Senior Software Safety Engineer, Autonomy & AV Systems

AeroVect; Farmville (VA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

AeroVect is redefining autonomous ground handling with safety-focused software and hardware integration in Farmville, VA. The Senior SW Safety Engineer will drive hazard analyses and safety cases for autonomous platforms deployed with major airlines and service partners.

You will derive SSRs, conduct FMEA/FTA, and collaborate across systems, software, robotics, and hardware teams to ensure robust safety across perception, planning, and control modules.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on safety engineering in autonomous vehicles or related domains.
• Background with autonomous driving systems or mobile robotics.
• Experience working under mentorship in a high-velocity agile team.
• Degree in CS/EE/Systems/Robotics or related field.
• 5+ years of software development or SW safety in C++, Python, or ROS/ROS2.
• Deep understanding of software safety lifecycles and ASIL decomposition.
• Hands-on experience analyzing autonomous vehicle software pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Conduct software hazard and safety analyses on perception, motion planning, localization, and vehicle control modules per ISO 26262-6 and SOTIF.
• Execute software FMEA/FTA, freedom-from-interference analysis, and code-level hazard evaluations.
• Derive Software Safety Requirements and define monitoring/fail-safe mechanisms in multi-core/Linux-RTOS environments.
• Review safety-critical C++/Python code and robotics middleware with teams to ensure standards are met.
• Develop Safety Performance Indicators to measure safety performance over time.

Skills

ISO 26262

SOTIF (ISO 21448)

Hazard Analysis

C++

Python

ROS/ROS2

Software Safety Lifecycle

Education

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

Tools

Linux/RTOS

Job description

AeroVect is redefining autonomous ground handling with safety-focused software and hardware integration in Farmville, VA. The Senior SW Safety Engineer will drive hazard analyses and safety cases for autonomous platforms deployed with major airlines and service partners.

You will derive SSRs, conduct FMEA/FTA, and collaborate across systems, software, robotics, and hardware teams to ensure robust safety across perception, planning, and control modules.