System Safety Engineer, Commercial Systems

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November 21

🦀 Maryland – Remote

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💵 $110k - $150k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🟡 Mid-level

👷🏻‍♀️ Engineer

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Forterra

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Transport • Defense

Forterra is a company that specializes in autonomous vehicle technology, with a focus on defense and commercial applications. Their flagship product, AutoDrive®, provides self-driving capabilities for both structured and unstructured environments, tackling challenges in harsh and complex conditions. Forterra's solutions are designed to optimize logistics, increase operational efficiency, and enhance safety for both soldiers in the battlefield and civilians in industrial settings. The company collaborates with partners like Anduril Industries and Hanwha Defense USA to deliver autonomous capabilities to the US Army, aiming to reduce risks and protect lives. Their technology is adaptive to varied conditions, operating seamlessly on roads, off-roads, rural, industrial sites, and more.

201 - 500 employees

Founded 2017

🚗 Transport

📋 Description

• Contribute to the development and architectural design supporting the delivery of safety-critical ground based autonomous solutions. • Responsible for performing analyses for hazard identification, evaluation and control using quantitative and qualitative analysis techniques based on the System Safety Program Plan. • Work across Forterra to design safety into our autonomous vehicle systems from the ground up - focusing on commercial applications. • Tackle the topics of functional safety, AI/machine learning, embedded systems and software development in a complex system environment. • Work to define safety architecture, safety concepts and derive requirements from safety analyses. • Perform safety analyses such as: Preliminary Hazard Analysis (PHA), Functional Hazard Analysis (FHA), Failure Modes and Effect Analysis (FMEA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Modes, States and Transitions Hazard Analysis, Robotic Behavior/Capability Assessments. • Communicate design considerations and progress with respect to system safety across the engineering organization. • Incorporate Hazard Analyses into a Model-based Safety environment. • Participate in trade studies and testing activities to ensure safety requirements are met. • Participate in Systems Engineering Technical Reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, etc.).

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Systems or related Engineering discipline, Computer Science, or a related technical field • 2+ years of work experience as a System Safety engineer or related role focused on autonomous or safety critical systems • Specific experience with system / functional safety standards (e.g., ISO 26262, MIL-STD-882E, UL 4600, IEC 61508, IEC 62304) • Experience with Probabilistic Risk Analysis (PRA) techniques • Knowledge of reviewing and applying supplier Safety Manuals • Familiar with mathematical and engineering principles and methods used to design safety critical systems • Experience with robotics, AI and/or machine learning • Strong communication skills and the ability to communicate complex engineering issues to a diverse team.

🏖️ Benefits

• Premium Healthcare Benefits: Three plan options, including an HSA-eligible plan, with Forterra covering 80% of the plan premium for you and your dependents. • Basic Life/AD&D, short and long-term disability insurance plans 100% covered by Forterra, plus the option to purchase additional life insurance for you and your dependents. • Extremely generous company holiday calendar including a winter break in December. • Competitive paid time off (PTO) offering 20 days accrued per year. • A minimum of 7 weeks fully paid parental leave for birth/adoption. • A $9k annual tuition reimbursement or professional development stipend. • Fully stocked beverage refrigerators with all the Celsius your little heart desires. • 401(k) retirement savings plan, including traditional, Roth 401(k), and after-tax deferral with company match up to 4%.