Autonomy Safety Architect – Hardware & Systems

AeroVect; South San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

AeroVect is transforming ground handling with autonomy, delivering safety-critical software and hardware for autonomous systems used by airlines and ground handlers worldwide.

The Senior Safety Engineer will perform hazard analyses, derive safety requirements, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure safety is integrated and verifiable across aero-robotic platforms. This role emphasizes FMEDA, PMHF, and ISO 26262-5 mastery.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on safety engineering experience in autonomous vehicles, automotive, aerospace, or industrial safety.
• 5+ years in hardware safety engineering, EE reliability, or failure rate modeling.
• Experience with autonomous driving systems or mobile robotics.
• Ability to work under mentorship in a fast-paced agile team.
• B.S. or M.S. in CS, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Robotics, or related field.
• Proficiency with FAT/EIL/diagnostic and safety analysis methods.

Responsibilities

• Perform quantitative hardware safety analyses (FMEDA, diagnostic coverage, PMHF).
• Calculate hardware failure rates using standard methodologies (SN 29500, IEC 61709, MIL-HDBK-217).
• Evaluate drive-by-wire compute hardware, sensor suites, actuators, and power systems for faults.
• Derive Hardware Safety Requirements for redundant architectures and fail-operational nodes.

Skills

Safety engineering

Autonomous vehicles

ISO 26262

HARA/FMEA/FTA/STPA

FMEDA

RMF/PMHF

Hazard analysis

Hardware safety

Systems engineering

Education

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

Tools

FMEDA

SN 29500

IEC 61709

MIL-HDBK-217

Job description

AeroVect is transforming ground handling with autonomy, delivering safety-critical software and hardware for autonomous systems used by airlines and ground handlers worldwide.

The Senior Safety Engineer will perform hazard analyses, derive safety requirements, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure safety is integrated and verifiable across aero-robotic platforms. This role emphasizes FMEDA, PMHF, and ISO 26262-5 mastery.