Senior System Safety Engineer

Aerovect
New York City - +21 more
Remote

Who this role is best for

Best suited to candidates with advanced technical expertise in hardware safety engineering working in autonomous systems and aerospace domains. The role emphasizes cross-functional integration and requires a deep understanding of safety standards like ISO 26262-5 and FMEDA.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 5+ years in hardware safety engineering for autonomous systems or aerospace
    — “5+ years in hardware safety engineering, EE reliability, or failure rate modeling for automotive, aerospace, or industrial robotics.”
  • Individuals with proven mastery of hardware safety standards and quantitative modeling
    — “Proven mastery of FIT rate modeling, component failure rate calculation methods (SN 29500, IEC 61709, MIL-HDBK-217), and FMEDA workflows.”
  • Professionals experienced in building safety cases for commercial deployment
    — “Assist in building safety case artifacts and verification evidence required for airport commercial deployment.”

Things to consider

  • This role demands integration with multiple engineering teams and requires strong cross-functional coordination.
    — “Collaborate directly with systems, software, robotics, hardware, and test teams to ensure safety requirements are integrated, testable, and verified.”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with hardware safety analyses like FMEDA and PMHF in your resume and interviews.
    — “Perform Quantitative Hardware Safety Analyses, including FMEDA, hardware diagnostic coverage analysis, and Probabilistic Metric for random Hardware Failures (PMHF).”
  • Emphasize your background in evaluating drive-by-wire systems and sensor suites for fault tolerance.
    — “Evaluate drive-by-wire compute hardware, sensor suites (Lidar, Radar, Camera), actuator interfaces, and power distribution systems for single-point and latent faults.”
  • Demonstrate your ability to create and trace safety requirements for both supervised and unsupervised autonomy.
    — “Derive, specify, and trace functional and technical safety requirements (FSRs / TSRs) for both supervised autonomy (safety driver present) and SDO unsupervised autonomy (driverless).”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • Executing core safety lifecycle tasks for autonomous systems
  • Building safety case artifacts
Typical background
Safety engineering experience in autonomous vehicles, automotive, aerospace, or industrial safety

Skills & requirements

Required

System Safety AnalysisHardware Safety EngineeringFailure Rate ModelingSafety Requirements DerivationSafety Case Support

Preferred

Autonomous Vehicle ExperienceAerospace Safety

Stack & domain

Safety EngineeringAutonomous VehiclesHardware Safety AnalysisFit Rate ModelingFailure Rate CalculationFmedaCommunicationCollaborationProblem-solvingTechnical MentorshipISO 26262-5Hardware Safety

About the role

Original posting from Aerovect via Ashby

WHO WE ARE

AeroVect is transforming ground handling with autonomy, redefining how airlines and ground service providers around the globe run day-to-day operations. We are a Series A company backed by top-tier venture capital investors in aviation and autonomous driving. Our customers include some of the world’s largest airlines and ground handling providers. For more information, visit www.aerovect.com http://www.aerovect.com.

Working under the close guidance and supervision of the Head of Safety, the Senior Safety Engineer will execute core safety lifecycle tasks across AeroVect’s software and hardware platforms:

  • System Safety Analysis: Perform hazard identification and risk assessments (HARA, FMEA, FTA, STPA) on the autonomous system architecture and vehicle operation concepts.
  • Requirements Derivation: Derive, specify, and trace functional and technical safety requirements (FSRs / TSRs) for both supervised autonomy (safety driver present) and SDO unsupervised autonomy (driverless).
  • Cross-Functional Execution: Collaborate directly with systems, software, robotics, hardware, and test teams to ensure safety requirements are integrated, testable, and verified.
  • Safety Case Support: Assist in building safety case artifacts and verification evidence required for airport commercial deployment.

YOU WILL

  • Perform Quantitative Hardware Safety Analyses, including FMEDA, hardware diagnostic coverage analysis, and Probabilistic Metric for random Hardware Failures (PMHF).
  • Calculate hardware component and system failure rates using standard methodologies (SN 29500, IEC 61709, MIL-HDBK-217F, Telcordia SR-332).
  • Evaluate drive-by-wire compute hardware, sensor suites (Lidar, Radar, Camera), actuator interfaces, and power distribution systems for single-point and latent faults.
  • Derive Hardware Safety Requirements (HSRs) for redundant architectures and fail-operational compute nodes.

YOU HAVE

  • 5+ years of hands-on safety engineering experience in autonomous vehicles, automotive (ISO 26262), aerospace (DO-178C/DO-254), or industrial safety (IEC 61508).
  • 5+ years in hardware safety engineering, EE reliability, or failure rate modeling for automotive, aerospace, or industrial robotics.
  • Prior background working with autonomous driving systems or mobile robotics.
  • Proven ability to work under the technical mentorship of a Principal Safety Engineer in a high-velocity agile engineering team.
  • B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Robotics, or a related discipline.
  • Proven mastery of FIT rate modeling, component failure rate calculation methods (SN 29500, IEC 61709, MIL-HDBK-217), and FMEDA workflows.
  • ISO 26262-5 Mastery: Deep knowledge of hardware architectural metrics (SPFM, LFM) and hardware diagnostic strategies.

Source: Aerovect careers (Ashby)

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