Senior Platform Safety Analysis Engineer, Autonomous Vehicles

Nvidia

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Work type: Remote
Location: SCCA
Salary: $224,000–$356,500 / yr
Posted: 12 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 76 roles within 25 mi

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TL;DR · Senior Platform Safety Analysis Engineer, Autonomous Vehicles

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As a Senior Platform Safety Analysis Engineer on the HALOs Platforms - Autonomous Vehicles team, you will lead efforts to develop safe, AI-powered autonomous driving platforms. You will focus on the functional safety of the underlying compute and communications platform, specifically addressing challenges in hardware fault metric compliance for complex multi-layered systems. Your daily responsibilities include performing safety analysis using classical methods like fault trees alongside model-based techniques to derive system-level diagnostic measures. You will develop automation tools for analysis, interpret internal and external safety documentation, and integrate software, hardware, and system safety methodologies. The role requires expertise in automotive ECU architecture, SoC board levels, and safety standards such as ISO 26262, IEC 61508, and ISO/PAS 21448. You will utilize qualitative and quantitative methods including FTA, FMEA, and FMEDAs to ensure robust system performance.

Skills

ISO 26262 IEC 61508 ISO/PAS 21448 FTA FMEA FMEDA Embedded Systems Automotive ECU Safety Analysis Automation Hardware Safety

What you'll do

Develop and align safety architecture and requirements across internal systems and customer platforms.
Propose new methods to analyze and demonstrate hardware fault metric compliance for AI-based compute.
Perform safety analysis using classical techniques like fault trees and model-based methods.
Derive application and system-level diagnostic measures based on existing hardware metrics.
Develop automation tools to support the analysis of complex, multi-layered systems.
Interpret internal and external safety documentation to identify improvements for meeting safety targets.
Integrate system, software, and hardware safety analysis methodologies to ensure overall metric compliance.

What we're looking for

BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience.
12+ years of experience in systems architecture or related fields.
Experience performing safety analysis of embedded systems at both the Hardware and Software levels.
Experience working across company boundaries as development partners.
Proficiency in qualitative and quantitative safety analysis methods such as FTA, FMEA, and FMEDAs.
Familiarity with safety standards including ISO 26262, IEC 61508, and ISO/PAS 21448.
Experience in HW SoC or board level architecture, specifically Automotive ECU architecture.
Competence in tools and automation focused on safety analysis.

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