Staff Engineer Safety X BAT
Shield AI is a U.S. defense-technology company developing mission-autonomy software and autonomous aircraft for military and allied operations.
Funding history
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About Shield AI
Founded in 2015, Shield AI builds Hivemind autonomy software and V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft for operations in contested, GPS- and communications-denied environments. Its current site also presents Aechelon synthetic-reality simulation and Vision Systems detection and tracking products.
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will develop, refine, and validate system-level safety requirements for the X-BAT platform and its support systems. You will analyze hazards, support certification evidence and airworthiness documentation, maintain hazard tracking, and help ensure safety is incorporated throughout design, testing, integration, and operational readiness.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, systems, aerospace, electrical, mechanical, or a related field.
- 5–8+ years of experience in system safety, airworthiness, or mission-critical system engineering.
- Experience generating or maintaining hazard logs or Hazard Tracking Systems.
- Working knowledge of system safety processes and hazard analysis tools.
- Familiarity with requirements management and hazard tracking systems.
- Analytical and technical communication skills.
- Ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams.
- Ability to possess a Secret DoD security clearance as required by customers.
- Experience with UAS or autonomous aircraft platforms is preferred.
- Experience with MIL-STD-882, ARP-4761, STANAG, or similar safety frameworks is preferred.
- Familiarity with cybersecurity requirements for safety-critical systems is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Derive, refine, and validate safety requirements for the X-BAT platform and support systems.
- Apply STPA, SSA, FTA, PHA, and FMEA methods to identify hazards and mitigation strategies.
- Guide engineering teams in allocating safety requirements and verifying mitigation effectiveness.
- Support development of the safety case and certification evidence.
- Develop and validate cybersecurity-related safety requirements.
- Audit, refine, and maintain the Hazard Tracking System.
- Create, review, and maintain airworthiness and technical safety documentation.
- Support mishap and near-miss investigations.
- Participate in design reviews, safety working groups, and change boards.
- Contribute to risk assessments and readiness reviews.
- Engage with customers and DoD System Safety representatives.
Benefits
- Bonus
- Equity