Software Systems Engineer, Safety Critical Embedded Systems

About the role

Forterra is looking for a Software Systems Engineer to define and integrate the requirements architecture interfaces and verification approach for safety critical embedded software supporting autonomous ground vehicles. This is an individual contributor role that works across software systems test and safety engineering. You will turn operational and safety needs into implementable requirements and interfaces maintain the technical thread through verification and help the team understand how the software will behave integrate and perform across multiple platforms

Someone who can connect system intent to implementation. You should be comfortable moving between functions requirements interfaces architecture software behavior and verification evidence. The role requires enough technical depth to work directly with embedded software teams and enough systems perspective to see how decisions affect the larger vehicle and safety case.

What youll do

• Derive refine and maintain system and software requirements for safety critical embedded functions.
• Break system functions into implementable software responsibilities and support functional allocation across system elements.
• Define interfaces data flows operating modes fault behavior and assumptions for embedded software components.
• Maintain the relationship between hazards safety goals mitigations requirements architecture and verification evidence through requirements traceability.
• Review software and system designs for completeness consistency testability diagnosability and safe behavior under faults and abnormal conditions.
• Work with software and test engineers to establish verification methods resolve requirement issues and assess coverage and evidence.
• Support architecture reviews requirements reviews technical baseline reviews integration reviews and customer reviews with clear technical analysis and documentation.
• Work across development test safety and program teams to resolve cross component issues and maintain a reusable platform baseline.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Systems Engineering Computer Engineering Electrical Engineering Computer Science or a related field. Equivalent experience may be considered.
• Five or more years of systems engineering experience with complex embedded autonomous automotive aerospace defense or industrial systems.
• Hands on experience developing and managing system or software requirements including requirements traceability and clear verification criteria.
• Experience with functional decomposition allocation interface definition and architecture development for embedded systems.
• Working technical knowledge of embedded software including C or C RTOS concepts communications and hardware and software interfaces.
• Experience using requirements or architecture tools such as Jama DOORS SysML UML or comparable tools.
• Familiarity with verification planning integration anomaly resolution and technical evidence for customer or program reviews.
• Strong analytical written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical relationships clearly

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience applying safety critical development and assurance standards such as MIL-STD-882E JSSSEHJS-SSA-IG ISO 26262 IEC 61508 or DO-178C.
• Experience with hazard analysis and safety engineering activities such as FHA STPA functional allocation mitigation analysis or safety case development.
• Experience defining interfaces and behavior for vehicle networks diagnostics fault management orsafety monitoring functions.
• Understanding of robotics domains such as motion control planning perception localization vehicle dynamics and platform integration.
• Experience working across multiple vehicle variants or programs while maintaining a reusable technical baseline.
• Experience providing technical leadership through architecture reviews requirements workshops mentoring or cross functional integration

US Salary Range
$150000.00$175000.00 USD

The salary range for this role is an estimate and is based on a wide variety of compensation factors. The salary offered to candidates will vary based on a variety of factors including (but not limited to) relevant work experience education specialized training critical expertise training and more. Equity in Forterra is included in most of our full-time high-demand roles and is therefore considered part of Forterras overall compensation addition to base salary and equity Forterra offers competitive benefits for full-time employees including:

• Premium Healthcare Benefits: Three plan options including an HSA-eligible plan with Forterra covering 80% of the plan premium for you and your dependents.
• Basic Life/AD&D short and long-term disability insurance plans 100% covered by Forterra plus the option to purchase additional life insurance for you and your dependents.
• Extremely generous company holiday calendar including a winter break in December.
• Competitive paid time off (PTO) offering 20 days accrued per year.
• A minimum of 7 weeks fully paid parental leave for birth/adoption.
• A $9k annual tuition reimbursement or professional development stipend.
• Fully stocked beverage refrigerators with all the Celsius your little heart desires.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan including traditional Roth 401(k) and after-tax deferral with company match up to 4%.

Your recruiter will be able to share more information about our salary and benefits offering during the hiring process.

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Forterra is an equal-opportunity employer providing and promoting equal employment opportunity in all personnel are unique talented individuals who are united through a shared passion to deliver autonomous systems that enable national resilience and a robust supply chain.

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