Senior Systems Safety Engineer for Autonomous Driving

Nuro; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 132,000 - 291,000; Full time

Job summary

Nuro is seeking a Safety Systems Engineer in Mountain View, CA to own system-level safety architectures for Autonomy Hardware and Firmware, aligning with ISO 26262 and related standards. You will decompose safety goals into FSC and TSC, define SOTIF targets, and partner with controls, embedded SW, and HW teams.

You will analyze safety analyses, support verification in SIL/HIL, review test plans, and communicate technical risk and residual risk clearly.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in systems engineering and automotive functional safety (ISO 26262) including requirements generation.
• 3+ years of experience in system architecture for safety-critical systems.
• 3+ years of experience working on fault management or diagnostics systems for automotive applications.
• Ability to read code in C and write code in Python / MATLAB.
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.

Responsibilities

• Drive the system-level safety architecture and requirements for Autonomy Hardware and Firmware, ensuring compliance with automotive safety standards (ISO 26262, ISO 21448).
• Decompose vehicle-level Safety Goals into a cohesive FSC and refine it into a detailed TSC with safety mechanisms and fault strategies.
• Develop the system-level SOTIF specification for Autonomy Hardware and Firmware, defining performance targets and acceptance criteria for safety-critical systems.
• Lead and review safety analyses (HARA, FMEA, FTA, DFA) to identify risks and derive safety requirements.
• Collaborate with controls, embedded software, and hardware teams and external partners to review and recommend changes to requirements and test plans.
• Support verification and validation by reviewing tests and implementing test cases on SIL/HIL environments.
• Analyze test data from simulation, HIL/SIL, and on-road testing to validate safety measures and residual risks.
• Maintain sections of the Safety Case related to platform systems, focusing on residual risk assessment and clear argumentation.

Skills

Systems engineering

Automotive safety

System architecture

Fault management

Diagnostics

C language

Python

MATLAB

Communication

Tools

HIL testing

Job description

Nuro is seeking a Safety Systems Engineer in Mountain View, CA to own system-level safety architectures for Autonomy Hardware and Firmware, aligning with ISO 26262 and related standards. You will decompose safety goals into FSC and TSC, define SOTIF targets, and partner with controls, embedded SW, and HW teams.

You will analyze safety analyses, support verification in SIL/HIL, review test plans, and communicate technical risk and residual risk clearly.