Staff Software Safety Engineer

- Guide the implementation of tailored Software Safety program activities, ensuring alignment with program goals and industry best practices.

- Derive software safety requirements from system-level hazards and collaborate with development teams to architect and implement robust safety controls, interlocks, and fault-tolerant designs.

- Guide software architecture decisions to ensure robustness, fault tolerance, and independence of safety-critical components; verify interlocks are free from common mode faults.

- Define and oversee software verification and validation (V&V) strategies, including

requirements-based testing, structural coverage analysis, fault-injection, and non-nominal testing.

- Identify, document, and track software-related hazards and risks, and ensure effective mitigation strategies are implemented and validated.

- Support Development Milestone Reviews such as PDR and CDR, representing Software System Safety.

- Liaise with customers, regulatory bodies, and internal stakeholders on software safety-related matters.

- Drive continuous improvement in software safety processes and methodologies for a rapid development environment.

- Minimum of 5 years of industry experience in software engineering, with a focus on developing complex, high-reliability, or safety-critical systems.

- B.S. Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent technical discipline.

- Strong proficiency in modern programming languages such as C++, Rust, or Python.

- Demonstrated experience with safety-critical software systems in regulated industries (aerospace, automotive, or robotic industries) applying standards to design and work products.

- Demonstrated understanding of software safety concepts, such as architectural mitigation (e.g., interlocks, watchdogs), fault tolerance, and robust error handling.

- Experience with the full software development lifecycle in an Agile environment, from requirements decomposition and architecture to testing and deployment.

- Experience developing and using software-in-the-loop (SITL) and hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) test environments.

- Experience with AI/ML software safety or the test and evaluation of autonomous systems.

- Experience with software analysis techniques and tools (e.g., static analysis, dynamic analysis).

- Strong analytical/problem-solving skills and excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional engineering teams.

- Eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret Security Clearance.

- M.S. or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent technical discipline.

- Experience or familiarity with system and software safety standards such as MIL-STD-882E, Joint Software Systems Safety Engineering Handbook (JSSSEH), DO-178C, or ISO 26262.

- Experience designing and analyzing networked systems, with familiarity in protocols such as gRPC and Ethernet.

- Knowledge of scalable cloud architectures and distributed computing principles.

- Experience with sensor fusion algorithms and the challenges of creating a unified operational picture from disparate data sources.

- Experience with requirements management and collaboration tools such as JIRA and JAMA.

- Front-end software architecture and requirements definition experience for safety-critical systems.

- Technical writing experience developing standards, specifications, or safety case reports.