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Senior Systems Safety Engineer

Nuro
Mountain View, California
Full Time
Posted February 26, 2026
$160k - $241k
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Job Description

The role involves leading system-level safety architecture and analysis for autonomous vehicle hardware and firmware, ensuring compliance with safety standards, and collaborating with engineering teams to validate safety mechanisms for self-driving systems.

Key Responsibilities

  • Drive system-level safety architecture and requirements for Autonomy Hardware and Firmware, ensuring compliance with automotive safety standards.
  • Decompose vehicle safety goals into Functional Safety Concept (FSC) and Technical Safety Concept (TSC), defining safety mechanisms and fault management strategies.
  • Develop system-level SOTIF specifications for safety-critical systems like sensors and compute units.
  • Lead and review safety analyses such as Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment (HARA), Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), and Dependent Failure Analysis (DFA).
  • Collaborate with engineering teams and external partners to review and improve safety requirements and test plans.
  • Support verification and validation efforts by reviewing tests, suggesting additional tests, and analyzing test data to validate safety mechanisms.

Requirements

  • Hands on experience in systems engineering and automotive functional safety ISO 26262 including requirements generation.
  • At least 3 years of experience in system architecture for safety critical systems.
  • At least 3 years of experience working on fault management or diagnostics systems for automotive applications.
  • Ability to read code in C and write code in Python and MATLAB.
  • Strong communication skills - both verbal and written.

Benefits & Perks

Compensation/salary range between $160,360 and $240,540 depending on experience and qualifications
Annual performance bonus
Equity
Competitive benefits package

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