8h ago
Senior Systems Engineer
South San Francisco, California, USA
$160k-$260k / year
full-timesenioraerospace
๐ผ About This Role
You'll serve as a trusted technical expert deploying high-reliability autonomous systems into safety-critical environments. You'll own requirements, metrics, and validation to ensure safe and robust systems ship at scale. This role combines deep technical leadership with life-saving impact in global drone delivery.
๐ฏ What You'll Do
- Own system and subsystem requirement definition, decomposition, and traceability
- Define interfaces and drive cross-disciplinary discussions to align on budgets
- Develop frameworks and facilitate trade studies for performance, safety, and cost
- Evaluate hardware and software release standards and test requirements
๐ Requirements
- BS/MS in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or related field
- 5+ years of real-world experience in safety critical electromechanical systems
- Ability to solve complex multidisciplinary problems on schedule independently
- Experience with fail-operational fault tolerant modes enabling continued operation through faults
โจ Nice to Have
- Proven track record setting up systems engineering processes in new projects or startups
- Comfortable with energy budgets, flight dynamics, and statistical analysis to set risk-based thresholds
- Leadership skills to grow and develop a world-class systems engineering team
๐ Benefits & Perks
- ๐ฉบ Medical, dental and vision insurance
- ๐๏ธ Paid time off
- ๐ Equity compensation
- ๐ฐ Discretionary bonuses
๐จ Hiring Process
Estimated timeline: 3-5 weeks ยท AI estimate
- 1Recruiter screenยท 30 min
- 2Technical interviewยท 60 min
- 3Onsite / panelยท 3 hours
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