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Software Systems Engineer in USA new

  • Forterra
  • Full time
  • Email
  • Clarksburg, MD

Responsibilities

  • Derive, refine, and maintain system and software requirements for safety-critical embedded functions.
  • Decompose system functions into software responsibilities and support functional allocation across system elements.
  • Define interfaces, data flows, operating modes, fault behavior, and assumptions for embedded software components.
  • Maintain traceability among hazards, safety goals, mitigations, requirements, architecture, and verification evidence.
  • Review software and system designs for completeness, consistency, testability, diagnosability, and safe fault behavior.
  • Establish verification methods, assess coverage and evidence, and resolve requirements issues with software and test engineers.
  • Support architecture, requirements, technical baseline, integration, and customer reviews.
  • Resolve cross-component issues and maintain a reusable platform baseline across development, test, safety, and program teams.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
  • Five or more years of systems engineering experience with complex embedded, autonomous, automotive, aerospace, defense, or industrial systems.
  • Hands-on experience developing and managing system or software requirements, requirements traceability, and verification criteria.
  • Experience with functional decomposition, allocation, interface definition, and embedded-system architecture development.
  • Working technical knowledge of embedded software, including C or C++, RTOS concepts, communications, and hardware/software interfaces.
  • Experience with requirements or architecture tools such as Jama, DOORS, SysML, UML, or comparable tools.
  • Familiarity with verification planning, integration, anomaly resolution, and technical evidence for customer or program reviews.
  • Strong analytical, written, and verbal communication skills.
  • Preferred experience with safety-critical standards including MIL-STD-882E, JSSSEH, JS-SSA-IG, ISO 26262, IEC 61508, or DO-178C.
  • Preferred experience with hazard analysis and safety engineering activities such as FHA, STPA, functional allocation, mitigation analysis, or safety case development.
  • Preferred understanding of vehicle networks, diagnostics, fault management, safety monitoring, robotics domains, and reusable technical baselines.
  • Preferred experience providing technical leadership through architecture reviews, requirements workshops, mentoring, or cross-functional integration.
  • The position may require eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance.

Benefits

  • US base salary range of $150,000.00–$175,000.00 USD, with equity included in most full-time, high-demand roles.
  • Three premium healthcare plan options, including an HSA-eligible plan, with Forterra covering 80% of premiums for employees and dependents.
  • Forterra covers basic life/AD&D and short- and long-term disability insurance premiums.
  • Generous company holiday calendar including a December winter break.
  • 20 days of accrued paid time off per year.
  • At least seven weeks of fully paid parental leave for birth or adoption.
  • $9,000 annual tuition reimbursement or professional development stipend.
  • 401(k) plan with traditional, Roth, and after-tax deferral options and company matching up to 4%.
  • Fully stocked beverage refrigerators.
  • Security-clearance eligibility may be required, and reasonable accommodations are available.

Salary: $150k - $175k/yr

Forterra

Forterra builds autonomous mission systems for defense and industrial ground operations, including self-driving kits for land vehicles and coordinated robotic swarms. It develops mission-critical hardware and software for autonomy in GPS-denied and contested environments, supporting military logi...

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