Senior Sensor Hardware Safety Engineer

What you'll do

• Own the end-to-end hardware safety strategy for cameras, LiDAR, radar, and IMUs across physical AI platforms.
• Evaluate sensor supplier architectures, safety concepts, and integration assumptions to support selection processes.
• Define and manage technical requirements for sensor power, interfaces, timing, data integrity, and fault response.
• Perform and review safety analyses including FMEA, FMEDA, DFA, and FTA to guide design improvements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement safety requirements into hardware and software designs.
• Evaluate third-party supplier safety manuals, analysis reports, and evidence for sensor integration.
• Create safety documentation, integration guidance, and user-facing information for internal teams and customers.

What we're looking for

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of relevant experience in automotive sensors, hardware systems, functional safety, or a related field.
• Understanding of automotive sensor technologies including cameras, radar, LiDAR, and IMUs, including their architectures and interfaces.
• Knowledge of safety analysis methodologies such as FMEA, FMEDA, DFA, and FTA.
• Ability to work with sensor suppliers and multidisciplinary engineering teams from concept through integration and verification.
• Excellent analytical, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Experience developing automotive sensor systems or evaluating sensor safety concepts and architectures (preferred).
• Understanding of functional-safety development processes for ISO 26262, IEC 61508, or ISO 13849 (preferred).