System Safety Engineer, Vehicle OS

Applied Intuition•Sunnyvale, CA

8h•Hybrid

About The Position

Applied Intuition is seeking a Functional Safety Engineer with expertise in both system and software safety development, and practical experience applying ISO 26262 at the software level. This role involves system and software safety development for the Vehicle OS platform, encompassing safety requirements, analyses, and verification activities throughout the full V-cycle. The engineer will collaborate with software, hardware, and systems engineering teams to ensure safety is correctly specified, implemented, and verified. This is a generalist safety engineering position that values broad knowledge of the safety lifecycle, hands-on experience with safety work products, and the ability to guide software teams on safety requirements and implementation.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in electrical engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
3+ years of functional safety experience with a primary focus on software-level safety development and some exposure to systems-level safety per ISO 26262 Part 6.
Hands-on experience producing safety work products across the V-cycle.
Experience collaborating across software, hardware, and systems engineering teams to implement safety requirements end-to-end.
Familiarity with requirements management and traceability tools (JAMA, DOORS, Polarion, or equivalent).

Nice To Haves

Previously worked on OS, Device drivers and Platform level Safety is value added.
Familiarity with software safety analyses (SW-FTA, SW-FMEA) or software safety case development at the application or platform level.
Familiarity with software tool classification and qualification activities per ISO 26262 Part 8.
Experience across multiple vehicle domains — ADAS or propulsion or chassis, or body electronics — with an understanding of domain-specific safety challenges.
Exposure to ASPICE (Automotive SPICE) software process assessments alongside ISO 26262.
Experience working with third-party assessors through product assessment or audit cycles.

Responsibilities

Perform system-level safety activities, including technical safety concept development and safety requirement derivation, per ISO 26262 Parts 3 and 4.
Conduct system-level safety analyses such as system FMEA, FTA, and dependent failure analysis to identify and mitigate risks across the system architecture.
Support ASIL decomposition and safety requirement allocation across system, hardware, and software elements per ISO 26262 Part 9.
Derive software safety requirements from Technical Safety Concepts and ensure correct flow-down to software architecture and implementation.
Review software architecture and design for ASIL compliance, including partitioning strategies, safety mechanisms, and freedom from interference between software components.
Perform or support software safety analyses (SW-FTA, SW-FMEA) and dependent failure analysis for freedom from interference.
Develop and maintain software safety plans and contribute to software safety case closure per ISO 26262 Part 6.
Guide software development teams on compliant practices, including coding standards (MISRA, CERT) and structural coverage criteria.
Maintain end-to-end safety traceability from safety goals through to verification evidence using tools such as JAMA, DOORS, or equivalent.
Engage with external assessors and certification bodies; support third-party audits and confirmation measures.