Systems Architect, Reliable Robotics Corporation
$190-300k
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Automation systems for aircraft
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Automation systems for aircraft
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
$190-300k
+ Equity
More information about location
101-200 employees
Company mission
Reliable Robotics' mission is to help create a world in which aircrafts fly themselves, using artificial intelligence, advanced robotics, and automation.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s Degree of Science or Engineering in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, or related discipline, or equivalent experience at a minimum
- Broad experience from 7+ years of designing and integrating various complex safety-critical aerospace systems
- Demonstrated self starter with the ability to solve problems from first principles
- Ability to work well independently and cross-functionally across multiple organizations
- Advanced Degree of Science or Engineering in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, or related discipline
- Demonstrated ability to justify novel architectural solutions to regulators
- Experience certifying flight critical systems, hardware, and software via ARP4754A, ARP4761, DO-254, and DO-178C respectively
- Must be willing to travel up to 20% of the time
What the job involves
- As a Systems Architect at Reliable Robotics, you will be a part of the Systems team and will report to the Systems & Safety Manager
- The Systems & Safety Team is responsible for architecting systems which support novel safety-critical functions, establishing development methodologies for new technologies, and complying with the federal regulations
- As part of an experienced multi-disciplinary team, you will contribute to expanding the aircraft's operational and functional capabilities
- Your professional experience in system design and development will further strengthen the team's ability to meet rigorous expectations of stakeholders and certification authorities
- You will collaborate with members from other groups within Reliable Robotics to architect new and novel systems necessary for unmanned aircraft operations
- In your role as a Systems Architect you will be responsible for the development and architectural design of prototypes and certifiable safety-critical flight systems in a dynamic start-up work environment
- You'll define new/novel functions necessary to control autonomous aircraft and manage contingencies
- Define the relationship between the vehicle, pilot, and support system for remotely operated autonomous aircraft
- Perform the decomposition of aircraft, system and LRU functions, define the system physical / logical architecture and allocate functionality
- Perform trades studies to assess performance, complexity, risk, and cost of competing technical solutions
- Work closely with system and safety analysts to define system architectural features to meet safety and security requirements
- Derive and validate requirements and interfaces based on the architecture to ensure correct and complete implementation at the next design level
- Support product development all the way through development up to production, test, and certification
- You’ll also have the opportunity to interact with other domains within Reliable Robotics and become involved in a broad task spectrum not limited to typical system engineering activities
- We are developing and building high-integrity safety-critical systems for automated flight, and your role is critical to what we do at Reliable Robotics
- With the support of the entire team, you will be making key aircraft architectural design decisions to drive our core mission forward
Our take
The landscape of vehicles is rapidly changing with automation and robotics seeing application in cars, trucks, and even spacecraft. Whilst aeroplanes have seen semi-automatic pilot modes for decades, a human pilot is still required to fine-tune automated processes and to conduct routine tasks such as taxiing and landings.
Reliable Robotics provides self-driving technology to allow small cargo planes to make routine cargo deliveries without a pilot. Founded by former SpaceX and Tesla engineers, the company claims that all cognitive abilities required to fly a plane can be automated through machine learning and remote pilot assistance. This will allow cargo planes to utilise the thousands of smaller airports and rural landing strips that are currently underused due to the difficulty of manual landing in areas with poor infrastructure.
The company has attracted significant funding over the years, which is being used in research and development and improving the capabilities of its autonomous aircraft systems. Going forward, the company plans to outfit larger cargo planes with its technology and eventually trial autonomous passenger flights. In 2024, it won funding from the US Air Force, and in 2025, it partnered with NASA. These developments indicate the US aerospace and military sectors' interest in Reliable's technology.
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Insights
-5% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Sep 2024
$3.6m
GRANT
Oct 2021
$100m
SERIES C
Total funding: $170.6m
Company benefits
- Stock options
- 401k plan
- Vision and dental insurance
- Work from home opportunities
- Health insurance
Company HQ
Mountain View, CA
Leadership
Robert Rose
(Co-Founder & CEO)Robert studied at Oregon State University before working as a HP Software Engineer for 7 years, spending 3 at PlayStation, and founding Genielab and Bork 3D. After roles at SpaceX, Vicarious AI, Tesla, and Google, they co-founded Reliable Robotics in July 2017.
Juerg Frefel
(Co-Founder & CTO)Juerg started their career as an Electronics Engineer at Aveox, spending 6 years there before moving to Transonic Combustion. They spent almost a decade at SpaceX before leaving to co-found Reliable Robotics in 2017.
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