NASA Software Systems Engineer

SAIC is seeking a Software Engineer to support our NASA Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) customer. The candidate will support one or more projects of the IV&V program at NASA’s Katherine Johnson Independent Verification and Validation Facility in Fairmont, West Virginia. This position is full-time and will be performed onsite and may have limited occasional travel.

Project work may include:

• Performing various Systems / Software Engineering activities on NASA Spacecraft and Launch Vehicle systems throughout NASA software development lifecycle phases, including analyses of concept of operations, requirements, detailed design, interfaces, static code, software, software and hardware-in-the-loop testing, and independent testing.
• Assessing development artifacts for correctness, completeness, consistency, ambiguity, and feasibility with regards to technical references when evaluating requirements, design, algorithms, code, and test artifacts provided across the software development life cycle.
• Performing analysis on draft and final products delivered for peer reviews, development build releases, and formal testing.
• Utilizing documentation and experience to develop technical understanding, perform detailed assessments, and document issues, risks, and reports in accordance with standards and best practices. Documentation of technical understanding may include notes, reference summaries, charts, flow diagrams, scenarios, formal modeling, coverage / traceability assessments, risk assessments, technical engineering principles, theories, concepts, and heritage applicable to the mission.
• Supporting software safety tasking, including hazard reports, FMEA, root cause analysis, and software safety analysis.
• Throughout execution of the assigned tasking, the candidate will be responsible for understanding work processes and methodologies, best practices, NASA standards, system and software specifications.
• The candidate will be expected to have the level of professional maturity needed to both lead tasks and to work self-directed on their own tasks. The candidate may work with more senior project team members, but may also be expected to act as mentor or task lead for others. There may be a mix of individual contributor and team-based tasks assigned.