Advanced Embedded Software Engineer - Safety - General Dynamics Land Systems US

Troy, MI 48083

About the Job

About the Role:

General Dynamics Land Systems is seeking an Embedded Software Safety Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position is responsible for the design, development and support of embedded software solutions for the world’s premier land-based combat vehicle producer. This position will be located at our Troy, MI location.

Company Information

General Dynamics is a successful Fortune 100, global aerospace and defense company, with over 90,000 employees world-wide. General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, has a strong foundation of delivering core engineering and manufacturing capabilities to our clients for military vehicles. Our team is focused on continuous process and productivity improvements that reduce product costs, while increasing troop safety and effectiveness. Land Systems continues to work with the US Armed Forces and its Allies to ensure these vehicles remain survivable, relevant, flexible, affordable and capable of addressing a dynamic threat environment.

Hybrid or onsite-

Due to the nature of the work, this role requires on-site presence up to 70%

What We Offer:

Starting your career or you are an experience professional, we offer a Total Rewards package that is Impactful and built for you.

Healthcare including medical, dental, vision, HSA and Flex Spending
competitive base pay, incentive pay that rewards individual and team performance, and comprehensive benefits.
401k Match (6%)
Educational Assistance
9-80 Work Schedule (This position’s standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.)
On-going learning opportunities within a diverse, inclusive and rewarding work environment
Onsite Cafeteria, remodeled with new equipment Fitness Center, and Outdoor fitness track Essential Responsibilities:

Applies knowledge, methodologies, and principles of safety engineering Such as MIL-STD-882E, Software Safety engineering as defined in the Joint Software System Safety Engineering Handbook (JSSSEH) and/or Automotive ISO26262.

Reviews product systems associated support equipment and facilities, functional specifications and operations, and establishes safety requirements for assigned systems.

Independently analyzes and recommends safety criteria in system design, equipment, and procedures to control or eliminate hazards.

Develops requirements and designs, assess implementations for hazard and causal factors to satisfy critical system safety objectives.

Develops and evaluates systems, associated support equipment and facilities, networks, and information systems to ensure designs meet applicable safety specifications and standards.

Collaborate with various design teams in the execution of various MIL-STD-882E and/or ISO26262 standard hazard analyses.

Applies engineering principles to investigate, analyze, plan, design, test, or evaluate military systems.

Reviews and prepares engineering and technical analyses, reports, change proposals, and other technical documentation for system safety and in support of Airworthiness Certification IAW MIL-HDBK-516

Reviews Software architecture, Software Designs, requirements, and interface artifacts for safety on complex hardware/ software systems

Reviews Test Plans and Procedures for safety requirements verification and potential hazardous operations

Ability to apply system safety engineering principles in accordance with MIL-STD-882 and ISO 26262 and analyses such as preliminary hazard analyses, function/system/subsystem hazard analyses, fault tree analyses, software system safety analyses and safety assessment reports.

Familiar with requirements development, system/software architecture, hardware/software design, software code implementation, test, verification, and validation• Demonstrated ability to develop, review, update and approve system safety artifacts and system safety requirements.

Perform hardware/ software safety analysis.

Ability to effectively communicate with all levels of leadership and customers and work independently.

Experience developing of C/C++ embedded software artifacts.

Experience with model-based software development techniques.

Other duties as assigned.

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor of Science degree in: Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace/Aeronautical Engineering. Other engineering/science degrees will be considered with relevant experiences.

7 years of experience Software Safety for embedded software using MIL STD 882E, ISO 26262 or equivalent standards.

Demonstrated ability to analyze, recommend, and drive safety into system design, equipment, and procedures in order to mitigate or eliminate hazards.

2 years of experience developing software in C/C++.

Bonus Qualifications:

Advanced Degree in: Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace/Aeronautical Engineering. Other engineering/science degrees will be considered with relevant experiences.

Familiarity with requirements tools such as Cameo, CPLM, Safety and Reliability tools such as PTC Windchill Quality Solutions, Agile software tools, JIRA, Confluence, MATLAB/Simulink/Stateflow.

Experience working in a scaled Agile organization.

Working knowledge of embedded software test development, and Software systems integration engineering

Experience in Mechanical, Electrical and Software Integration

System Safety Experience

Experience in Defense development

This position may require eligibility to obtain a US security clearance. (Non-US Citizens may not be eligible to obtain a security clearance)

GDLS considers factors such as, scope/responsibilities of the position, candidate experience, education/training background, in addition to local market comparable and business considerations when extending an offer.

Source : General Dynamics Land Systems US