Remote Systems Architect – Autonomous Flight & Safety

Reliable Robotics; Mountain View (CA); Remote; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work flexibility

Job summary

Reliable Robotics is building safety-critical autonomous flight systems. As a Systems Architect you will design prototypes and certifiable flight systems within a dynamic startup, collaborating with systems and safety teams to meet certification requirements.

This role can be remote, or located at our Mountain View, CA facility, and may require up to 20% travel. You will derive architecture, allocate functionality, and support development through production and certification.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, or related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years designing and integrating complex safety-critical aerospace systems.
• Demonstrated self starter with the ability to solve problems from first principles.
• Ability to work well independently and cross-functionally across multiple organizations.

Responsibilities

• Define new/novel functions necessary to control autonomous aircraft and manage contingencies
• Define the relationship between the vehicle, pilot, and support system for remotely operated autonomous aircraft
• Perform the decomposition of aircraft, system and LRU functions, define the system physical / logical architecture and allocate functionality
• Perform trades studies to assess performance, complexity, risk, and cost of competing technical solutions
• Work closely with system and safety analysts to define system architectural features to meet safety and security requirements
• Derive and validate requirements and interfaces based on the architecture to ensure correct and complete implementation at the next design level
• Support product development all the way through development up to production, test, and certification

Skills

System architecture

Safety-critical design

Aerospace systems

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, or related discipline

Advanced degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, or related discipline

Job description

Reliable Robotics is building safety-critical autonomous flight systems. As a Systems Architect you will design prototypes and certifiable flight systems within a dynamic startup, collaborating with systems and safety teams to meet certification requirements.

This role can be remote, or located at our Mountain View, CA facility, and may require up to 20% travel. You will derive architecture, allocate functionality, and support development through production and certification.