1 day ago
Clarksburg, MD, USASenior
Base Salary
$150k - $175k/yr
Responsibilities
- Derive, refine, and maintain system and software requirements for safety-critical embedded functions.
- Decompose system functions into software responsibilities and support functional allocation across system elements.
- Define interfaces, data flows, operating modes, fault behavior, and assumptions for embedded software components.
- Maintain traceability among hazards, safety goals, mitigations, requirements, architecture, and verification evidence.
- Review software and system designs for completeness, consistency, testability, diagnosability, and safe fault behavior.
- Establish verification methods, assess coverage and evidence, and resolve requirements issues with software and test engineers.
- Support architecture, requirements, technical baseline, integration, and customer reviews.
- Resolve cross-component issues and maintain a reusable platform baseline across development, test, safety, and program teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s 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, requirements traceability, and verification criteria.
- Experience with functional decomposition, allocation, interface definition, and embedded-system architecture development.
- Working technical knowledge of embedded software, including C or C++, RTOS concepts, communications, and hardware/software interfaces.
- Experience with 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.
- Preferred experience with safety-critical standards including MIL-STD-882E, JSSSEH, JS-SSA-IG, ISO 26262, IEC 61508, or DO-178C.
- Preferred experience with hazard analysis and safety engineering activities such as FHA, STPA, functional allocation, mitigation analysis, or safety case development.
- Preferred understanding of vehicle networks, diagnostics, fault management, safety monitoring, robotics domains, and reusable technical baselines.
- Preferred experience providing technical leadership through architecture reviews, requirements workshops, mentoring, or cross-functional integration.
- The position may require eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance.
Benefits
- US base salary range of $150,000.00–$175,000.00 USD, with equity included in most full-time, high-demand roles.
- Three premium healthcare plan options, including an HSA-eligible plan, with Forterra covering 80% of premiums for employees and dependents.
- Forterra covers basic life/AD&D and short- and long-term disability insurance premiums.
- Generous company holiday calendar including a December winter break.
- 20 days of accrued paid time off per year.
- At least seven weeks of fully paid parental leave for birth or adoption.
- $9,000 annual tuition reimbursement or professional development stipend.
- 401(k) plan with traditional, Roth, and after-tax deferral options and company matching up to 4%.
- Fully stocked beverage refrigerators.
- Security-clearance eligibility may be required, and reasonable accommodations are available.
About Forterra
Forterra builds autonomous mission systems for defense and industrial ground operations, including self-driving kits for land vehicles and coordinated robotic swarms. It develops mission-critical hardware and software for autonomy in GPS-denied and contested environments, supporting military logistics, convoying, and yard/drayage use cases. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Clarksburg, Maryland, the privately held company serves U.S. and allied government programs alongside commercial fleet operators.