System Safety Engineer

About Overland AI 

Founded in 2022 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, Overland AI is transforming land operations for modern defense. The company leverages over a decade of advanced research in robotics and machine learning, as well as a field-test forward ethos, to deliver combined capabilities for unit commanders. Our OverDrive autonomy stack enables ground vehicles to navigate and operate off-road in any terrain without GPS or direct operator control. Our intuitive OverWatch C2 interface provides commanders with precise coordination capabilities essential for mission success.  

Overland AI has secured funding from prominent defense tech investors including 8VC and Point 72, and built trusted partnerships with DARPA, the U.S. Army, Marine Corps, and Special Operations Command. Backed by eight-figure contracts across the Department of Defense, we are strengthening national security by iterating closely with end users engaged in tactical operations.   

Role Summary

Overland AI is hiring a Systems Safety Engineer to join our growing safety team within Systems, Safety, and Test Engineering (SST). You will own system safety for our autonomous ground vehicles across the full lifecycle, from concept and requirements through integration, test, and field operations. You'll work closely with the engineers building the system while keeping an independent view of risk. Your work produces the hazard analyses, safety requirements, and verification evidence behind our MIL-STD-882E safety programs, ATEC safety releases, and customer certifications, across multiple programs running in parallel.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform hazard analyses (PHA, FHA, SHA, SSHA, O&SHA, FMEA, FTA) per MIL-STD-882E, scaled to system maturity.
• Analyze autonomy and software-controlled behaviors, making sure software safety controls are captured, traced, and verified.
• Define safety requirements and flow them into system and subsystem requirements.
• Partner with internal teams to drive safety features to implementation.
• Maintain hazard tracking and the system safety case, with traceability from hazard to mitigation to verification evidence.
• Partner with test teams on safety test objectives and acceptance criteria, and take part in lab, vehicle, and field testing.
• Evaluate verification evidence and support readiness reviews, safety releases, and risk acceptance decisions.
• Prepare safety documentation for ATEC, government, and commercial reviewers, and communicate risk clearly to leadership and external stakeholders.
• Help build safety processes that scale across programs, and raise safety maturity across engineering.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Hands-on system safety engineering experience on complex systems (autonomy, robotics, vehicles, aerospace, defense, or similar).
• Working knowledge of MIL-STD-882E or related standards such as JSSSEH, UL 4600, ISO 26262, and ISO 21448.
• Experience producing safety artifacts for external review (e.g., Safety Assessment Reports).
• Sound, independent engineering judgment on risk.
• Comfort in a fast-moving environment with real hardware and field testing.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance

Desired Qualifications & Experience

• Experience supporting ATEC or other DoD test and certification authorities.
• Experience with autonomous vehicles, ADAS, or semi-autonomous systems.
• Experience with developmental and operational test readiness.
• Familiarity with MBSE/SysML (e.g., Cameo), GSN safety cases, requirements tools (Jama, DOORS), and Jira.

Location:

This role is located in Seattle, WA.

Compensation & Benefits:

Pay range:

System Safety Engineer: $170,000 - $225,000 annually

Actual base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.

Overland AI believes in creating a work environment that you look forward to embracing every day. Benefits include: 

• Equity compensation
• Best-in-class healthcare, dental and vision plans 
• Flexible PTO
• 401k with company match
• Parental leave
• Monthly wellness stipend
• One-time workplace & productivity reimbursement 

Overland AI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, marital status, disability, genetic information, protected veteran or military status, or any other status protected by applicable law.

This position may involve access to export-controlled technology. Employment is contingent on the ability to comply with U.S. export control laws.

Overland AI provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans during the application process. Please contact [email protected] to request an accommodation.