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Principal Engineer, Software Safety (R2720)

Remote:

Full Remote

Contract:

Full time

Experience:

Expert & Leadership (>10 years)

Work from:

United States

Offer summary

Qualifications:

Minimum 12+ years industry experience, B.S. degree in Engineering, Experience with MIL-STD-1629, MIL-STD-882, DO-178, Active security clearance, Experience with Advanced Hardware and Software Systems.

Key responsabilities:

Evolve Shield AI’s Software and System Safety Approach
Develop AI certification plan and support runtime assurance stack design
Support engineers in Functional Hazard Analysis and Fault Tree Analysis
Ensure adherence to safety best practices during design process
Host corrective action reviews and communicate lessons learned

Shield AI Scaleup https://shield.ai/

501 - 1000 Employees

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Job description

As a Principal Engineer of Software Safety at Shield AI, you will build and lead a small team of experts to shape the future of safe and reliable AI Pilots across a diverse set of platforms. You will partner with our customer Safety community and internal leaders across hardware, software, GNC and Systems engineering to pioneer the future architecture and framework of Autonomy. The right person for this role has knowledge of design, development, test, analysis, software maintenance/sustainment, and continuous improvement. If you are someone who has hands-on experience throughout the entire new product development life cycle from concept to customer delivery, loves to be on the cutting edge, work with many multi-disciplinary teams, then this role is for you.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

Evolve Shield AI’s Software and System Safety Approach

Develop AI certification plan and support design of Run Time Assurance stack

Present results of system safety analyses to external parties including FAA licensing individuals and DoD Safety community

Clearly communicate technical risks to the executive leadership team

Support Design & Development Engineers as a critical partner in Functional Hazard Analysis (FHA) and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) exercises at system level, and sub-system level for complex aircraft and ground systems

Support the Design Requirements Process as a Subject Matter Expert to ensure teams adhere to Safety best practices and triage proactive hazard mitigations

Support Systems Integration and Test with Qualification Test Plan Development for new products

Support Development Milestone Reviews such as PDR, CDR, QDR representing SAI Safety

Host regular corrective action reviews to ensure lessons learned are communicated with all stakeholders, and that all actions have been implemented in a timely manner

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Minimum of 12+ years Industry Experience as a Software Engineer, Flight Controls Engineer, or System Safety Engineer

B.S. Degree in Engineering

Aircraft, Spacecraft, or UAV Operations Experience

Experience with MIL-STD-1629, MIL-STD-882, DO-178

Experience working on Advanced Hardware and Software Systems

An active security clearance (Secret, Top Secret, TS with SCI)

This role requires an onsite presence at our HQ in San Diego, CA, Frisco, TX, or Crystal City, VA

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Experience with Functional Hazard Analysis, Fault Tree Analysis, System Safety Analysis, Root Cause Analysis Methodologies, Corrective action management, Hazard Management, and Risk management

Experience with US and International Customers

M.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or Systems Engineering

Modeling/CAD Experience

Electrical Engineering Familiarity with schematics, best practices, and industry guidelines for Reliability

Technical writing experience developing standards, specifications, user guides, and policies

Requirements drafting experience for Software & Hardware