Senior Software Safety Engineer

Responsibilities

• Conduct software hazard and safety analyses on perception, motion planning, localization, and vehicle control modules per ISO 26262-6 and SOTIF (ISO 21448)
• Execute software FMEA/FTA, freedom-from-interference (FFI) analysis, and code-level hazard evaluations
• Derive Software Safety Requirements (SSRs) and define monitoring/fail-safe mechanisms within multi-core and Linux/RTOS software environments
• Review safety-critical C++/Python code and robotics middleware with development teams to ensure software safety standards are met
• Develop Safety Performance Indicators to measure safety performance over time
• Perform hazard identification and risk assessments (HARA, FMEA, FTA, STPA) on the autonomous software architecture and vehicle operation concepts
• Derive, specify, and trace functional and technical safety requirements (FSRs / TSRs) for both supervised autonomy and SDO unsupervised autonomy
• Collaborate with systems, systems, software, robotics, hardware, and test teams to ensure safety requirements are integrated, testable, and verified
• Assist in building safety case artifacts and verification evidence required for airport commercial deployment

Requirements

• for 5+ years of hands-on safety engineering experience in autonomous vehicles, automotive (ISO 26262), aerospace (DO-178C/DO-254), or industrial safety (IEC 61508)
• Prior background working with autonomous driving systems or mobile robotics
• B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Robotics, or a related discipline
• 5+ years of software development or SW safety experience in C++, Python, or ROS/ROS2 environments
• Deep understanding of software safety lifecycles, ASIL decomposition for software, unit/integration test strategies, and static analysis tools
• Hands-on experience analyzing autonomous vehicle software pipelines (perception, planning, fail-safe state machines)

About the Company

AeroVect is transforming ground handling with autonomy, redefining how the most airlines and ground service providers around the globe run day-to-day operations. We are a Series A company backed by top-tier venture capital investors in aviation and autonomous driving. Our customers include some of the world's largest airlines and ground handling providers.