Overland AI
Software Safety Engineer (Software)
$170K–$225K
Seattle, WA · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 22, 2026
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, computer engineering, or a related discipline.
- Visa sponsorship
- Employment is contingent on the ability to comply with U.S. export control laws; the position may involve access to export-controlled technology.
About the job
Leads software safety analysis and testing for autonomous ground vehicles, producing evidence for safety releases, customer certifications, and fielding.
What you'll do
- Identify safety-significant software functions, assign criticality, and analyze requirements, architecture, design, and code.
- Derive and trace software safety requirements; guide safety-critical design and define and evaluate safety testing.
- Assess changes, releases, and bugs for safety impact; own software safety content in safety cases and reviews.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, computer engineering, or a related discipline.
- Independent software safety analysis under MIL-STD-882E/JSSSEH or an equivalent framework.
- Ability to read C++ or Python and software architecture to analyze design and code for safety.
- Experience with requirements management, issue tracking, and guiding teams through software testing.
Nice to have
- Experience with autonomous systems, robotics, or ROS/ROS 2; familiarity with safety of machine learning and autonomy standards.
- Experience supporting ATEC or other DoD software safety reviews; static analysis, code coverage, or SIL/HIL tooling.
Pay
$170,000 - $225,000 annually (base salary)
Tools
MIL-STD-882E, JSSSEH, DO-178C, ISO 26262 Part 6, IEC 61508-3, C++, Python, JIRA
AI focus
Analyze autonomy software hazards, including perception errors, degraded sensors, timing and latency, and machine learning components.
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