Staff Engineer, Safety - X-BAT

Shield AI
Dallas, TX
Job Description
Role Overview

The Safety Engineer for the X-BAT program will support the development, integration, and verification of system-level safety requirements for this revolutionary next-generation platform. This role bridges engineering design, system safety analysis, airworthiness, and cybersecurity by interrogating technical systems, driving hazard analyses, and ensuring requirements are implemented correctly.

What You Will Do

Work with System-Safety / Airworthiness Lead to derive, refine, and validate safety requirements for the X-BAT platform and support systems. Apply system safety engineering methods to analyze subsystems, interfaces, and integrated architectures, identifying hazards and mitigation strategies.

Why It Might Be a Fit

This role is well suited for an engineer who enjoys analytical safety work, can adjust to the speed of innovation, thrives in cross-disciplinary technical environments, and takes ownership in driving system-level safety decisions.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering (systems, aerospace, electrical, mechanical, or related field)
  • 5–8+ years of experience in system safety, airworthiness, or mission-critical system engineering
  • Experience generating or maintaining hazard logs (HTS/Hazard Tracking Systems)
  • Working knowledge of system safety processes and hazard analysis tools
  • Familiarity with requirements management and hazard tracking systems
  • Strong analytical and technical communication skills
  • Ability to collaborate closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams

Benefits

  • Bonus
  • Benefits
  • Equity
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