Remote Principal Systems Engineer - Safety & Architecture

Kodama Systems; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Kodama is seeking a Principal/Staff Systems Engineer, Safety & Architecture, to own system-level architecture and safety engineering for its teleoperated and autonomous platform. You will collaborate across hardware, software, networking, controls, and field operations, guiding safety analyses, verification strategies, and cross-cutting architectural decisions.

This senior IC role reports to the CTO and focuses on applying safety standards, leading complex decisions, and serving as a technical

Qualifications

• BS or advanced degree in electrical, mechanical, systems, or a related engineering field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Significant experience designing or integrating complex, safety-critical electromechanical systems across hardware, software, networking, controls, and physical-machine behavior.
• Experience developing system requirements and interfaces and applying system or functional safety methods through design, integration, and verification.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-disciplinary technical decisions and hands-on debugging, data, and machine testing when needed.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain system requirements, fault behavior, and performance requirements across hardware and software boundaries.
• Own system safety analysis, including hazard analyses, safety requirements, FMEAs, fault trees, and analysis of failures or degraded system behavior.
• Lead next-generation architecture and requirements for safety-critical control systems, including safety controllers and E-stops.
• Translate system and safety requirements into verification strategies and evidence that new capabilities are ready for field deployment.
• Ensure architecture and engineering practices apply relevant safety standards (BS EN 17067:2018, BS EN 62745:2017, ISO 17757:2019).
• Serve as a technical resource to customers, OEM partners, and other external stakeholders on system architecture and safety.

Skills

System-level architecture

Safety engineering

Hazard analysis

Verification strategies

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Education

BS/MS in Electrical/Mechanical/Systems Engineering

Job description

Kodama is seeking a Principal/Staff Systems Engineer, Safety & Architecture, to own system-level architecture and safety engineering for its teleoperated and autonomous platform. You will collaborate across hardware, software, networking, controls, and field operations, guiding safety analyses, verification strategies, and cross-cutting architectural decisions.

This senior IC role reports to the CTO and focuses on applying safety standards, leading complex decisions, and serving as a technical