Systems Engineer, Safety

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Develop actionable requirements and metrics for the system, with a focus on safety
• Support development of the functional safety concept and supporting technical safety concepts for the system
• Define and maintain system-level architecture and interface requirements across hardware, software, and mechanical subsystems
• Lead or contribute to safety analyses, such as HARA, FMEA, STPA, and FTA, and translate findings into system and hardware requirements
• Define safety mechanisms such as redundancy, diagnostics, watchdogs, and graceful degradation, and verify their implementation
• Participate in design reviews across hardware, software, and mechanical disciplines, with particular attention to failure modes and safety-relevant interfaces
• Work with the V&V lead to establish verification and validation plans, including test methodology
• Support root cause analysis for field and test issues where system-level or safety-relevant causes are suspected

Job requirements

• 8+ years of experience in systems engineering, with direct involvement in functional safety work products (e.g., under ISO 13849, ISO 26262, or IEC 61508)
• Strong ability to work with data to drive system understanding and feature prioritization and develop trade studies
• Experience with verification and validation methods
• Experience with safety analysis and risk assessment methods
• Experience writing and decomposing system-level requirements, and tracing them through to verification
• Familiarity with safety mechanisms such as redundancy, watchdogs, diagnostics, and fault detection
• Bachelor's or advanced degree in systems engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or a related field
• Ability to work across hardware, software, and mechanical teams and communicate technical tradeoffs clearly in writing and in review