Senior Software Safety Engineer

🔥 17 hours ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $135k - $175k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

👷🏻‍♀️ Engineer

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Forterra

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2017

📦 Logistics

🏭 Manufacturing

🚀 Aerospace

Logistics • Manufacturing • Aerospace

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.

📋 Description

• Contribute to development and architectural design for prototypes and safety-critical ground-based autonomous solutions • Perform quantitative and qualitative hazard identification, evaluation, and control analyses based on the Software System Safety Program Plan and Software Development Plan • Ensure software development processes incorporate safety considerations into autonomous vehicle systems for defense applications following MIL-STD-882E • Address functional safety, AI/machine learning, embedded systems, and software development in complex system environments • Define software architecture and safety concepts, and derive requirements from safety analyses • Incorporate Model-based Safety solutioning across Forterra’s software ecosystem • Perform hazard analyses within a Model-based Safety environment • Perform Software FHA, FMEA, FMECA, FTA, Modes/States/Transitions Hazard Analysis, and Robotic Behavior/Capability Assessments • Communicate software safety design considerations and progress across the engineering organization • Develop and refine safety concepts, including architectural design, safety mechanisms, and Level of Rigor verification activities • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop test cases for safety-critical software • Stay informed about industry trends and advancements in software safety • Participate in trade studies and testing activities to verify software requirements • Participate in Systems Engineering Technical Reviews, including SRR, PDR, and CDR • Participate in Software System Safety Technical Review Panels, working groups, and Level of Rigor audits • Perform other duties as assigned

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Software, Systems, or related Engineering discipline, Computer Science, or related technical field; Master’s degree preferred • 5–10+ years of work experience as a Software Safety Engineer, System Safety Engineer, or related role focused on autonomous or safety-critical systems • Specific experience with MIL-STD-882E, JSSSEH, AOP-52, or related software safety standards such as DO-178C or ISO 26262 • Experience with software development processes such as ASPICE and coding standards such as MISRA • Experience managing requirements using Jama, DOORS, or Polarion • Experience with issue tracking using JIRA • Familiarity with autonomous vehicle perception, prediction, path planning, and control • Strong analytical skills in linear algebra, geometry, and probability • Experience analyzing C/C++ software or software-based tools such as SCADE or Simulink • Experience with complex ecosystems such as RTOS, complex microprocessors, and hypervisors • Experience supporting and guiding teams through unit testing, software integration testing, and embedded software testing • Strong communication skills and ability to communicate complex engineering issues to a diverse team • Software or safety certifications such as ASPICE or equivalent preferred • Experience with robotics, AI, and/or machine learning preferred • Direct experience designing and developing safety-critical software, autonomous vehicles, or advanced ADAS applications preferred • Position may require eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance

🏖️ Benefits

• Equity in Forterra for most full-time, high-demand roles • Three premium healthcare 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 • Option to purchase additional life insurance for you and your dependents • Extremely generous company holiday calendar including a winter break in December • 20 days accrued PTO per year • Minimum of 7 weeks fully paid parental leave for birth/adoption • $9k annual tuition reimbursement or professional development stipend • Fully stocked beverage refrigerators with Celsius • 401(k) retirement savings plan, including traditional, Roth 401(k), and after-tax deferral, with company match up to 4%