Senior Systems & Safety Engineer – Hardware

Gatik AI • Santa Clara, CA

3d • $160,000 - $240,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Gatik’s autonomous medium-duty trucks and tractor-trailers operate in rigorous commercial environments requiring ultra-reliable, fail-operational hardware. The Senior Systems & Safety Engineer – Hardware will lead the safety architecture, reliability engineering, and functional safety compliance for Gatik’s AV compute, sensor suite (LiDAR, Radar, Cameras, IMUs), power distribution units, and networking backbones. You will ensure Gatik’s hardware stack withstands severe thermal, vibration, and component failure conditions without compromising safe autonomous operation.

Requirements

• B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechatronics, or Automotive Engineering.
• 6+ years in hardware safety engineering, electrical architecture, or systems engineering in automotive (Tier-1/OEM) or aerospace industries.
• Deep working knowledge of ISO 26262 (Hardware level development), ISO 16750, SAE J1455, and FMVSS.
• Proven experience conducting FMEDA, FTA, and worst-case circuit analysis for safety-critical hardware.
• Expert knowledge of Automotive Ethernet, CAN-FD, LIN, PCIe, and high-speed deserializer (GMSL/FPD-Link) topologies.
• Experience with high-power DC-DC converters, smart power distribution modules (ePDMs), and battery management systems (BMS).

Nice To Haves

• Direct experience designing or safety-certifying high-compute AV platforms.
• Experience with heavy/medium-duty commercial vehicle platform integration.
• Thermal and structural safety analysis experience under extreme environmental conditions.

Responsibilities

• Conduct hardware functional safety activities including FMEDA (Failure Modes, Effects, and Diagnostic Analysis), PMHF (Probabilistic Metric for random Hardware Failures), and Single Point Fault Metrics (SPFM).
• Evaluate, select, and qualify automotive-grade (AEC-Q100/200, ASIL-rated) compute, sensor, and power hardware from Tier-1 suppliers.
• Define hardware requirements for compliance and system safety.
• Design test methodologies for hardware fault injection to validate hardware diagnostic coverage.
• Generate hardware safety manuals, FMEDA reports, and hardware verification documentation required for safety sign-off.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior