Safety & Systems Engineering Intern

What you'll do

• Analyze failures and root causes across vehicle, system, or software subsystems; identify common-cause failures and new scenarios or sensitivities.
• Build tooling for safety analysis or requirements development, and assess test coverage and data against safety and behavioral requirements.
• Communicate findings and recommendations to engineering stakeholders.

What they ask for

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Systems Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field.
• Some exposure to a system where failure had real consequences, including through coursework or a club project.
• Familiarity with structured failure-analysis methods such as FMEA, fault trees, or STPA; regular use of Python for analysis or tooling.
• Experience running an analysis as part of a trade study and ability to reason about evidence and statistics, including coverage and confidence.

Nice to have

• Prior safety-engineering experience, including functional safety or ISO 26262-class standards.
• C++ experience or experience with UML/SysML.

Pay

$58.00 per hour (Mountain View; interns pursuing a master’s degree); $65.00 per hour (Mountain View; interns pursuing a doctoral degree); $52.00 per hour (Pittsburgh; interns pursuing a master’s degree); $58.00 per hour (Pittsburgh; interns pursuing a doctoral degree)

Tools

Python, FMEA, fault trees, STPA, ISO 26262, C++, UML, SysML