The Reliable Companies is hiring a
Systems Architect

Summary

The job is for a Systems Architect at Reliable Robotics, a company specializing in safety-critical autonomous aircraft systems. The role involves designing and developing prototypes, defining system architecture, performing trades studies, and ensuring correct implementation of requirements. The position can be remote or based in Mountain View, California, with travel up to 20% of the time.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree of Science or Engineering in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, or related discipline, or equivalent experience at a minimum
• Broad experience from several years of responsibility in designing and integrating various complex safety-critical aerospace systems or equivalent technology

Responsibilities

• Develop and architectural design of prototypes and certifiable safety-critical flight systems
• Define new/novel functions necessary to control autonomous aircraft and manage contingencies
• Define the relationship between the vehicle, pilot, and support system for remotely operated autonomous aircraft
• Perform decomposition of aircraft, system and LRU functions, define the system physical / logical architecture and allocate functionality
• Perform trades studies to assess performance, complexity, risk, and cost of competing technical solutions
• Work closely with system and safety analysts to define system architectural features to meet safety and security requirements
• Derive and validate requirements and interfaces based on the architecture to ensure correct and complete implementation at the next design level
• Support product development all the way through development up to production, test, and certification

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced Degree of Science or Engineering in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, or related discipline
• Demonstrated ability to justify novel architectural solutions to regulators
• Experience certifying flight critical systems, hardware, and software via ARP4754A, ARP4761, DO-254, and DO-178C respectively

Benefits

• Salary range: $158,000 to $247,500/annual salary + cash and stock option awards + benefits
• Stock options
• Employee medical
• 401k contribution
• Great co-workers and a casual work environment