product inspection/review results; analysis and recommendations for NASA/SAIC management via milestone and product reviews, program panels/boards and Certificate of Flight Readiness (CoFR); as well as drafting procedures.
Position duties include the following: Assure that GFE software requirements, design, and products meet NASA Flight Program and Safety & Mission Assurance (S&MA) software assurance requirements; assess software development, test, verification, process documentation, and change products and identify issues and non-compliances; and perform analysis (e.g., code test coverage, static analysis) to ensure compliance with program safety requirements (e.g., program Computer Based Controls System Safety Requirements) and applicable NASA standards (NPR 7150.2, NASA-STD-8739.8B).
**Qualifications**
Possess a bachelors or higher degree in computer science, software engineering, or computer engineering. Degrees in other engineering/ science/ technical fields will be considered with sufficient related education or experience.
Applicants with a BS degree should have 8 or more years of experience, in one or more of the following areas. Applicants with MS or Ph.D. 3 or more years of related experience can substitute education for experience:
ยท The development, assurance, and certification of complex, critical computerized control systems safety for systems containing software or programmable electronics, to include implementation of technical requirements for safety. This may include NASA systems, or commercial systems (e.g., medical devices, energy, aviation).
**Preferred Training, Education, and Experience**
Training, education, and/or experience in the following areas is preferred:
+ The development, assurance, and certification of complex, critical computerized control systems safety for systems containing software or programmable electronics, to include implementation of technical requirements for safety.This may include NASA systems, or commercial systems (e.g., medical devices, energy, aviation)
+ Distributed software control systems
+ Models and simulations
+ Fault Management
+ UML
+ Time Triggered Ethernet (TTE)
SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.
Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.
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