Mid-level Software Safety Engineer

The job

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Job description

Description

Leidos is dedicated to making the world a safer place. This starts with helping our customers in the Defense Industry achieve their critical missions. Our dedicated Defense Group employees are solving critical challenges across the globe. At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers' success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainably. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business. With offices across the United States engaging in the defense, space, cyber and commercial fields, Leidos provides responsive, cost-effective engineering, scientific and IT solutions. Leidos is well known for our people-oriented culture, positive work environment, technical excellence, and resilient business ethics.

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 some exciting programs. With offices across the United States engaging in the defense, space, cyber and commercial fields, Leidos provides responsive, cost-effective engineering, scientific and IT solutions. Leidos is well known for our people-oriented culture, positive work environment, technical excellence, and resilient business ethics.

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.

Tasks include:

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

• 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.
• Software Safety on DoD programs is preferred. Software safety experience in civil aviation, nuclear, automotive, or medical industries will be considered.
• Strong analytical skills along with a personal drive for details and quality workmanship are a must.
• Demonstrate familiarity with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
• The applicant must have 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 as well.
• Demonstrate a pattern of ethical decisions and a commitment to integrity at the individual level that conform to Dynetics' Code of Ethics.
• 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.

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The city

The job is in Huntsville, AL. Below is what the official statistics say about living and working there.

How Huntsville compares. Among the 80 largest places in Alabama, Huntsville is #1 by population, #5 for long commutes (#1 = fewest), #14 for college degrees (#1 = most), #14 for remote work (#1 = most). Its county, Madison County, is #2 of 67 counties for average pay ($77,051).

The place in numbers

Huntsville has 222,791 residents (ACS 2020–2024), about 4.4% of the population of Alabama. It covers 225 square miles of land, which works out to roughly 989 people per square mile. The median age is 36.9, 6% younger than the state median (36.9 against 39.3).

Housing

The median gross rent is $1,171 a month (rent plus utilities), 16% above the state median ($1,171 against $1,007). Over a year that is 18.8% of the median household income. US housing guidance treats housing as affordable when it takes 30% of income or less, so the typical household is under that line. The median home value is $293,600, which is 3.9 times the median household income ($74,714); a ratio under 4 usually means ownership is within reach for many households. 58.3% of households own their home, 17% below the state average (58.3% against 70.2%).

Work and pay

The Huntsville, AL metropolitan area has 266,650 jobs in the BLS wage survey, and the median pay across all occupations is $51,740 a year, about the same as the national median ($51,740 against $50,980). The biggest occupation groups are production (25,350 jobs, median $48,200); office and administrative support (23,050 jobs, median $44,100); food preparation and serving related (21,530 jobs, median $28,850). The area is most specialised in architecture and engineering (4.4 times) and computer and mathematical (2.2 times), where the share of workers is well above the national share. The best-paying groups with at least 5,000 jobs are management ($131,530) and architecture and engineering ($120,720). In 2026M09 the unemployment rate of Madison County was 3.2%. 63.8% of residents aged 16 and over are in the labour force. The city lies in Madison County; its jobs, pay by industry and GDP are on the county page.

Getting around

Among workers, 76.3% drive alone, 0.2% use public transit, 1.3% walk, 14.6% work from home. 5.0% of workers commute 45 minutes or more, 66% below the state average (5.0% against 14.7%). Remote work is more common than in the state as a whole, which widens the set of employers a resident can work for without moving.

People and education

47.2% of adults aged 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 66% above the state share (47.2% against 28.4%). 6.7% of residents were born outside the United States, 66% above the state share (6.7% against 4.0%). The poverty rate is 12.6%, 19% below the state rate (12.6% against 15.6%).

Climate

The warmest month is Jul, averaging 80°F (26.6°C), and the coolest is Jan at 39°F (4.0°C). About 1,397 mm (55 inches) of precipitation falls in a year; Dec is the wettest month (151 mm) and Oct the driest (93 mm). These values come from NASA satellite-based climatology on a grid of about 50 km, so they describe the wider area, not a weather station in the city.

Nearby cities to compare

Closest cities in this guide: Madison (5 miles, rent 24% higher); Meridianville (13 miles, rent 15% higher); Athens (17 miles, rent 23% lower); Decatur (20 miles, rent 23% lower). Rent differences are against Huntsville; use the Compare tab to put any two cities side by side.

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Company description (from The Muse): Leidos is a Fortune 500® innovation company rapidly addressing the world’s most vexing challenges in national security and health.

size: Large Size; industries: Information Technology; locations on The Muse: Reston, VA.

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