Senior Autonomous Software Safety Engineer

AeroVect; Dublin; On-site; EUR 139,000 - 156,000; Full time

Job summary

AeroVect is hiring a Senior SW Safety Engineer in Ireland to lead safety lifecycle tasks across software and hardware platforms for autonomous operations. You will work under the Head of Safety, performing hazard analyses, deriving safety requirements, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to ensure safety across perception, planning, and control modules.

You'll review safety-critical code (C++, Python, ROS/ROS2), develop safety performance indicators, and help build safety case

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on safety engineering experience in autonomous vehicles, automotive ISO 26262, aerospace DO-178C/DO-254, or IEC 61508.
• Experience with autonomous driving systems or mobile robotics.
• Experience working under the technical mentorship of a Principal Safety Engineer in a fast-paced agile team.
• BS/MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Robotics, or related field.
• 5+ years of software development or SW safety experience in C++, Python, or ROS/ROS2 environments.

Responsibilities

• Conduct software hazard and safety analyses on perception, motion planning, localization, and vehicle control modules per ISO 26262-6 and SOTIF (ISO 21448).
• Execute software FMEA/FTA, freedom-from-interference (FFI) analysis, and code-level hazard evaluations.
• Derive Software Safety Requirements (SSRs) and define monitoring/fail-safe mechanisms within multi-core and Linux/RTOS environments.
• Review safety-critical C++/Python code and robotics middleware with development teams to ensure software safety standards are met.
• Develop Safety Performance Indicators to measure safety performance over time.

Skills

Safety engineering

C++

Python

ROS/ROS2

Autonomous driving systems

Education

B.S./M.S. in CS/EE/Robotics

Tools

ISO 26262

DO-178C/DO-254

IEC 61508

Job description

AeroVect is hiring a Senior SW Safety Engineer in Ireland to lead safety lifecycle tasks across software and hardware platforms for autonomous operations. You will work under the Head of Safety, performing hazard analyses, deriving safety requirements, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to ensure safety across perception, planning, and control modules.

You'll review safety-critical code (C++, Python, ROS/ROS2), develop safety performance indicators, and help build safety case