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Job overview
MANTECH seeks a Software Safety Specialist to support its USMC contract in Stafford, Virginia. The role analyzes military equipment for software safety hazards, investigates mishaps, and advises on system safety for acquisition programs. It also reviews environmental, safety, and occupational health efforts and helps prepare programs for Software System Safety Technical Review Panel presentations.
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Full job description
MANTECH seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented Software Safety Specialist to help support our current USMC contract out of Stafford, VA. MANTECH is responsible for assisting our Government customers to ensure that material solutions developed or acquired by MCSC are system engineered, integrated, interoperable, and certified to provide the warfighter with equipment required to accomplish their mission.
General Responsibilities:
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Analyze military equipment for software safety hazards and conduct risk assessments, ensuring consistent compliance with all applicable software safety requirements during testing and fielding events.
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Investigate mishaps, property damage, and near-miss incidents to gain an understanding of the causes and advance towards effective actions to mitigate or eradicate hazards.
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Provide recommendations regarding software system safety for acquisition areas of responsibility (e.g., safety releases, risk acceptances, regulatory guidance, etc.) and verify that DoD programs adhere to regulations and best practices such as DoDI 5000.02 and MIL-STD-882.
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Provide independent analysis of programmatic environment, safety, and occupational health (ESOH) efforts, ensuring effective integration into overall systems engineering activities, supporting integrated logistics assessments and milestone and fielding recommendations, providing software subject matter expert review and recommendations for acquisition program safety requirements.
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Help prepare programs for Software System Safety Technical Review Panel presentations.
Mandatory Requirements:
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A Bachelor's Degree and a minimum of 2 years of experience developing complex systems. An additional 2 years of experience may be substituted in lieu of degree.
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Experience tracking and testing requirements to adhere to software safety processes and procedures.
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Experience using software development environments and tools, including Eclipse, Microsoft Visual Studio, or Rational Software.
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Experience with operating systems and compiler technologies.
Preferred Qualifications:
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DoDI 5000.88, MIL-STD-882, and IEEE STD-1228 safety guidance and best practices.
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Experience with Field Programmable Gate Arrays, Programmable Logic Devices, or firmware development on military vehicular platforms or with ordnance / weapons systems.
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Possession of excellent oral and written communication skills.
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Knowledge of DoD/USMC garrison and tactical environments.
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Prior military experience.
Security Clearance Required:
Must have an Active DoD Top Secret/SCI Clearance
Physical Requirements:
Sedentary work
MANTECH International Corporation considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to disability or veteran status or any other status protected under any federal, state, or local law or regulation.
If you need a reasonable accommodation to apply for a position with MANTECH, please email us at [email protected] and provide your name and contact information.
How this job compares
Set against the 3,197 open Systems Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Virginia median$125–200K/yr202 salary ranges
- US median$29–41/hr159 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 281 open Systems Engineering jobs in Virginia and 3,197 across the US. 6% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Systems Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for (median 7 years, across 2,518 postings).
- Education
- 1,090 of the 3,197 open Systems Engineering jobs (34%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
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