Software Safety Specialist

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MANTECH seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented Software Safety Specialist to help support our current USMC contract out of Stafford, VA. MANTECH is responsible for assisting our Government customers to ensure that material solutions developed or acquired by MCSC are system engineered, integrated, interoperable, and certified to provide the warfighter with equipment required to accomplish their mission.

General Responsibilities:

• Analyze military equipment for software safety hazards and conduct risk assessments, ensuring consistent compliance with all applicable software safety requirements during testing and fielding events.
• Investigate mishaps, property damage, and near-miss incidents to gain an understanding of the causes and advance towards effective actions to mitigate or eradicate hazards.
• Provide recommendations regarding software system safety for acquisition areas of responsibility (e.g., safety releases, risk acceptances, regulatory guidance, etc.) and verify that DoD programs adhere to regulations and best practices such as DoDI 5000.02 and MIL-STD-882.
• Provide independent analysis of programmatic environment, safety, and occupational health (ESOH) efforts, ensuring effective integration into overall systems engineering activities, supporting integrated logistics assessments and milestone and fielding recommendations, providing software subject matter expert review and recommendations for acquisition program safety requirements.
• Help prepare programs for Software System Safety Technical Review Panel presentations.

Mandatory Requirements:

• A Bachelor's Degree and a minimum of 2 years of experience developing complex systems. An additional 2 years of experience may be substituted in lieu of degree.
• Experience tracking and testing requirements to adhere to software safety processes and procedures.
• Experience using software development environments and tools, including Eclipse, Microsoft Visual Studio, or Rational Software.
• Experience with operating systems and compiler technologies.

Preferred Qualifications:

• DoDI 5000.88, MIL-STD-882, and IEEE STD-1228 safety guidance and best practices.
• Experience with Field Programmable Gate Arrays, Programmable Logic Devices, or firmware development on military vehicular platforms or with ordnance / weapons systems.
• Possession of excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Knowledge of DoD/USMC garrison and tactical environments.
• Prior military experience.

Security Clearance Required:

Must have an Active DoD Top Secret/SCI Clearance

Physical Requirements:

Sedentary work

The projected compensation range for this position is $114,600.00-$190,200.00. There are differentiating factors that can impact a final salary/hourly rate, including, but not limited to, Contract Wage Determination, relevant work experience, skills and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location (For Remote Opportunities), education and certifications as well as Federal Government Contract Labor categories. In addition, MANTECH invests in its employees beyond just compensation. MANTECH’s benefits offerings include, dependent upon position, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, Holiday Pay, short-term and long-term Disability, Retirement and Savings, Learning and Development opportunities, wellness programs as well as other optional benefit elections.

MANTECH considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to disability or veteran status or any other status protected under any federal, state, or local law or regulation.

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