Aircraft Systems Safety Engineer
Atropos
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>About Us</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">We’re a combat-tested group of engineers, operators, and entrepreneurs who believe America’s edge depends on autonomous airpower that’s <strong>trusted and deployable today not in 2040.</strong> Backed by tier-one investors, we’ve secured the runway - financial, regulatory, and literal - to move at startup speed while tackling a national-security mission that matters. We’ve structured the company for&nbsp;<strong>radical ownership:</strong> no silos, no “systems integrator” overhead, just tightly knit mission-focused IPTs that live and breathe the hardware and code they ship.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">If you thrive where <strong>hard-tech ambition meets national-security urgency,</strong> you’ll build faster here than anywhere else. Let’s get after it.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Culture That Ships</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Strong Core Values, Startup Execution.</strong> Integrity, Service Before Self, Excellence, Honor, Courage, Commitment—powered by a bias for action and a “figure it out” mindset.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Self-Starters Only.</strong> You’ll have clear objectives, a blank sheet of paper, and the trust (plus capital) to move fast. Bureaucracy stays out of your way.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>One Team, No Tourists.</strong> Whether you’re tuning a control law at 2 a.m. or heat-treating a Ti-6Al-4V spar, everyone sweats the details. We celebrate wins together and own failures together.</span></li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>What’s In It for You</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Mission With a Pulse.</strong> Every line of code, bracket, or test you deliver expands the toolbox of the warfighter on Day 1 of a conflict.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Resources Without Red Tape.</strong> VC speed + DoD customer pull: access to test ranges, flight hours, and operator feedback while retaining startup agility.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Career-Defining Upside.</strong> Significant equity, best-in-class benefits, and the chance to see your product deliver in months, not decades.</span></li> </ul> <h3>&nbsp;</h3> <h3><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>About the Role</strong></span></h3> <p>As a key early member of our Engineering Organization, you will architect and execute the system safety and certification pathways for our emerging technology unmanned utility aircraft. This is a hands-on role where you will shape safety processes, define product-level safety strategy, and partner directly with head of certification, founders, engineering leads, and regulators. You will help the company from the perspective of system safety compliance in support of experimental certificate of airworthiness and eventual Type Certification roadmap.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="