Autonomy Systems Engineering Lead - Advanced AV Platform

Latitude AI; Marine City (MI); On-site; USD 218,000 - 327,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Paid parental leave

Paid medical leave

Unlimited vacation

15 paid holidays

Monthly wellness stipend

Professional development reimbursement

Employee assistance program

Adoption/Surrogacy support program

Job summary

Latitude AI is leading Ford’s autonomous roadmap, building an in-house ADAS platform to debut on the Ford Fathom in 2027. You will drive high-level systems engineering for next-gen L3/L2+ autonomy, defining ODD, architecture, safety approaches, and verification across multiple teams in a fast-paced environment.

We seek a senior candidate with a strong background in autonomy, safety standards, and data-driven verification, ready to collaborate with Product, Hardware, and Software leads in a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics or related field.
• 5+ years in automotive or robotics engineering or related field.
• Experience with autonomy functions (mapping, sensing, localization, etc.).
• Experience writing requirements and developing metrics.
• Experience with data-driven testing of complex systems.

Responsibilities

• Define ODD and vehicle-level behavioral requirements with Product team and exec mgmt.
• Develop HW/SW architecture in collaboration with hardware/software leads.
• Define metrics and verification methods with systems engineering teams and software leads.
• Establish high-level functional safety approach with the Functional Safety team.
• Design fail-safe and fail-functional architectures for SOTIF.
• Collaborate across autonomy functions and SW owners on mapping to perception to vehicle controls.
• Evaluate the in-car system from the customer’s perspective and provide feedback to development teams.

Skills

ODD definition

HW/SW architecture

Functional safety

System requirements

Python

C++

Git

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering/CS/EE/Robotics

Master's degree

PhD (robotics)

Tools

Python

C++

Git

Job description

Latitude AI is leading Ford’s autonomous roadmap, building an in-house ADAS platform to debut on the Ford Fathom in 2027. You will drive high-level systems engineering for next-gen L3/L2+ autonomy, defining ODD, architecture, safety approaches, and verification across multiple teams in a fast-paced environment.

We seek a senior candidate with a strong background in autonomy, safety standards, and data-driven verification, ready to collaborate with Product, Hardware, and Software leads in a