Reliable Robotics Corporation - Systems Architect

• In your role as a Systems Architect you will be responsible for the development and architectural design of prototypes and certifiable safety-critical flight systems in a dynamic start-up work environment. • Define new/novel functions necessary to control autonomous aircraft and manage contingencies • Define the relationship between the vehicle, pilot, and support system for remotely operated autonomous aircraft • Perform the decomposition of aircraft, system and LRU functions, define the system physical / logical architecture and allocate functionality • Perform trades studies to assess performance, complexity, risk, and cost of competing technical solutions • Work closely with system and safety analysts to define system architectural features to meet safety and security requirements • Derive and validate requirements and interfaces based on the architecture to ensure correct and complete implementation at the next design level • Support product development all the way through development up to production, test, and certification • You’ll also have the opportunity to interact with other domains within Reliable Robotics and become involved in a broad task spectrum not limited to typical system engineering activities. • Basic Success Criteria • Bachelor’s Degree of Science or Engineering in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, or related discipline, or equivalent experience at a minimum • Broad experience from 7+ years of designing and integrating various complex safety-critical aerospace systems • Demonstrated self starter with the ability to solve problems from first principles • Ability to work well independently and cross-functionally across multiple organizations • Preferred Criteria • Preferred Criteria • Advanced Degree of Science or Engineering in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, or related discipline • Demonstrated ability to justify novel architectural solutions to regulators • Experience certifying flight critical systems, hardware, and software via ARP4754A, ARP4761, DO-254, and DO-178C respectively • We are developing and building high-integrity safety-critical systems for automated flight, and your role is critical to what we do at Reliable Robotics. With the support of the entire team, you will be making key aircraft architectural design decisions to drive our core mission forward. • This role can be remote, or located at our facility in Mountain View, California. • Must be willing to travel up to 20% of the time. • This position requires access to information that is subject to U.S. export controls. An offer of employment will be contingent upon the applicant’s capacity to perform in compliance with U.S. export control laws. • All applicants are asked to provide documentation that legally establishes status as a U.S. person or non-U.S. person (and nationalities in the case of a non-U.S. person). Where the applicant is not a U.S. person, meaning not a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident, (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or not otherwise permitted to access the export-controlled technology without U.S. government authorization, the Company reserves the right not to apply for an export license for such applicants whose access to export-controlled technology or software source code requires authorization and may decline to proceed with the application process and any offer of employment on that basis.