Senior System Safety Engineer (Autonomous Vehicles)

Location: Remote. Other listed locations include the United States, Italy, Poland, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Canada, and Ireland, with some locations designated as hybrid or onsite.

Company

hirify.global is a Series A company developing autonomous ground-handling systems for airlines and ground service providers.

What you will do

• Execute system safety lifecycle activities across autonomous software and hardware platforms.
• Perform hazard identification and risk assessments using HARA, FMEA, FTA, and STPA.
• Derive, specify, and trace functional, technical, and hardware safety requirements for supervised and driverless autonomy.
• Perform FMEDA, hardware diagnostic coverage, PMHF, and quantitative hardware safety analyses.
• Calculate component and system failure rates using SN 29500, IEC 61709, MIL-HDBK-217F, and Telcordia SR-332.
• Collaborate with systems, software, robotics, hardware, and test teams and support safety-case evidence for airport deployment.

Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on safety engineering experience in autonomous vehicles, automotive, aerospace, or industrial safety.
• 5+ years of experience in hardware safety engineering, electrical engineering reliability, or failure-rate modeling for automotive, aerospace, or industrial robotics.
• Prior experience with autonomous driving systems or mobile robotics.
• B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Robotics, or a related discipline.
• Mastery of FIT-rate modeling, component failure-rate calculation methods, and FMEDA workflows.
• Deep knowledge of ISO 26262-5, including SPFM, LFM, hardware architectural metrics, and diagnostic strategies.
• Ability to work under the technical mentorship of a Principal Safety Engineer within an agile engineering team.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time role in the Safety department.
• Work is performed remotely for the role, with additional hybrid, onsite, and remote location options listed.
• Work closely with the Head of Safety and cross-functional engineering teams.
• Contribute to autonomous systems intended for commercial airport deployment.