Remote Autonomous Flight Systems Engineer

Reliable Robotics Corporation; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Reliable Robotics seeks a Mission Systems Engineer to join the Systems team. The role supports certifiable, safety-critical flight systems and works toward FAA-type certification paths in a dynamic startup setting.

You will define mission operation strategies from a pilot’s perspective and help integrate avionics hardware/software. You will contribute to architecture, risks, and interface definitions while developing training materials for autonomous flight deployments and collaborating across

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, or related discipline.
• FAA-Certificated Pilot (Commercial or Airline Transport) or Dispatcher with 2+ years of operational experience under 14 CFR §135, §121 or Corporate Flight Operations.
• 7+ years of designing systems, integrations, and testing of complex safety-critical aerospace systems or equivalent technology.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to development of prototypes and certifiable safety-critical flight systems in a dynamic start-up environment.
• Define and document mission-related aspects of future aircraft operation from a pilot’s perspective.
• Define and communicate strategies and plans for type certification and operational approval.
• Develop training and support documents to deploy autonomous systems in operation.
• Support system architecture development and assess trade-offs on performance, complexity, risk and effort.
• Capture system requirements and interfaces to drive avionics hardware and software development.
• Perform operational safety assessments for experimental and production missions.
• Provide engineering expertise in design, development, test and validation of vehicle level functions and performances.
• Collaborate with other domains within Reliable Robotics on broad task spectrum beyond traditional system engineering.

Skills

Pilot experience

Systems engineering

Safety-critical systems

FAA regulations

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Aerospace

Advanced degree in related discipline

Job description

Reliable Robotics seeks a Mission Systems Engineer to join the Systems team. The role supports certifiable, safety-critical flight systems and works toward FAA-type certification paths in a dynamic startup setting.

You will define mission operation strategies from a pilot’s perspective and help integrate avionics hardware/software. You will contribute to architecture, risks, and interface definitions while developing training materials for autonomous flight deployments and collaborating across