Senior Functional Safety Engineer

Aurora develops and commercially operates AI-powered self-driving freight technology through its Aurora Driver system.

Pittsburgh, United States
About Aurora Innovation, Inc.

Aurora is a public autonomous-vehicle technology company focused on self-driving freight. Its Aurora Driver combines hardware and AI software to operate trucks and underpins its driver-as-a-service trucking product.

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About the Role

You will support functional safety for autonomous vehicle software. You will analyze system products for design and architectural vulnerabilities, derive technical and software safety requirements for safety-critical subsystems, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to execute functional-safety processes.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience as a systems engineer, safety engineer, or software engineer for a safety-critical product
  • Experience performing safety-oriented analysis at the software architectural level
  • Experience conducting design trade studies and formulating design proposals
  • Experience establishing and executing software development best practices
  • Experience working with large, complex teams
  • Communication and presentation skills

Responsibilities

  • Contribute to functional safety for autonomous vehicle software
  • Perform safety analysis of system products to identify design and architectural vulnerabilities
  • Derive technical and software safety requirements for safety-critical software subsystems
  • Execute functional safety processes with guidance and clear instructions
  • Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to achieve consensus

Benefits

  • Annual bonus
  • Equity compensation