Forterra is seeking a Staff System Safety Engineer to join their Defense Safety team and drive efforts in the development of safety-critical autonomous systems. This role is crucial in identifying and mitigating potential hazards within applications of their autonomy solutions for ground-based autonomous systems, particularly for defense applications.
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
- Contribute to the development and architectural design supporting the delivery of prototypes and safety-critical ground based autonomous solutions.
- Performing analyses for hazard identification, evaluation and control using quantitative and qualitative analysis techniques based on the System Safety Program Plan.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 10+ 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
- Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP) 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
