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Role Description

As a Mission Systems Engineer at Reliable Robotics, you will be a part of the Systems team and will report to the Systems & Safety Manager. The Systems & Safety Team is responsible for architecting systems that support novel safety-critical functions, establishing development methodologies for new technologies, and complying with the federal regulations.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Contributing to the development of prototypes and certifiable safety-critical flight systems in a dynamic start-up work environment
• Defining and documenting mission-related aspects of future aircraft operation using insight from a pilot’s perspective
• Defining and communicating strategies and plans for type certification and operational approval
• Developing training and support documents needed to deploy autonomous systems in an operational environment
• Supporting system architecture development and assessing trade-off studies regarding performance, complexity, risk, and effort
• Capturing system requirements and interfaces to drive avionics hardware and software development
• Performing operational safety assessments in support of experimental and production missions
• Providing engineering expertise in the design, development, test and validation of vehicle level functions and performances
• Interacting with other domains within Reliable Robotics and becoming involved in a broad task spectrum not limited to typical system engineering activities

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree of Science or Engineering in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, or related discipline
• FAA-Certificated Pilot (Commercial, or Airline Transport) or Dispatcher with two or more years of operational experience under 14 CFR § 135, 14 CFR § 121 or Corporate Flight Operations
• Broad experience from 7+ years of designing various systems, integrations, and testing of complex safety-critical aerospace systems or equivalent technology

Requirements

• Advanced Degree of Science or Engineering in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, or related discipline (preferred)
• Creative problem solver that can bring multiple disciplines together with the ability to assess risk and make design and development decisions based first principles without all available data (preferred)
• Experience certifying flight critical systems, hardware, and software via ARP4754A, ARP4761, DO-254, and DO-178C respectively (preferred)

Benefits

This role can be remote, or located at our facility in Mountain View, California. Must be willing to travel up to 10% of the time.

Company Description

At Reliable Robotics, our goal is to be a diverse and inclusive workforce. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, creed, ancestry, sex, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability or medical conditions, national origin, military or veteran status, genetic information, marital status, or any other basis covered by applicable law. All employment and promotion is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.