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Senior Systems & Safety Engineer – Hardware

Santa Clara, CA💼 Full-time💰 $160,000–$160,000🗓 2026-09-04 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead safety architecture, reliability engineering, and functional safety compliance for autonomous vehicle hardware stacks including compute, sensors, and power distribution.

Role type

Senior Systems & Safety Engineer (Hardware)

Builds

Autonomous medium-duty trucks and tractor-trailers for middle-mile logistics

Domain

Autonomous Vehicles / Commercial Logistics / Hardware Safety

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Functional safety engineering (ISO 26262, FMEDA, FTA), Automotive Ethernet, CAN-FD, LIN, PCIe, GMSL/FPD-Link, High-power DC-DC converters, Smart power distribution modules (ePDMs), Battery management systems (BMS), Automotive-grade component qualification (AEC-Q100/200, ASIL), Fault injection testing

Preferred skills

High-compute AV platform design, Heavy/medium-duty commercial vehicle integration, Thermal and structural safety analysis

Technologies

LiDAR, Radar, Cameras, IMUs, Automotive Ethernet, CAN-FD, LIN, PCIe, GMSL, FPD-Link, DC-DC converters, ePDMs, BMS

Responsibilities

Conduct hardware functional safety activities including FMEDA, PMHF, and SPFM; Evaluate and qualify automotive-grade compute, sensor, and power hardware; Define hardware requirements for compliance and system safety; Design test methodologies for hardware fault injection; Generate hardware safety manuals and verification documentation

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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