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aerovect - Senior Software Safety Engineer

Remote2d ago

Remote Senior WW Robotics Software Senior Software Engineer Principal C++Python Linux

Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on safety engineering experience in autonomous vehicles, automotive (ISO 26262), aerospace (DO-178C/DO-254), or industrial safety (IEC 61508). • Prior background working with autonomous driving systems or mobile robotics. • Proven ability to work under the technical mentorship of a Principal Safety Engineer in a high-velocity agile engineering team. • B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Robotics, or a related discipline. • 5+ years of software development or SW safety experience in C++, Python, or ROS/ROS2 environments. • Deep understanding of software safety lifecycles, ASIL decomposition for software, unit/integration test strategies, and static analysis tools. • Hands-on experience analyzing autonomous vehicle software pipelines (perception, planning, fail-safe state machines).

Responsibilities

• Conduct software hazard and safety analyses on perception, motion planning, localization, and vehicle control modules per ISO 26262-6 and SOTIF (ISO 21448). • Execute software FMEA/FTA, freedom-from-interference (FFI) analysis, and code-level hazard evaluations. • Derive Software Safety Requirements (SSRs) and define monitoring/fail-safe mechanisms within multi-core and Linux/RTOS software environments. • Review safety-critical C++/Python code and robotics middleware with development teams to ensure software safety standards are met. • Develop Safety Performance Indicators to measure safety performance over time.