Senior/Staff Systems Safety Engineer, Platform Systems

Nuro•Mountain View, CA

7d•$132,300 - $291,150

About The Position

Nuro is seeking a Senior/Staff Systems Safety Engineer to drive the system-level safety architecture and requirements for the Autonomy Hardware and Firmware of the Nuro Driver. This role involves ensuring compliance with automotive safety standards like ISO 26262 and ISO 21448. The engineer will decompose vehicle-level Safety Goals into a Functional Safety Concept (FSC) and Technical Safety Concept (TSC), defining safety mechanisms, fault detection, reaction strategies, and safe states. Additionally, they will develop the system-level SOTIF specification for critical systems, lead and perform safety analyses (HARA, FMEA, FTA, DFA), and collaborate with various engineering teams and external partners. The role also includes supporting verification and validation efforts, analyzing test data, and contributing to the overall Safety Case.

Requirements

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.

Nice To Haves

AV or ADAS background.
Familiarity with other safety standards such as STPA, ISO-21448.
Experience developing and articulating a Safety Case based on UL4600.
Experience testing in HIL environments or on road testing.

Responsibilities

Drive the system-level safety architecture and requirements for the Autonomy Hardware and Firmware of the Nuro Driver, ensuring compliance with automotive safety standards such as ISO 26262 and ISO 21448.
Decompose vehicle-level Safety Goals into a cohesive Functional Safety Concept (FSC) and refine it into a detailed Technical Safety Concept (TSC), defining system-level safety mechanisms, fault detection and reaction strategies, and safe states.
Develop the system-level SOTIF specification for the Autonomy Hardware and Firmware of the Nuro Driver, defining performance targets and acceptance criteria for safety-critical systems like Autonomy Sensors and Compute.
Lead, perform, and review system-level safety analyses, including Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment (HARA), Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Dependent Failure Analysis (DFA) to identify risks and derive safety requirements.
Work closely with controls, embedded SW, and HW teams and external partners to review and recommend changes to existing requirements and test plans.
Support the verification and validation efforts by reviewing and suggesting additional tests and implementing test cases on SIL/HIL environments.
Analyze and interpret test data from simulation, HIL/SIL, and on-road vehicle testing to validate the effectiveness of safety mechanisms and identify residual risks.
Support and maintain sections of the overall Safety Case pertaining to platform systems utilizing structures like GSN and focusing on residual risk assessment and clear argumentation.