Senior Systems Engineer (Functional Safety) – Compute Platform Systems
About The Position
At Torc, we have always believed that autonomous vehicle technology will transform how we travel, move freight, and do business. A leader in autonomous driving since 2007, Torc has spent over a decade commercializing our solutions with experienced partners. Now a part of the Daimler family, we are focused solely on developing software for automated trucks to transform how the world moves freight. Join us and catapult your career with the company that helped pioneer autonomous technology, and the first AV software company with the vision to partner directly with a truck manufacturer. Join the Compute Platform Systems Team, where we provide systems engineering to enable component development and integration alongside cybersecurity and functional safety leadership for components and platform integration. Your role will make significant impacts on the future of trucking and autonomous technology as we look to Drive the Future of Freight. We are currently seeking a Functional Safety Systems Engineer who is enthusiastic about thriving in a hands-on environment and ready to grow with the team. The Senior Functional Safety Systems Engineer on the Compute Platform Systems team will be responsible for providing functional safety systems engineering analysis, assessments and collaboration to help establish a functional safety case for our autonomous truck. This role will be working across teams involved with development and commercialization of software, hardware and infrastructure.
Requirements
- Bachelors degree in Systems/Electrical/Software/Computer Engineering, Robotics, or related field and 6+ years experience OR Master’s degree in a related field and 3+ years
- Excellent communication and teamwork
- Experience in an automotive related field.
- Experience developing functional safety
- Strong understanding of ISO 26262 (FUSA) and ISO 21448 (SOTIF).
- Broad understanding of engineering fundamentals in software, networking, electrical, and mechanical systems and system components.
- Familiarity with functional safety analysis processes (HAZOP, FMEA, STPA, FTA).
- An open mind and ability to apply functional safety concepts in novel ways to novel L4 autonomous driving applications.
- Excellent engineering communication skills in both written documentation and verbal presentation, especially the ability to communicate complex technical issues to a diverse
- Willingness and ability to work across teams, geographies and time
Nice To Haves
- Software / Hardware engineering
- Expertise with various sensor modalities (LiDAR, camera, radar, etc).
- Expertise with motion control
- Experience with Autonomous Vehicles or ADAS safety
Responsibilities
- Support the development of all Compute Platform components (embedded compute, data logger, LiDAR, radar, camera, microphone, IMU, power distribution, etc).
- Lead design discussions in functional safety spanning across hardware, software, validation, and operations.
- Derive safety requirements, ensuring system architectures and designs meet safety concepts and best practices.
- Conduct Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessments (HARA) to define and refine safety
- Perform inductive and deductive safety analyses, including Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Failure Modes and Efects Analysis (FMEA), and Dependent Failure Analysis (DFA) among others.
- Collaborate with Sensors and Base Hardware teams to progress safety analysis and deliverables with automotive Tier-1 suppliers.
- Maintain requirements databases using both DOORS and Jama, ensuring accuracy and
- Develop verification and validation strategies against safety requirements by collaborating with Component Enablement team.
Benefits
- A competitive compensation package that includes a bonus component and stock options
- 100% paid medical, dental, and vision premiums for full-time employees
- 401K plan with a 6% employer match
- Flexibility in schedule and generous paid vacation (available immediately after start date)
- AD+D and Life Insurance
- Sign-on payments (may be provided)
- Relocation (may be provided)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Number of Employees
251-500 employees
