4 days ago
Base Salary
$170k - $190k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop and drive the functional safety strategy for autonomous heavy equipment platforms.
- Evaluate ISO 26262, IEC 61508, and comparable standards and establish practical safety requirements and processes.
- Conduct hazard analyses, risk assessments, and failure mode evaluations across embedded software, electronics, sensors, and machine control systems.
- Translate safety requirements into hardware and software design constraints and review system architectures for safety risks.
- Define verification and validation requirements, guide test strategies, and establish traceability from hazards through implementation and evidence.
- Support safety assessments and certification-related activities where applicable.
- Investigate safety defects, incidents, and unexpected system behavior, identify root causes, and implement corrective actions.
- Evaluate release readiness and escalate or block deployments when critical safety requirements are unmet.
- Establish scalable safety engineering, documentation, verification, and review practices and mentor engineers on functional safety.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Robotics, Systems Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
- At least 5 years of professional experience in embedded systems, functional safety, or safety-critical product development, with senior-level technical ownership.
- Direct experience contributing to the development and release of a safety-critical product involving both hardware and software.
- Hands-on experience applying functional safety standards such as ISO 26262, IEC 61508, or comparable industry standards.
- Experience performing hazard analysis, risk assessments, and failure mode analysis.
- Experience defining safety requirements and developing verification strategies for safety-critical systems.
- Strong understanding of embedded hardware and software interactions.
- Ability to make independent engineering decisions and work across multidisciplinary teams.
- Preferred experience with safety-critical systems for autonomous vehicles, robotics, aerospace, or heavy equipment.
- Preferred experience establishing safety strategies for new products, safety cases, certification processes, safety evidence management, and field deployments.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation plus equity.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- 401(k) and life insurance.
- Travel opportunities to real-world jobsites across the U.S. and globally.
- Opportunity to define the safety foundation for autonomous heavy machinery and own safety strategy across next-generation platforms.
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About AIM
AIM builds autonomy for heavy equipment, turning bulldozers, excavators, and loaders into AI-driven fleets for mining, construction, infrastructure, and defense operators. The company sells an autonomy platform combining software, machine controls, and ruggedized hardware, deployed on active jobsites to run large-scale earthmoving. Founded in 2021 and headquartered in Redmond, Washington, AIM is privately held and backed by investors including General Catalyst and Khosla Ventures.