I would frame what you describe as Safety Critical Code™, and agree with your assessment that very few work on such things.
I expect a lot more of us work on safety critical code that doesn't fall into the first category. Stuff that we rely on to produce results in a reliably timely matter whose failure results in material degredation of someone's quality of life. As an example: The Alexa communication infrastructure has been used to save lives, but Alexa devices are not "Life Saving" or "Medical" devices. I believe we spurn the duty of disciplined engineering at our peril.
I expect a lot more of us work on safety critical code that doesn't fall into the first category. Stuff that we rely on to produce results in a reliably timely matter whose failure results in material degredation of someone's quality of life. As an example: The Alexa communication infrastructure has been used to save lives, but Alexa devices are not "Life Saving" or "Medical" devices. I believe we spurn the duty of disciplined engineering at our peril.