Forterra is seeking a Senior System Safety Engineer to join their Defense Safety team to drive efforts in the development of safety-critical autonomous systems, focusing on identifying and mitigating potential hazards within applications of their autonomy solutions for ground-based autonomous systems.
Requirements
- Specific experience with MIL-STD 882E or a related or similar functional safety standards (e.g., ARP 4754/4761, ISO 26262, UL 4600, IEC 61508, IEC 62304)
- Experience with Probabilistic Risk Analysis (PRA) techniques
- Familiar with mathematical and engineering principles and methods used to design safety critical systems
- Experience with robotics, AI and/or machine learning
- Experience with SysML modeling and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools (Cameo, Medini Analyze)
- Experience with managing requirements (Jama, Doors, Polarion) and issue tracking (JIRA)
- Direct experience in the design and development of autonomous vehicles or advanced ADAS applications
Responsibilities
- Work across Forterra to design safety into our autonomous vehicle systems from the ground up – focusing on defense applications which follow a MIL-STD-882E process
- 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), Failure Modes and Effect Analysis (FMEA), Failure Modes, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Modes, States and Transitions Hazard Analysis, and 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
- Develop and refine safety concepts including architectural design, safety mechanisms, and verification activities, to ensure robust safety performance
Other
- 5+ years of work experience as a System Safety engineer or related role focused on autonomous or safety critical systems
- Knowledge of reviewing and applying supplier Safety Manuals
- Strong communication skills and the ability to communicate complex engineering issues to a diverse team
- Graduate Safety Professional (GSP), Associate Safety Professional (ASP), Associate Systems Engineering Professional (ASEP) or Functional Safety Certification
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Systems or related Engineering discipline, Computer Science, or a related technical field; Master's Degree Preferred
