Senior Autonomous Systems Engineer – L4 AV, Safety, Equity

NVIDIA; United States; Remote; USD 184,000 - 357,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to develop use cases and system requirements for L3 and L4 autonomous driving products, basing on customer needs, regulations, and safety standards. You’ll define performance budgets and drive test strategies at vehicle and component levels.

You will partner with Data Analytics, Test Engineering, and System Integration teams; lead requirements decomposition, traceability, and verification.

Qualifications

• MS or PhD in Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 8+ years proven experience in safety-critical systems engineering, system analysis, data analysis, and software architecture.
• Strong software development background with proven coding skills.
• Hands-on experience in SOTIF analysis (ISO 21448), functional safety (ISO 26262), and multi-functional architectural trade-off analysis.
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills, with the ability to drive alignment across large organizations.
• Proven understanding of trade-offs between End-to-End deep learning approaches, classical modular perception/planning stacks, and associated validation and test strategies.

Responsibilities

• Develop use cases and system requirements for L3 and L4 autonomous driving products based on customer needs, traffic regulations, certification standards, and industry guidelines.
• Perform system-level analysis to define performance requirements and allocate performance budgets across subsystems.
• Formulate test cases and define critical performance metrics to ensure compliance with functional and safety requirements.
• Define and drive online and offline test strategy and execution at both vehicle and component levels.
• Partner closely with Data Analytics, Test Engineering, and System Integration & Test teams. Ensure the right evaluators and important metrics are developed.
• Establish strong multi-functional relationships with collaborators across engineering, safety, validation, and product teams.
• Drive innovation in requirements decomposition, traceability, and verification processes.
• Promote and cultivate a strong systems engineering approach across the organization.

Skills

Python

SQL

C++

Data analysis

Systems engineering

Education

MS or PhD in Engineering/Physics/CS

Tools

ISO 21448 (SOTIF)

ISO 26262

Job description

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to develop use cases and system requirements for L3 and L4 autonomous driving products, basing on customer needs, regulations, and safety standards. You’ll define performance budgets and drive test strategies at vehicle and component levels.

You will partner with Data Analytics, Test Engineering, and System Integration teams; lead requirements decomposition, traceability, and verification.