Head of Systems Engineering

Responsibilities: Define product-level requirements, architecture, and decomposition for autonomous delivery systems Develop verification plans and operational performance metrics across key attributes (network optimization, aircraft autonomy, flight performance, operating envelope, reliability, fault management) Serve as a technical authority on high‑reliability, safety‑critical systems; own architecture, interfaces, metrics, and test coverage Lead cross‑disciplinary discussions to align architectures with goals and constraints Create frameworks and conduct trade studies to optimize performance, safety, and cost Create and maintain systems models/diagrams and set hardware/software release standards and testing requirements Collaborate with safety engineering and regulatory teams to prove flight worthiness to regulators Grow and mentor the Systems Engineering team and adjacent teams; drive long‑term technical roadmap across the product

Key requirements: Proven leadership delivering complex technical solutions amid ambiguity and competing priorities Track record shipping high‑reliability, safety‑critical autonomous systems into real‑world operation Deep systems‑engineering experience: requirements, architecture, interface definition, decomposition, verification planning, validation Strong technical judgment in safety‑critical autonomy with fail‑safe/fault‑tolerant strategies Experience making principled tradeoffs among safety, performance, cost, and constraints using models and evidence Ability to develop technical leaders and communicate decisions across engineering, safety, regulatory, and operations Cross‑functional collaboration Strategic thinking Mentorship and people development Systems engineering for autonomous platforms Requirements engineering and architecture design Interface definition and system decomposition