Senior Systems Safety Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

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

Who We're Looking For

What We Offer

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.