# Software Engineer, Safety Critical Embedded Systems at Forterra

- Company: Forterra
- What the company does: About Forterra At Forterra, we are unleashing autonomy at scale to transform the battlefield. Backed by SoftBank VF.
- Company website: https://www.forterra.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Clarksburg, MD
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-10-23
- Apply by: 2026-12-07
- Apply: https://ats.rippling.com/forterra/jobs/573b0e31-11ba-4317-b080-7de899974d2a?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/forterra-software-engineer-safety-critical-embedded-systems/

## About the role

Forterra is looking for a Software Engineer to design, implement, test, and maintain the safety critical embedded software used on our autonomous ground vehicles. This is an individual contributor role with work across the full software lifecycle, from requirements and design through implementation, integration, debugging, and verification. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Design, implement, and maintain safety critical embedded software for autonomous ground vehicle platforms
- Turn system and software requirements into readable, testable C and C++ code
- Implement fault detection, fault handling, diagnostics, and safe response behavior across supported vehicle platforms
- Write unit, integration, and target based tests. Support automated verification and coverage analysis
- Debug hardware, software, firmware, timing, communications, and integration problems using logs, traces, debuggers, and instrumentation
- Take part in architecture, design, code, and test plan reviews with attention to correctness, safety, maintainability, and testability

Tags: Core Product

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