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Senior Systems & Safety Engineer – AI/ML

Santa Clara, CA💼 Full-time💰 $160,000–$160,000🗓 2026-09-02 → 2026-09-26

Core

Define functional safety and SOTIF strategies for learned components in Level 4 autonomous commercial vehicles, establishing out-of-distribution detection and runtime AI safety monitors.

Role type

Senior Systems & Safety Engineer (AI/ML)

Builds

Safety cases and safety architectures for driverless autonomous trucks

Domain

Autonomous Vehicles / Middle-mile Logistics

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

ISO 21448 (SOTIF) expertise, UL 4600 knowledge, ISO 26262 familiarity, HAZOP/STPA risk analysis, neural network safety requirements derivation, ODD coverage assessment, GSN argumentation

Preferred skills

L4 autonomous vehicle commercial deployment experience, data generation/curation tools, active learning, automated edge-case extraction

Technologies

LiDAR, Radar, Cameras, IMUs

Responsibilities

Lead implementation of ISO 21448 and UL 4600 frameworks; Derive safety requirements and performance boundaries for deep learning models; Design deterministic AI safety guardrails and OOD detectors; Establish criteria for training dataset completeness and ODD coverage; Conduct HAZOP, STPA, and SOTIF risk analyses; Author structured safety case arguments using Goulburn/GSN.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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