Staff Functional Safety Systems Engineer

Meet the team:

The Functional Safety team ensures the product meets the safety caliber set forth within the company by leveraging existing standards, but also creating novel safety approaches to the novel problem of L3 autonomy. Our team is responsible for the entire safety lifecycle during the core development and application of the system into a serial-production vehicle. Come help us make the world safer, and the task of driving more relaxed.

Our team leverages a variety of backgrounds, ranging from robotics, systems engineering, high performance software development, and embedded and industrial software engineering. We collaborate closely with experts in machine learning, prediction/planning, sensor processing, and simulation from across Latitude AI’s product development teams to understand the systems they build, the possible failure modes, and how to detect and respond to those failures.

What you’ll do:

Own the safety case framework including formalizing the framework, process, and supporting documentation and then ensure it’s tracked and used throughout the organization
Development technical content supporting functional safety case claims/evidence
Perform functional safety analyses on assigned functions (HARA, FMEA, FTA, DFA)
Collaborate with leads across product development to create technical content supporting the non-functional safety case claims/evidence such as statistical arguments supporting Perception V&V
Perform a strategic assessment of technical content supporting non-functional safety case claims/evidence such as working alongside the Test & Software teams in their design of resimulation to ensure it meets our necessary tool validity & capability needs to satisfy our safety case claims
Lead the software safety architecture development for safety monitors and Runtime on high performance SOCs
Be the lead interface with the software, system engineering, safety engineering and security teams to drive traceability between system-level requirements and architecture with software safety specifications and design
Lead safety committee reviews both internally and externally

What you'll need to succeed:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics or a related field and 7+ years of relevant experience (or Master's degree and 5+ years of relevant experience, or PhD and 2+ years of relevant experience)
Strong ability to quickly understand complex systems and perform systematic software analysis
Practical experience with systems engineering methods applied to complex software systems, including systematic system or software analysis (e.g. FMEA, FTA, DFA, attack tree analysis)
Knowledge of automotive functional safety standards (ISO-26262 or similar)
Experience in safety-critical software development processes
Expertise in successfully delivering ASIL D certified products to the market
Expertise in safety management and leadership
Strong systems engineering fundamentals
Previous demonstrated experience delivering products following the safety lifecycle
Strong record working in the field of system safety as it relates to software design and development
Strong engineering communication skills, especially the ability to communicate complex engineering issues to a diverse team

Nice to have:

Experience applying functional safety concepts to autonomous vehicles and/or high-performance computing a major plus
Experience with applying advanced safety standards beyond ISO 26262 that can be applied to AI components within autonomous systems (such as ISO 21448, 8800, 5469)
Experience with qualified tool chains, requirements traceability, documentation management, configuration management and change management systems is a major plus
Knowledge and execution of software quality processes, such as Automotive SPICE, CMMI, is a plus

What we offer you:

Competitive compensation packages
High-quality individual and family medical, dental, and vision insurance
Health savings account with available employer match
Employer-matched 401(k) retirement plan with immediate vesting
Employer-paid group term life insurance and the option to elect voluntary life insurance
Paid parental leave
Paid medical leave
Unlimited vacation
15 paid holidays
Daily lunches, snacks, and beverages available in all office locations
Pre-tax spending accounts for healthcare and dependent care expenses
Pre-tax commuter benefits
Monthly wellness stipend
Adoption/Surrogacy support program
Backup child and elder care program
Professional development reimbursement
Employee assistance program
Discounted programs that include legal services, identity theft protection, pet insurance, and more
Company and team bonding outlets: employee resource groups, quarterly team activity stipend, and wellness initiatives