Senior Autonomous Vehicle Safety Engineer

AeroVect; Colorado; On-site; USD 160,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

AeroVect is seeking a Senior SW Safety Engineer to lead safety lifecycle tasks across software and hardware platforms for autonomous ground handling and aircraft systems. You will perform hazard analyses, derive safety requirements, and collaborate with systems, software, robotics, and hardware teams to verify safety compliance.

Responsibilities include software hazard analysis, FMEA/FTA, SSR derivation, and safety case support for airport deployments, plus monitoring of safety performance

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on safety engineering in autonomous systems or related industries.
• Experience with ISO 26262, DO-178C/DO-254, or IEC 61508 is preferred.
• Background in autonomous driving or mobile robotics.
• Strong ability to derive safety requirements and analyze software lifecycles.

Responsibilities

• Perform software hazard and safety analyses on perception, planning and control modules.
• Execute FMEA/FTA, FFI analysis, and code-level hazard evaluations per safety standards.
• Derive SSRs and define monitoring/fail-safe mechanisms for multi-core/Linux environments.
• Review safety-critical C++/Python code with cross-functional teams to ensure standards.
• Develop Safety Performance Indicators to measure safety over time.

Skills

Software safety analysis

C++

Python

ROS/ROS2

ISO 26262

FMEA/FTA

SOTIF

Hazard analysis

Education

B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Robotics

Tools

Linux/RTOS

Job description

AeroVect is seeking a Senior SW Safety Engineer to lead safety lifecycle tasks across software and hardware platforms for autonomous ground handling and aircraft systems. You will perform hazard analyses, derive safety requirements, and collaborate with systems, software, robotics, and hardware teams to verify safety compliance.

Responsibilities include software hazard analysis, FMEA/FTA, SSR derivation, and safety case support for airport deployments, plus monitoring of safety performance