Senior System Safety Engineer - Autonomous Vehicles

Outsiders Fund; Texas; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

AeroVect is seeking a Senior Safety Engineer to lead core safety lifecycle tasks across software and hardware platforms, reporting to the Head of Safety. You will perform hazard analyses, derive safety requirements, and collaborate with systems, software, robotics, hardware, and test teams to ensure safety requirements are integrated and verifiable.

Candidates should have 5+ years in safety engineering for autonomous systems or related fields (ISO 26262, DO-178C/DO-254, IEC 61508) and hold a

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on safety engineering experience in autonomous systems, automotive, aerospace, or industrial safety.
• Experience with safety standards such as ISO 26262, DO-178C/DO-254, or IEC 61508.
• Proven ability to derive, specify, and trace FSRs/TSRs and perform hazard analyses.

Responsibilities

• Perform hazard identification and risk assessments (HARA, FMEA, FTA, STPA) on autonomous system architectures.
• Derive, specify, and trace functional and technical safety requirements for supervised and driverless autonomy.
• Collaborate with systems, software, robotics, hardware, and test teams to ensure safety requirements are integrated and verifiable.
• Support safety case artifacts and verification evidence for deployment.

Job description

AeroVect is seeking a Senior Safety Engineer to lead core safety lifecycle tasks across software and hardware platforms, reporting to the Head of Safety. You will perform hazard analyses, derive safety requirements, and collaborate with systems, software, robotics, hardware, and test teams to ensure safety requirements are integrated and verifiable.

Candidates should have 5+ years in safety engineering for autonomous systems or related fields (ISO 26262, DO-178C/DO-254, IEC 61508) and hold a