Senior DoD System Safety Engineer

Office Location: Clarksburg, MD 
Tele-work Opportunities: Fully Remote Eligible
Travel Requirements: Minimal domestic travel may be expected (less than 10%)
To conform to U.S. Government technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Position Responsibilities:

• Work across RR to design safety into our autonomous vehicle systems from the ground up – focusing on defense applications which follow A MIL-STD-882E approach.
• Tackle the topics of functional safety, embedded systems and software safety in a complex system environment .
• Work to define safety architecture, safety concepts and derive requirements from safety analyses.
• Work with engineering teams from concept through implementation, representing the consideration of safety in the design throughout the process.
• Provide technical safety engineering activities on elements of significant scope.
• Perform systems & safety analysis activities, including on autonomy-related safety.
• Communicate design considerations and progress with respect to system safety across the engineering organization.
• Communicate effectively to make recommendations and drive consensus amongst all stakeholders (executive team, product, customer, engineering, test).
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Skills and Abilities:

• A minimum of 5+ years of work experience as a Systems Safety engineer or related role.
• Strong record working in the field of system safety as it relates to hardware, software and system-level design.
• Expertise with MIL-STD-882E and/or safety critical system design best practices.
• Technical domain knowledge of autonomous vehicles or similar autonomous robotic systems.
• Strong Systems Engineering fundamentals and knowledge of modern systems engineering techniques, tools and processes.
• Expertise with safety analysis techniques such as: Preliminary Hazard Analysis (PHA), System Requirements Hazard Analysis (SRHA), Subsystem Hazard Analysis (SSHA), System Hazard Analysis (SHA), Operating And Support Hazard Analysis (O&SHA), Health Hazard Analysis (HHA), Functional Hazard Analysis (FHA), System-Of-Systems Hazard Analysis (SSHA), Environmental Hazard Analysis (EHA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA), Failure Mode Effects and Criticality Analysis(FMECA).
• Expertise evaluating software control categories and severities to identify appropriate Software Criticality Indexes (SwCI).
• Strong knowledge and experience hazard analysis and hazard management.
• Strong knowledge and experience with MIL-STD-882, MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-464.
• Strong knowledge and experience with Joint.
• Software Systems Safety Engineering Handbook (JSSSEH).
• Strong knowledge of electrical, mechanical, and/or software design and development.
• Knowledge and experience with ISO 262626, IEC 61508, and/or ISO 20474.
• Experience with DOD systems and/or prior work in the field of robotics.
• Experience leading (or participating in) test and evaluation planning, preparation of test event Safety.
• Releases, conducting post-test event actions, and maintaining reports.
• Expertise in safety requirement authorship and management.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to communicate complex engineering issues to a diverse team.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with or Certification in 882E , ISO 26262 , ISO 21448 , and UL4600.
• Experience applying functional safety concepts to autonomous vehicles and/or high-performance computing.

Education and Experience:

• Degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or a related field.

Benefits: Robotic Research Autonomous Industries (RRAI) is excited to offer the following benefits:·           17 Company Holidays for 2024·           20 days of PTO a year·           Flexible work schedules and a casual work environment·           Competitive medical, dental & vision plans·           401k contribution plan with up to 4% match ·           $9k a year Tuition Reimbursement program·           Company paid Basic Life, STD, LTD, Legal & ID Protection plans·           Employee assistance program options·           7+ weeks of fully paid Parental Leave·           Jury Duty Leave·           Bereavement Leave·           Pet-friendly offices·           Fully stocked beverage fridges available free for staff·           Full-service latte/cappuccino/coffee machine in each building
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