System/Software Safety Engineer

Company: Horizontal
Location: Broomfield
Posted on: January 6, 2021

Job Description:

*Engineer Senior - System Safety (Software Safety)* As a member of the Mission Assurance, System Safety Engineering Organization, the Software Safety Engineer will be expected to perform software safety and software reliability related tasks on multiple programs covering all phases of program, software development (including programmable devices such as FPGAs and ASICs), and system safety lifecycles. *What You'll Do* * Performs software safety analyses to identify whether software can contribute to a hazard. * The Software Safety Engineer will assess and evaluate hardware and software functionality and interfaces (including human-in-the-loop) to identify safety critical computer system functions and safety critical software. * Identifies specific software modules or functions associated with the hazard cause, identifies hazard elimination and hazard control methodologies and associated software safety requirements, and verifies that the inhibits and controls incorporated to eliminate or mitigate hazards are effective. * Perform software safety-critical assessments based on government and civilian safety standards. * Prepares software safety plans or contributes to system safety plans, including software safety. * Ensures that safety-critical software functions are tracked and that risks are reduced through valid controls to ensure safer software operation within a system. * Ensure that software requirements specifications clearly identify the software safety requirements. * Ensure bi-directional traceability between software safety requirements and system hazards, which traces down to the software design, implementation, and verification method. * Ensures that safety issues related to software are addressed in formal and informal reviews and that specific safety analyses and tests are performed especially when there are specific software safety issues and potential hazards. * Interfaces with the testing organizations to ensure verification of hazard controls implemented by software. * Reviews safety-critical software requirements for inclusion in project technical specifications. * Familiarity with hazard analyses, such as fault tree analysis (FTA), functional hazard assessment (FHA), safety assessment reports (SAR) and subsystem hazard analysis (SHA). * Reviews Systems Integration and Test Activities and Launch Site Operations to evaluate software as a potential hazard cause. * Develops system operational reliability metrics based on system requirements for failure rates, Mean Time to Failure, Mean Time to Recovery, system availability, up time, etc. * Performs software code analysis for defect predictions, defect density, code complexity, test effectiveness, and requirements verification. * Relocation available

Keywords: Horizontal, Broomfield , System/Software Safety Engineer, IT / Software / Systems , Broomfield, Colorado