Senior System Safety Engineer – Autonomous Systems

AeroVect; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

AeroVect is transforming ground handling with autonomous systems, combining hardware and software for safer operations. The Senior Safety Engineer will lead hazard analyses and derive safety requirements across the platform, collaborating with cross-disciplinary teams.

Under the Head of Safety, you will perform FMEDA, FMEA/FTA/STPA, and safety case work to support airport deployment. A strong background in ISO 26262 and safety standards is required.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on safety engineering in autonomous systems.
• 5+ years hardware safety engineering, EE reliability, or failure rate modeling.
• Experience with autonomous driving or mobile robotics.
• Experience working under mentorship in a high-velocity agile team.
• Degree in CS/EE/Robotics or related field.
• Mastery of FMEDA and failure rate modeling.
• Knowledge of hardware diagnostic strategies and SPFM/LFM.

Responsibilities

• Perform Quantitative Hardware Safety Analyses, including FMEDA, hardware diagnostic coverage analysis, and PMHF.
• Calculate hardware component and system failure rates using SN 29500, IEC 61709, MIL-HDBK-217F, Telcordia SR-332.
• Evaluate drive-by-wire compute hardware, sensor suites (Lidar, Radar, Camera), actuator interfaces, and power distribution systems for single-point and latent faults.
• Derive Hardware Safety Requirements (HSRs) for redundant architectures and fail-operational compute nodes.

Skills

Safety engineering

Autonomous systems

Hazard analysis

FMEA

FTA

STPA

ISO 26262

DO-178C/DO-254

Education

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

Job description

AeroVect is transforming ground handling with autonomous systems, combining hardware and software for safer operations. The Senior Safety Engineer will lead hazard analyses and derive safety requirements across the platform, collaborating with cross-disciplinary teams.

Under the Head of Safety, you will perform FMEDA, FMEA/FTA/STPA, and safety case work to support airport deployment. A strong background in ISO 26262 and safety standards is required.