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In this role, you will develop safety architectures, conduct safety analyses, and ensure correct implementation of safety-critical functions in hardware and software for autonomous systems.
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- Fernride is building the future of autonomous logistics by combining advanced automation technology with human-guided teleoperations. We enable logistics companies to transition toward safer, more efficient, and more sustainable driverless operations. With strong expertise in robotics, AI, and automotive engineering, Fernride delivers scalable solutions that bring real-world autonomy to industrial environments.
- The Quantum Systems Land Domain is developing cutting-edge autonomous UGV technology for defense—a domain where no blueprint exists. The product strategy begins with a UGV that is useful on today's battlefields and can be built with current technology, then progressively enhances the authority of the autonomy system while reducing the need for human supervision—across increasingly complex operating environments, up to fully autonomous operation in proximity to civilians.
- As a senior design assurance expert, you will own and shape this discipline from the ground up: establish the safety architecture, build the assurance processes, and drive design integrity across hardware, software, and ML. You will bridge the gap between safety analysis and engineering implementation - working with system safety, product security, engineering teams, and V&V to ensure safety functions are correctly implemented through the technical architecture. As the product matures, you will grow your domain into a team.
- Design Assurance - Ensuring that safety-critical functions are correctly implemented in hardware, software, and ML components.
- Safety Analysis - Conducting hardware and software safety analyses (e.g., FMEA/FMECA, Failure Rates, Diagnostics).
- ML Safety - Evaluation of safety-critical ML components including data quality, validation, and robustness.
- Safety mechanisms - Definition of redundancies, monitoring, plausibility checks, and safe-state strategies.
- Fault Injection - Collaboration in the development of fault injection tests and acceptance criteria.
- Requirements Management - Maintenance of system requirements and ensuring complete traceability.
- Compliance - Support with regulatory requirements (e.g., LVD, EMC, REACH, RoHS) and environmental documentation.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration - Close cooperation with System Safety, Product Security, and Engineering teams.
- Verification & Validation - Definition of verification criteria and review of V&V evidence.
Our expectations of you
Education
- Ability to evaluate cost-benefit tradeoffs between alternative safety architectures and present quantitative safety arguments (PFH, PFHd, MTTFd, DCavg, SFF, PL metrics).
Qualifications
- Hands-on expertise in hardware safety, software safety, and fault-tolerant system design - FMEA/FMECA, diagnostic coverage analysis, safe-state design, and safety mechanism specification - with an engineering mindset and hands-on attitude.
- Strong collaboration skills - you bridge the gap between safety analysis and engineering implementation.
- Interest in AI-assisted engineering workflows and willingness to shape how AI tools support requirements management and compliance verification.
- Comfortable working with software development tools - GitHub, VS Code, Bazel, Markdown, CI/CD pipelines - to operate and evolve the AI-assisted methodology.
Experience
- Experience translating high-level safety functions into verifiable, allocatable system requirements and managing full traceability across the engineering lifecycle.
What we offer
- Direct impact: See your contributions rapidly integrated from cutting-edge research into industrialized products, flying in the field within short development cycles.
- Culture & Environment: A dynamic, fast-paced, and collaborative startup environment with flat hierarchies, efficient collaboration, and a strong emphasis on continuous learning opportunities.
- Work-life Balance: We offer flexible work schedules, and 30 days of paid vacation each year to support your personal and professional life.
- Lunch Benefit: We promote healthy eating and the well-being of our employees with a monthly lunch budget.
- Health & Wellness: We support your physical well-being with a company-subsidized eGym Wellpass membership, giving you access to thousands of gyms and sports facilities.
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About your employer
Quantum-Systems GmbH began focusing on the development and production of autonomous transition aircraft for civilian purposes in January 2015. This was a smart move that has positioned the company as a leader in this growing industry. Autonomous transition aircraft are an important part of the future of aviation, and Quantum-Systems GmbH is at the forefront of this exciting new technology.
- 50-249 Employees
- English
- Established Company
- Onsite, Hybrid, Full Remote
- Industry, Production · Aviation, Space Travel
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