Remote Mission Systems Engineer - Aviation Safety & Certification

Reliable Robotics; San Diego (CA); Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Reliable Robotics is seeking a Mission Systems Engineer to join the Systems & Safety team, helping architect safety-critical flight systems, develop certification strategies, and collaborate across domains to advance autonomous aircraft capabilities.

Ideal candidates hold a STEM degree, pilot or dispatcher experience, and a strong background in complex aerospace system design and testing. The role supports remote work or placement at Mountain View, CA, with up to 10% travel.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Develop prototypes and certifiable safety-critical flight systems.
• Define 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 needed to deploy autonomous systems in an operational environment.
• Support system architecture development and assess trade-off studies regarding performance, complexity, risk, and effort.
• Capture system requirements and interfaces to drive avionics hardware and software development.
• Perform operational safety assessments in support of experimental and production missions.
• Provide engineering expertise in the design, development, test and validation of vehicle level functions and performances.
• Collaborate with other domains within Reliable Robotics on broader system engineering tasks.

Skills

Creative problem solving

Systems engineering

Flight-critical systems knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace Engineering

Advanced Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace Engineering

Tools

ARP4754A/ARP4761/DO-254/DO-178C familiarity

Job description

Reliable Robotics is seeking a Mission Systems Engineer to join the Systems & Safety team, helping architect safety-critical flight systems, develop certification strategies, and collaborate across domains to advance autonomous aircraft capabilities.

Ideal candidates hold a STEM degree, pilot or dispatcher experience, and a strong background in complex aerospace system design and testing. The role supports remote work or placement at Mountain View, CA, with up to 10% travel.