Staff Systems Engineer - System Safety

What you will work on

The Quantum Systems Land Domain is developing leading-edge autonomous UGV technology for defense — a domain where no blueprint exists. The product strategy starts with a UGV that is useful on today’s battlefields and can be built with current technology, then progressively increases the authority of the autonomy system while reducing the need for human supervision — across ever more complex operating environments, up to fully autonomous operation in proximity to civilians.

As a senior system safety expert, you will own and shape this discipline from the ground up: define the safety case architecture, build the processes, and set the standard. You will work across product management, design assurance, product security, engineering teams, and V&V to ensure safety is embedded in the product from hazard analysis through to operational deployment. As the product matures, you will grow your domain into a team.

 

How you will leave your footprint

• Establish and maintain the system safety process and safety case architecture.
• Define and maintain the Operational Design Domain (ODD) — environmental, operational, and scenario boundaries for safe operation.
• Conduct CONOPS scenario analysis — operational scenarios, mode transitions, degraded modes, and edge cases.
• Conduct hazard analysis and risk assessment (HARA) — system-level hazards, risk ratings, safety functions, and operational risk reduction measures.
• Conduct SOTIF analysis — performance limitations and triggering conditions that lead to hazardous behavior without component faults.
• Define safety functions and safety integrity targets without prescribing implementation architecture.
• Define system-level validation criteria for safe behavior in operational scenarios.
• Own system-level risk acceptance — residual risk arguments, release conditions, and operational restrictions.
• Define operational measures — operator procedures, training requirements, warnings, and use restrictions.
• Manage the regulatory register and safety-relevant compliance matrices (Machinery Regulation, AI Act).
• Allocate safety functions and integrity targets to Design Assurance and Product Security; arbitrate safety-security conflicts (e.g., fail-open vs. fail-secure); coordinate cross-domain risk management.
• Communicate safety functions and ODD constraints as system requirements to engineering teams; review architecture proposals for hazard coverage; participate in scenario reviews and field trials.
• Coordinate with Quantum Systems core group on safety aspects of the C3 system (MOSAIC, GCS) and multi-domain operation.
• Define validation scenarios and acceptance criteria for V&V including edge cases, degraded modes, and SOTIF triggering conditions; review and accept validation evidence for safety claims.
• Develop and maintain AI-assisted workflows for safety analysis, compliance auditing, and traceability management.

What you will bring to the team

Required skills

• Deep expertise in hazard analysis, operational risk assessment, and safety argumentation for complex autonomous systems, with an engineering mindset and hands-on attitude.
• Experience defining Operational Design Domains, CONOPS scenarios, and system-level safety functions for robotic or autonomous platforms.
• Ability to construct and defend residual risk arguments toward regulators, customers, and program management.
• Strong collaboration skills across multidisciplinary teams — you bridge product management, engineering, and V&V.
• Interest in AI-assisted engineering workflows and willingness to shape how AI tools support safety analysis and compliance management.
• Comfortable working with software development tools — GitHub, VS Code, Bazel, Markdown, CI/CD pipelines — to operate and evolve the AI-assisted methodology.

Preferred skills

• Working knowledge of MIL-STD-882E, ISO 12100, ISO 21448 (SOTIF), and EU product safety regulations (Machinery Regulation, AI Act).
  
  

What we offer @ FERNRIDE

At FERNRIDE, we believe in empowering you to thrive both personally and professionally. Our benefits are thoughtfully designed to support your growth, well-being, and aspirations while fostering a strong sense of work-life harmony. Here’s how we support you:

• Flexible working hours & remote work
• All-day breakfast and unlimited drinks, fruits, and snacks
• Lunch subsidy
• Select one of three options: (1) EUR 40 Spendit card /month (2) Wellpass (3) Mobility card
• Corporate Benefits platform
• Company pension scheme
• Team, department, and company events
• 30 days of vacation
• Up to six weeks of remote work in countries covered under the EHIC (European Health Insurance Card)