Senior Systems Engineer - Autonomous Vehicles

Forterra • Clarksburg, MD

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About The Position

Forterra is seeking a Systems Engineer to join our team and help advance the development of autonomous systems. The candidate will employ sound engineering practices to support technical planning, system definition, system integration, and verification and validation activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Embedded Systems Engineering, Robotics or related area with 4+ years of experience
• Master’s Degree with 3+ year of experience
• Systems engineering skills and qualifications through education or experience including requirements definition/allocation/traceability, interface definition, verification and validation
• The ideal candidate must have the ability to understand, define and develop system specifications, architectures, interfaces
• Hands-on experience with verification and validation activities
• Knowledge and experience of product development through traditional waterfall and agile practices
• Familiarity with Autonomous Vehicles, sensors, embedded systems
• Exposure to the development of safety critical systems through the product lifecycle
• Experience with Requirement Management Tools (such as Jama, Doors)
• Familiarity with Software Development principles and ability to collaborate with SW engineering experts
• Skilled systems engineer who brings together engineering, product, and operations teams to deliver cutting-edge autonomous systems
• Clear communicator who excels at navigating multiple priorities and stakeholders in a fast-moving environment

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Autonomous Vehicles behavior definition and decomposition into functional and performance requirements
• Working knowledge of key algorithms from at least one major robotics discipline (navigation, localization, perception, planning)
• Experience developing architectures in an MBSE environment (BDD, IBD, State Machines, Sequence, Activities, parametric, etc), preferably in Cameo/MagicDraw
• Experience with safety standards for regulated industries, including automotive, military, aerospace, or medical. Example standards include, but are not limited to ISO-21448, ISO-26262, MIL-STD-882E, DO-178, and ISO-14971
• Familiarity with Cybersecurity principles and ability to collaborate with cybersecurity experts
• Familiarity with Machinery Standards (ISO 12100, ISO 13849, ISO 3691)

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on the development of concepts of operation, use cases, system architectures and system requirements
• Ensure traceability of requirements across architectures, analyses and verification plans throughout the project lifecycle
• Lead the development of system architectures and ICDs
• Support the program team with preparation and coordination of activities for technical gate reviews (ex. PDR, CDR, TRR etc.) for various systems of interest
• Participate in system-level trade studies and analyses
• Collect metrics and communicate with program stakeholders and management in a timely manner, identifying both technical and programmatic risks
• Deliver presentations to internal and external stakeholders to effectively communicate proposed concepts, solutions, and analysis results
• Participate and support with verification and validation activities of autonomous vehicles

Benefits

• Premium Healthcare Benefits: Three plan options, including an HSA-eligible plan, with Forterra covering 80% of the plan premium for you and your dependents.
• Basic Life/AD&D, short and long-term disability insurance plans 100% covered by Forterra, plus the option to purchase additional life insurance for you and your dependents.
• Extremely generous company holiday calendar including a winter break in December.
• Competitive paid time off (PTO) offering 20 days accrued per year.
• A minimum of 7 weeks fully paid parental leave for birth/adoption.
• A $9k annual tuition reimbursement or professional development stipend.
• Fully stocked beverage refrigerators with all the Celsius your little heart desires.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan, including traditional, Roth 401(k), and after-tax deferral with company match up to 4%.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees