Senior Systems Safety Engineer
Job Summary
Job Description
REGENT is revolutionizing regional transportation with seagliders, wing-in-ground-effect craft that combine airplane speed with boat operating costs. As a Senior Systems Safety Engineer, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the safety, certifiability, and passenger trust for these innovative vehicles. Your responsibilities include defining and executing system safety processes, developing safety artifacts like FHAs, Fault Trees, and FMECA, authoring system safety assessments, and tracing safety requirements. You will also collaborate with regulatory bodies and internal engineering teams to embed safety throughout the design lifecycle, contributing to the development of a new category of transportation.
Must have:
- 10+ years of experience in system safety for aerospace/maritime.
- Experience with safety analysis artifacts (FHA, Fault Trees, FMECA).
- Knowledge of safety certification frameworks (SAE ARP4761, MIL-STD-882).
- Ability to develop traceable safety documentation.
- Strong communicator with a systems-level mindset.
Good to have:
- Experience with SAE ARP4754 or IMO MSC.1/Circ.1592.
- Experience in fast-paced startup environments.
- Passion for continuous improvement and new technologies.
Perks:
- Competitive compensation and equity.
- 100% covered health, dental, and vision insurance.
- 401(k) with company matching.
- Generous flexible time off.
- Paid parental leave.
- Company-wide holiday breaks.
- Relocation packages.
- Daily catered lunches.
- Learning and professional development opportunities.
7 skills required
Job Details
At REGENT, we’re on a mission to revolutionize regional transportation between coastal cities. We're not just building vehicles, we're creating a new category of transportation: the seaglider. These groundbreaking wing-in-ground-effect craft travel just above the water’s surface, combining the speed of an airplane with the low operating costs of a boat. Capable of 180 miles at 180 mph on today's battery tech (and up to 400 miles with next-gen batteries), seagliders will unlock fast, affordable, and sustainable coastal transit for passengers and cargo - connecting cities, islands, and communities like never before.
Backed by leading investors and powered by a team of passionate, forward-thinking engineers, builders, and operators, we’re now scaling from a breakthrough prototype to full production - and building the team to make it happen.
Role Overview
At REGENT, safety isn’t a checkbox - it’s a cornerstone. As a Senior Systems Safety Engineer, you’ll play a mission-critical role in ensuring our seagliders are safe, certifiable, and ready to carry commercial passengers over water around the world. As we bring seagliders to market, your expertise in system safety will help define how this entirely new category of vehicle earns the trust of passengers, regulators, and operators around the world.
This is more than documentation and compliance. It’s about architecting risk-informed, certifiable systems in a fast-paced environment where hardware, software, and human interaction converge in novel ways.
As part of the certification team, you’ll be joining a group of driven, collaborative, and talented engineers who take pride in developing and implementing processes to create innovative, high-performance, and, most importantly, safe vehicles. We hold a high bar for engineering rigor, move quickly, think boldly, and rely on our teamwork to push boundaries and bring entirely new technology into the world.
If you’re energized by working at the intersection of cutting-edge innovation, real-world impact, and hands-on engineering, you’ll be in the right place - and we’d be thrilled to have you on the team!
What You'll Do
- Define Safety at the Leading Edge of Transportation: Own the development and execution of system safety processes that underpin certification of our revolutionary wing-in-ground-effect vehicle. From risk assessments to system-level analyses, you’ll drive the work that keeps passengers safe and regulators confident.
- Engineer for Certifiability, Not Just Compliance: Develop and refine key system safety artifacts - including Functional Hazard Analyses (FHA), Fault Trees, FMECA, and Zonal Analyses - built for real-world complexity and aligned with aerospace and maritime standards like SAE ARP4761, MIL-STD-882, and IMO MSC.1/Circ.1592.
- Write the Documents That Launch Vehicles: Author craft-level and system-level Preliminary and Final System Safety Assessments (SSAs) that are rigorous, traceable, and certifiable - clearing the path for production seagliders to enter domestic and international markets.
- Link Safety to System Design: Define, verify, and trace system safety requirements across complex subsystems. Your work will inform everything from early design tradeoffs to final validation, ensuring safety is built in - not bolted on.
- Navigate Global Certification Landscapes: Collaborate with U.S. and international regulatory bodies to align REGENT’s safety processes with evolving standards. You’ll be on the frontlines of shaping how novel vehicles like Seagliders get certified worldwide.
- Own Your Domain, Collaborate Across Boundaries: Work independently within a tight-knit, high-accountability team, while partnering with systems engineering, avionics, propulsion, and human factors teams to embed safety into every layer of the vehicle.
What You'll Bring
- Deep passion for system safety and risk-informed design in complex, safety-critical environments, backed by 10+ years of hands-on experience delivering safety analyses and artifacts for aerospace, maritime, or advanced vehicle programs
- Strong technical foundation and practical experience in complex systems engineering, with a focus on identifying, analyzing, and mitigating safety risks across hardware, software, and human interfaces
- Proven track record delivering Functional Hazard Assessments, Fault Trees, FMECA, and other formal safety analyses
- Deep knowledge of safety certification frameworks such as SAE ARP4761, SAE ARP4754, MIL-STD-882, or equivalent
- Proven ability to develop clear, traceable safety documentation aligned with regulatory standards in aerospace, maritime, or other highly regulated domains
- Strong communicator with a systems-level mindset—able to translate complex technical risks across disciplines and contribute to the design of safe, certifiable vehicles
- Note: International and domestic travel may be required on a very limited basis.
Who We're Looking For
- Collaborative Team Player: You believe that great things happen when teams work together. You communicate effectively and collaborate with engineers, stakeholders, and other cross-functional teams to align on goals and move projects forward. You bring people together, ensuring that everyone is on the same page and moving towards a shared vision.
- Creative Problem Solver: You thrive on tackling complex challenges and finding innovative solutions. Whether you're navigating evolving certification standards, resolving cross-system safety conflicts, or refining analysis methods to better capture real-world risk, you bring both rigor and imagination to the task. You balance immediate project needs with long-term safety, scalability, and compliance.
- Adaptable & Agile: In a fast-paced, ever-evolving startup environment, you quickly adapt to changing priorities and requirements. You approach challenges with a calm, resilient mindset, and know how to pivot and adjust your approach as needed, ensuring that progress continues without missing a beat.
- Innovative Mindset: You’re driven by curiosity and a passion for technology. You’re passionate about driving continuous improvement, embracing new technologies and methodologies to enhance efficiency, quality, and team performance.
What We Offer
- Competitive compensation including a robust equity incentive plan.
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance - we cover 100% of your premiums.
- 401(k) with company matching, so you can plan for the future.
- Generous flexible time off, paid parental leave, and company-wide holiday breaks.
- Relocation packages available for those moving to join our team.
- Daily, free catered lunches
- Learning & professional development opportunities
If you’re ready to take on an exciting challenge, grow with us, and make a lasting impact, we want to hear from you. Even if you don’t meet every requirement, but you see yourself contributing to our mission, we encourage you to apply! We value diverse skillsets and experiences and believe in the potential of passionate individuals to make a big impact.
Equal Opportunity Employer
REGENT is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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