Embedded Software Engineer - Safety

The posting, as AIM wrote it

ABOUT US

AIM builds autonomy for the real world — robots that move mountains. Our systems fuse software, hardware, robotics, and mission-critical infrastructure into ruggedized, safety-critical machinery operating on jobsites across the world. We replace decades of manual, error-prone, high-risk work with intelligent machines that reshape how earthmoving is done.

Safety is foundational to everything we build. Our autonomous systems operate in complex, unpredictable environments where software and hardware decisions have direct physical consequences. As we scale our fleet and develop our next generation of hardware, we're building the engineering practices, safety systems, and verification processes required to deploy autonomy responsibly and reliably.

We're looking for a Senior Embedded Safety Engineer to help define how AIM approaches functional safety across our autonomous machines. Learn more about AIM here. https://aim.vision/about?utm_source=chatgpt.com

ABOUT YOU

You're an experienced embedded safety engineer who has helped bring safety-critical hardware and software products into production. You understand functional safety beyond documentation and compliance — you've designed safety mechanisms, evaluated system hazards, developed verification strategies, and made difficult engineering decisions to ensure products are safe to deploy.

You have direct experience working with established functional safety standards such as ISO 26262 or IEC 61508, and understand how to translate safety requirements into practical engineering decisions.

You're comfortable operating in environments where there isn't a single established standard or playbook. You can evaluate existing safety frameworks, identify gaps, and develop a defensible safety strategy for emerging technologies.

You bring strong technical judgment, communicate clearly across disciplines, and have the conviction to challenge engineering decisions or stop a release when safety requirements haven't been met.

ABOUT US TOGETHER

We're building autonomous heavy equipment that operates in challenging, unpredictable real-world environments. That means solving difficult safety engineering problems:

• Defining a functional safety strategy for off-road autonomous machinery where no single standard fully addresses the application.
• Translating system-level hazards into actionable hardware and software safety requirements.
• Designing and validating safety mechanisms for autonomous machine operation.
• Establishing the evidence, testing, and engineering processes needed to support a defensible safety case.
• Evaluating failure modes across embedded software, electronics, sensors, and machine control systems.
• Balancing engineering velocity with rigorous safety requirements and release readiness.

We'll work across engineering disciplines to establish safety practices that are technically sound, practical to implement, and capable of supporting real-world deployments.

WHAT
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• Strong understanding of embedded hardware and software interactions.
• Demonstrated ability to make independent engineering decisions and work across multidisciplinary teams.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience developing safety-critical systems for autonomous vehicles, robotics, aerospace, or heavy equipment.
• Experience establishing safety processes or strategies for new products or emerging technologies.
• Familiarity with safety cases, certification processes, and safety evidence management.
• Experience with safety mechanisms involving sensors, actuators, controllers, or machine interfaces.
• Experience working in environments with evolving requirements and limited established standards.
• Experience supporting safety-critical products through field deployment and operation.

HOW YOU'LL STAND OUT

• You've personally helped ship a safety-critical product and can explain the technical decisions you made to ensure its safety.
• You can describe specific safety standards you've applied and how they influenced product architecture and testing.
• You've designed or improved safety mechanisms rather than only managing compliance documentation.
• You're comfortable making high-impact decisions with incomplete information.
• You have the technical conviction to challenge a release when safety requirements aren't met.
• You can establish safety direction without relying on an existing playbook.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Opportunity to define the safety foundation for autonomous heavy machinery operating in the real world.
• High-impact ownership of safety strategy across AIM's next-generation platforms.
• Collaboration with engineers across firmware, robotics, electrical, systems, and field operations.
• Competitive compensation, equity, medical/dental/vision, 401(k), and life insurance.
• Travel opportunities to real-world jobsites across the U.S. and globally.
• Base salary of $170k to $190k plus equity