System Safety Project Engineer

Who we are:

Glydways is reimagining what public transit can be. We believe that mobility is the gateway to opportunity—connecting people to housing, education, employment, commerce, and care. By making transportation more accessible, affordable, and sustainable, we empower communities to thrive and unlock economic and social prosperity.

Our mission is to revolutionize transit with a solution that delivers high capacity, exceptional user experiences, unmatched affordability, and minimal environmental impact.

The Glydways system is a groundbreaking network of carbon-neutral, interconnected transit pathways powered by standardized autonomous vehicles on dedicated roadways. Operating 24/7 with on-demand access, it offers personalized and efficient mobility—without the burden of heavy upfront infrastructure costs or ongoing taxpayer subsidies.

With Glydways, we’re building more than a transportation system; we’re creating a future where everyone, everywhere, has the freedom to move.

Meet the team:

The Safety, Quality and Compliance team is responsible for developing and maintaining the safety case for the Glydways transit technology and transit network projects. The team works across engineering, operations, and project delivery to ensure the Glydways system meets the highest standards of safety and quality, and regulatory compliance. Team members interact regularly with transit agencies, independent safety assessors, and authority having jurisdiction to secure approvals for passenger service. Safety is a core value at Glydways, and this team is at the center of that commitment.

About the Role:

This role is responsible for managing the safety and certification of Glydways automated transit network projects for passenger operation, from late-stage design through testing, commissioning, and operational readiness. The System Safety Project Engineer will own the project safety case and related evidence needed for authorities, independent safety assessors, partners, and operating agencies to approve the system for service, and will work closely with operations to ensure safety is maintained throughout day-to-day service.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Manage the safety and certification of Glydways automated transit network projects for passenger operation, from late-stage design through testing, commissioning, and operational readiness

• Tailor system safety, safety certification, and operational safety plans to comply with the project regulatory environment, operator requirements, and project schedule

• Lead project-specific hazard analysis and safety case development to achieve safety certification and approvals for system operation, working with transit agencies, regulators, independent safety assessors and the authority having jurisdiction

• Perform operational hazard analysis for automated transit system projects, including egress analysis, fire life safety, maintenance hazard analysis, job hazard analysis for operations and maintenance tasks, and human-machine interface analysis

• Coordinate with engineering, verification and validation, and project management teams, as well as regulators, to determine project requirements and deliver safety artifacts

• Identify, organize, track, and document all necessary safety activities within the project, and manage safety-related application conditions across Glydways interfaces

• Work closely with operations to ensure safety is maintained throughout day-to-day service

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in engineering, safety science, or a related technical field

• Minimum 5+ years of experience working in functional safety, system safety, safety engineering, system certification

• Direct experience contributing to safety certification or approval for operation of rail, transit, aerospace, industrial, or similar complex systems, including safety case development, safety verification and validation, or regulator approval

• Working knowledge of relevant industry standards including one or more of IEC 61508, EN50126, EN50129, EN50128/EN50716, ASCE 21-21

• Experience working with authorities, independent safety assessors, or notified bodies on safety arguments, findings, and close‑out of safety actions.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and presentation skills

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience developing safety cases and certification packages for public transit or rail projects, including interaction with transit agencies, regulators, and independent safety assessors

• Comfort with complex autonomous systems; experience with self-driving vehicles preferred

• Experience with reliability, availability, and maintainability analysis methods and metrics

• Working knowledge of safety analysis, requirements management, and engineering collaboration tools (e.g., Medini, Jama, Jira, Confluence, Python)

• Experience with cybersecurity as it applies to safety-critical systems

• Experience with occupational health and safety programs (e.g., OSHA/Cal-OSHA), including job hazard analysis or job safety analysis for field work, maintenance, and test activities, and familiarity with safe systems of work (permits to work, lockout/tagout, confined space, energized work, work at height)

Glydways provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.