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Senior Principal Software Safety Engineer

Orbis Inc
Bethesda, MD Full Time
POSTED ON 4/12/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/10/2025
Job Description

Job Description:

Senior Principal Software Safety Engineer supporting engineering and Information Technology (IT) contractor services for Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock. Provide support for engineering, IT, and technical support for data analysis, software development and modifications, control system development, IT and Information assurance (IA). The work performed will be in support of various projects related to surface ships, submarines, boats and combatant craft, air vehicles, other vehicles going through air and/or water, associated trainers and simulators from any of the above, and IT infrastructure.

Required Skills and Experiences:

DESIRED EXPERIENCE: Fifteen (15) years of experience with software and system safety analysis,

risk assessment, and safety verification in accordance with the requirements of MIL-STD-882E and the

Department of Defense (DOD) Joint Software System Safety Engineering Handbook (JSSSEH) on a

variety of systems and producing documentation of analysis results. The fifteen (15) years of experience

shall include experience in all of the following:

Preparation of system/software safety requirements and verification requirements, execution of

system/software safety analyses, safety analysis reports and data packages/preparation material

for safety review panels (such as Weapons System Evaluation Review Board (WSERBs) and

Technical Review Panel (TRP)), preparation of System Safety Program Plans (SSPPs) and

System Safety Management Plans (SSMPs); FBW Audits, preparation of Safety Assessment

Reports (SAR), analysis and assessment of Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs), Software

Trouble Reports (STRs), and Software Change Notices (SCNs); and development of safety test

plans and review of safety test documentation

Development of software documentation that includes preparation of Software Development

Plans (SDPs), Software Requirement Specifications (SRSs), Software Configuration

Management Plans (SCMPs), Software Detailed Design Documents (SDDDs), and Interface

Design Documents (IDDs); and experience in the planning and performance of software quality

evaluation throughout the software development cycle

Providing safety reviews of development and design documentation, as well as hazard analyses

for Lithium-Ion battery systems such as the Critical Battery Management System (CBMS)

Degree Requirements:

REQUIRED EDUCATION: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software or IT discipline,

Engineering, or Mathematics

  • Must be a U.S. citizen with a DoD Secret Security Clearance

Company Description

ORBIS is an ISO 9001 certified, Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB) with over 20 years of major Navy Program experience leading, delivering, and managing professional support services for NAVSEA, the Warfare centers and the Navy industrial enterprise. From our beginnings in the submarine program, we have grown to also support other DOD and Federal Government branches and a number of commercial customers. ORBIS provides capabilities encompassing the full DOD lifecycle of acquisition, program management, delivery, modernization, quality, audits and certification. Our CEO, Guy Mossman, has a long history with the submarine program and before starting ORBIS was the Executive Director for PEO SUBs. Unique for a small business and always part of the company vision, we operate a research and development laboratory in Charleston, SC, focused on Automated Test Equipment and related technologies. We leverage our extensive portfolio of engineering and technical support tasks to provide innovative, cost-effective, and on-time solutions that exceed the requirements of Government and Commercial customers.

ORBIS is an ISO 9001 certified, Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB) with over 20 years of major Navy Program experience leading, delivering, and managing professional support services for NAVSEA, the Warfare centers and the Navy industrial enterprise. From our beginnings in the submarine program, we have grown to also support other DOD and Federal Government branches and a number of commercial customers. ORBIS provides capabilities encompassing the full DOD lifecycle of acquisition, program management, delivery, modernization, quality, audits and certification. Our CEO, Guy Mossman, has a long history with the submarine program and before starting ORBIS was the Executive Director for PEO SUBs. Unique for a small business and always part of the company vision, we operate a research and development laboratory in Charleston, SC, focused on Automated Test Equipment and related technologies. We leverage our extensive portfolio of engineering and technical support tasks to provide innovative, cost-effective, and on-time solutions that exceed the requirements of Government and Commercial customers.

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