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# 2026 Part-time Associate Software Safety Engineer - Remote

- **Company:** Northrop Grumman
- **Location:** Chandler, AZ, United States
- **Salary:** $69,306.0 - $103,896.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Systems Engineering, Computer Engineering, Software Safety, Information Technology, Virtual Agents
- **Published:** September 25, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/job/us0d9977199b464e1a160d31135ac8c13e/eaa

## About the Role

A candidate must meet ALL of the below criteria. The candidate must:

 * Be completing or has completed their degree (Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD) from an accredited institution
 * Be majoring in or having majored in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related STEM field
 * Be able to obtain a U.S. Government security clearance (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite)
 * The ability to obtain Special Access Program within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs

Preferred Qualifications:

 * Have an overall cumulative GPA of 3.00/4.0 or higher

## Description

* Interact with key internal and external customers and partners regarding system safety topics.
 * Work with a team of Software Safety and System Safety engineers in defining, implementing, and verifying System Safety requirements to ensure that the inherent risks are mitigated.
 * Software Safety Engineers are responsible for understanding the entire mission, including the launch vehicle, payload, ground support equipment, range infrastructure, and range safety interfaces.
 * Software Safety Engineers are expected to understand how the different components, subsystems, systems, and integrated launch vehicle function and interact, with a focus on Software System Safety.
 * Apply the systems engineering process to define and verify launch vehicle and ground support equipment requirements to ensure safe operations and conduct system safety analyses to architect and implement a safe and robust system.
 * Interface with customer safety and support working groups as requested.
 * Support launch vehicle design and development to ensure that customer and internal goals for safety, mission success, and performance are met.
 * Analyze Integration and Test processes to demonstrate customer and internal requirements are met for both safety and mission success.
 * Conduct system level analysis of next generation mission concepts and designs to maximize mission success without compromising compliance with customer, government, and internal flight safety requirements.
 * Describe, analyze, and explain launch vehicle designs to external customers to explain how applicable software safety requirements for design, build, and test are met.
 * Review software associated with 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.
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