Software Safety Engineer

• Formulate, standardize, and maintain a tailored software safety framework and clear guidance that LE APM teams can systematically apply across diverse product lines and vendor architectures.
• Partner directly with LE APM product teams, project engineers, and contractors to provide hands-on technical guidance, risk assessments, and reviews during the planning and execution of software safety activities.
• Interface with external safety organizations, review boards, and airworthiness authorities to negotiate and establish tailored software safety requirements aligned with Launched Effects operational profiles.
• Serve as an active voice within the broader Army aviation and safety communities, clearly communicating the unique technical, cost, and operational nuances of LE platforms compared to conventional aviation platforms.
• Prepare technical positions, executive white papers, and risk-trade briefings to drive consensus and facilitate process modernization across multiple echelons of Army leadership.
• Guide and support the development of safety documentation, risk mitigations, and hazard analyses required for safety releases, Airworthiness Releases (AWR), Materiel Releases, and discrete Soldier test and operational fielding events.
• Evaluate vendor software system safety analyses, safety architectures, and hazard logs to identify core system hazards and ensure safety integrity without levying unnecessary programmatic burden.
• Rapidly adjust software safety priorities, approaches, and risk mitigation strategies in response to shifting program timelines, emerging threat demands, and iterative fielding cycles.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Software, Systems, Computer Engineering, Electrical, Aerospace, or related technical field).
• U.S. Citizenship and active secret clearance (or the ability to obtain one)
• 5+ years of demonstrated experience in system safety engineering, software hazard analysis, or systems engineering on software-intensive systems.
• Proven track record of formulating, tailoring, and standardizing technical processes within complex project environments or defense acquisition programs.
• Strong negotiation, consensus-building, and communication skills, with the demonstrated ability to effectively advocate technical positions to external regulatory bodies and senior decisionmakers.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate across multi-disciplinary teams and support diverse product offices in executing technical standards.
• Proactive, self-starter mindset with the ability to thrive and pivot quickly in a fast-paced, rapidly evolving program environment.

• Familiarity with DoD and Army safety, airworthiness, and materiel release policies and standards (e.g., MIL-STD-882E, AR 70-62, AMCOM Reg 385-17).
• Experience with Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (Group 1-3 UAS), loitering munitions, or missile platforms.
• Experience working within rapid acquisition frameworks (e.g., Other Transaction Authority (OTA), Middle Tier of Acquisition (MTA), rapid prototyping/fielding initiatives).
• Understanding of modern software architectures, safety-critical software partitions, and Modular Open Systems Approaches (MOSA).

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  Interesting Work:
  
  
  
  Our co-workers support some of the most important and critical programs to our national defense and security.
  
  
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  Values:
  
  
  
  Our first core value is that employees come first. We challenge our co-workers to provide the highest level of support and service, and reward them with some of the best benefits in the industry.
  
  
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  100% Employee Owned:
  
  
  
  We have a stake in each other's success, and the success of our customers. It's also nice to know what's going on across the company; we have company wide town-hall meetings three times a year.
  
  
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  Great Benefits - Most Full-Time Staff Are Eligible for:
  
  
  




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  Starting PTO accrual of 20 days PTO/year + 10 holidays/year
  
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  Flexible schedules
  
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  6% 401k match with immediate vesting up to $9k annually
  
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  Semi-annual bonus eligibility (July and December)
  
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  Company funded Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) - a separate qualified retirement account
  
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  Up to $10,000 in annual educational reimbursement
  
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  Other company funded benefits, like life and disability insurance
  
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  Optional zero deductible Blue Cross/Blue Shield health insurance plan
  




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  Track Record of Success:
  
  
  
  We have grown every year since our founding in 1993.
  
  

Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. (MTSI) is a 100% employee-owned engineering services and solutions company that provides high-demand technical expertise in Digital Transformation, Modeling and Simulation, Rapid Capability Development, Test and Evaluation, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomy, Cybersecurity and Mission Assurance

MTSI delivers capabilities to solve problems of global importance. Founded in 1993, MTSI today has employees at over 20 offices and field sites worldwide.

For more information about MTSI, please visit www.mtsi-va.com