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Senior Systems & Safety Engineer – Autonomy

Santa Clara, CA💼 Full-time💰 $160,000–$160,000🗓 2026-09-04 → 2026-09-25

Core

Own the functional safety lifecycle (ISO 26262) and system safety concepts for Gatik's Level 4 autonomous trucking software architecture.

Role type

Senior Systems & Safety Engineer (Autonomy)

Builds

High-availability, fail-operational mechanisms for autonomous freight transportation

Domain

Autonomous Logistics / Middle-mile Supply Chain

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Functional safety lifecycle management, ISO 26262 mastery, Hazard Analysis & Risk Assessment (HARA, STPA, FMEA, FTA), Requirements breakdown & traceability, Minimum Risk Maneuver (MRM) architecture, Safety Performance Indicators (SPIs) definition, C++ and Python programming

Preferred skills

Level 4 driverless commercial operations experience, Middleware safety (ROS2, AUTOSAR), Goal Structuring Notation (GSN)

Technologies

Jama, Jira, Enterprise Architect, ROS2, Adaptive AUTOSAR

Responsibilities

Define and maintain Functional Safety Concept (FSC) and Technical Safety Concept (TSC), Lead system-level HARAs and safety analyses, Derive safety requirements from vehicle goals to software components, Architect fail-operational fallback strategies, Define and monitor Safety Performance Indicators (SPIs), Partner with software and systems teams to embed safety in agile processes

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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