**** **Why This Role Matters:** You are the bridge between "Black Box" AI and "Rule-Based" Maritime Law. By joining as a hands-on lead, you will personally define the safety standards that will govern the next generation of autonomous shipping.

Requirements:

**Experience Requirements**

• 8+ Years of "In the Trenches" Experience: You have a proven track record within a Classification Society or a maritime tech company, specifically focused on Bridge Systems or Navigation Technologies.
• Direct PDA & Type Approval Success: You have personally led at least 2–3 complex systems through the full Product Design Assessment (PDA) or Type Approval lifecycle from start to finish.
• Rule Mastery (Hands-on Application): You don't just know IMO, SOLAS, and COLREGs exist; you have written safety cases that interpret these rules for novel technologies.
• Risk Assessment Facilitation: You are an expert at running HAZID/FMEA sessions and can translate technical failure modes into regulatory risk profiles.
• Autonomy & AI Exposure (Strongly Preferred): Experience navigating Technology Qualification frameworks for AI-enabled or autonomous systems (MASS).

**Who You Are**

• The "Player-Architect": You can read a system architecture diagram as easily as a rulebook.
• The Solo Driver: You are comfortable building your own documentation repositories and driving results without a large support staff.
• The Technical Diplomat: You know how to "unstick" a complex approval process by speaking the specific technical language of Class surveyors.