Senior Sensor Hardware Safety Engineer

NVIDIA•Santa Clara, CA

10d•$184,000 - $356,500

About The Position

NVIDIA’s Hardware Safety Engineering team is seeking a Senior Sensor Hardware Safety Engineer to define and drive hardware safety for sensor systems across NVIDIA’s physical AI platforms. The role owns the end-to-end hardware safety strategy for cameras, LiDAR, radar, inertial measurement units (IMUs), and other sensors used in automotive systems. It works across sensor architecture, board hardware, software, systems, validation, and supplier teams to evaluate sensor safety concepts and ensure robust integration into safety-critical systems.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, or a related engineering field, or equivalent experience.
At least 8 years of relevant experience in automotive sensors, hardware systems, functional safety, or a related field.
Understanding of automotive sensor technologies such as cameras, radar, LiDAR, or IMUs, including their hardware architectures and system interfaces.
Knowledge of safety analysis methodologies, including FMEA, FMEDA, DFA, and FTA.
Ability to work effectively with sensor suppliers and multidisciplinary engineering teams from concept through integration and verification.
Proven ownership and proactivity, with a strong bias for action and results.
Excellent analytical, written, and verbal communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience developing automotive sensor systems or evaluating sensor safety concepts and architectures.
Understanding of functional-safety development processes required for ISO 26262 or other relevant industry standards such as IEC 61508 and ISO 13849.
Experience defining or verifying safety mechanisms and writing requirements for safety-critical sensor hardware and systems.
Experience in PCB or ECU design and embedded systems based on NVIDIA SoCs.
Background in system modeling using SysML and developing structured user documentation such as DITA.

Responsibilities

Own the end-to-end sensor hardware safety strategy for cameras, LiDAR, radar, IMUs, and other sensors used in NVIDIA automotive systems.
Support sensor supplier selection through technical and safety evaluations of sensor architectures, safety concepts, safety analyses, and integration assumptions.
Define and manage sensor hardware safety requirements, including requirements for sensor power, interfaces, timing, synchronization, data integrity, fault detection, and fault response.
Collaborate with sensor architects, board and system designers, software teams, and validation engineers to develop effective implementations of sensor safety requirements.
Perform and review safety cases and analyses, including FMEA, FMEDA, DFA, and FTA, and use results to guide architecture decisions and design improvements.
Work with third-party suppliers to evaluate safety manuals, analysis reports, assumptions of use, and supporting evidence for sensor integration.
Develop safety documentation, integration guidance, analysis reports, and user-facing safety information for internal teams and customers.