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From the employer's careers site First seen 25 Oct 2026

Mid-level Software Safety Engineer

Leidos Huntsville, AL mid full-time

Salary

$87,100 - $157,450 per year

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Description

Leidos is seeking a Mid-level Software Safety Engineer for our growing portfolio of Department of Defense programs. In this role, you will work with our software safety team supporting exciting programs.

Primary Responsibilities This position will assess software safety status of various programs to a variety of Defense software safety standards and to Leidos' CMMI-DEV Level 3 process standards.

Responsibilities include:

  • Developing software safety plans and related documentation
  • Working with customer software engineering organizations
  • Providing software safety analysis of requirements, design, coding and testing products
  • Providing software safety analysis of test cases and procedures

Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, Mathematics, or equivalent technical degree
  • 4+ years of relevant technical experience with a BS degree or 6+ years of experience with a MS degree
  • Software engineering experience in real-time safety or mission critical software systems development using languages such as C, C++, or Ada
  • Proven experience with software quality standards including NPR 7150.2C, IEEE 12207, RTCA DO-178C, or ISO 26262
  • Strong analytical skills along with a personal drive for details and quality workmanship
  • Demonstrate familiarity with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
  • Good communication skills
  • Proven ability to affect outcomes including the ability to persuade on technical topics
  • Being self-motivated, paying attention to details, and working under deadlines are key elements of this position
  • Candidate must be a resident of or be willing to relocate to the Huntsville, AL area
  • Candidate must be a US Citizen
  • Candidate must be able to acquire and maintain a Secret Clearance

Preferred Qualifications

  • Previous software safety experience in an organization appraised to CMMI-DEV Level 3 is preferred

Pay Range: $87,100.00 - $157,450.00

Skills

Required

Nice to have

  • CMMI-DEV Level 3

Ready to apply?

You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://leidos.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/Huntsville-AL/Mid-level-Software-Safety-Engineer_R-00195258

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