Overland AI · 1 day ago
Systems Safety Engineer
Seattle, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$170K/yr - $225K/yrOverland AI is a company transforming land operations for modern defense, leveraging advanced research in robotics and machine learning. They are seeking Systems Safety Engineers to lead system safety engineering across autonomous vehicles and programs, ensuring safety is integrated into all phases of development and operations.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Autonomous VehiclesMachine LearningRoboticsSoftware
Responsibilities
Develop and maintain system safety analyses in accordance with MIL-STD-882E and applicable customer or regulatory guidance
Perform PHAs, FHAs, SHAs, SSHAs, and O&SHAs as appropriate to system maturity, incorporating operational concepts, mission scenarios, and anticipated use cases to assess safety impacts and residual risk
Apply standard system safety analysis techniques (e.g., hazard analysis, FMEA/FMECA, fault tree analysis, functional hazard assessment) as appropriate to system scope and maturity
Define safety requirements and constraints and ensure they are correctly flowed into system and subsystem requirements
Review system architectures, autonomy behaviors, software-controlled functions, integration approaches, and operational workflows to identify hazards and inform safety requirements and constraints
Facilitate cross-functional safety discussions with system and technical leads to surface hazards, align on safety intent, and ensure safety considerations are consistently integrated into system decisions
Provide independent technical assessment of system designs and proposed mitigations, offering objective safety insights that inform system requirements, architectural decisions, and operational procedures
Analyze software-controlled and autonomy-driven behaviors as part of system hazard identification, ensuring software-based safety controls and constraints are captured, traced, and supported by verification evidence
Maintain hazard tracking with clear traceability from hazards through mitigations, safety requirements, and verification activities
Develop and maintain the system safety case, integrating hazard analyses, design controls, operational assumptions, and verification evidence into a coherent, defensible argument for safe operation
Ensure software-based safety mitigations (e.g., autonomy behaviors, fault detection, failsafe logic) are explicitly captured within the safety case and supported by appropriate verification evidence
Ensure the safety case evolves alongside system design, configuration changes, and operational refinement and is consistently integrated into system decisions
Define safety-focused test objectives, acceptance criteria, and verification strategies aligned with system requirements and operational use cases
Collaborate with Test & Evaluation teams to ensure safety-driven objectives are represented in test plans, procedures, and acceptance criteria
Participate in lab, vehicle, and field test events to independently assess safety performance and mitigation effectiveness
Review and evaluate verification evidence to confirm safety controls are effective, sufficient, and correctly implemented, and to support readiness and risk acceptance decisions
Capture and organize verification evidence that supports safety assessments, readiness reviews, and release decisions
Support readiness reviews, safety releases, and risk acceptance processes
Prepare safety documentation and technical inputs required for ATEC-led evaluations, customer reviews, and non-DoD certification or approval efforts
Support technical reviews and safety discussions with government and commercial stakeholders
Clearly communicate safety rationale, risk posture, and supporting evidence to internal leadership and external reviewers
Help translate technical safety work into clear, defensible narratives for external stakeholders
Contribute to company safety processes, templates, and standards to support multiple concurrent programs
Help establish consistent safety practices across prototypes, fielded systems, and future production platforms
Mentor engineers and help raise overall system safety maturity within the organization
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical discipline
Experience performing system safety engineering for complex systems (autonomy, robotics, vehicles, aerospace, defense, or similar)
Knowledge of existing standards and regulations relevant in the automotive industry, esp. ISO 26262, ISO 21448, UL4600, MIL-STD-883E, JSSSEH
Experience developing and maintaining safety artifacts suitable for external review, esp. SAR
Ability to operate independently and exercise sound engineering judgment in risk assessment
Comfort working in hands-on, fast-moving environments with real hardware and field testing
Preferred
Direct experience supporting ATEC, DoD test agencies, or similar certification authorities
Direct experience in the design and development of autonomous vehicles or advanced ADAS applications
Experience with autonomous or semi-autonomous systems
Experience supporting both developmental testing and operational/test readiness activities
Experience with SysML modeling and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools (Cameo, Goal Structured Notation)
Experience with managing requirements (Jama, Doors) and issue tracking (JIRA)
Benefits
Equity compensation
Best-in-class healthcare, dental, and vision plans
Unlimited PTO
401(k) with company match
Parental leave
Company
Overland AI
Overland AI is a manufacturer and developer of autonomous navigation for off-road autonomous vehicles.
Founded in 2022
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$42MKey Investors
8VCPoint72 Ventures
2025-01-13Series A· $32M
2024-05-20Seed· $10M
Leadership Team
Byron Boots
Chief Executive Officer
Stephanie Bonk
Co-Founder, President
Recent News
2025-06-10
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