Aurora Innovation
Senior Functional Safety Engineer
$146K–$260K
Mountain View, CA +1 · Hybrid · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 15, 2026
- Location
- Mountain View, CA
Pittsburgh, PA - Experience
- Minimum 3+ years in a systems, safety, or software engineering role for a safety-critical product.
- Education
- Bachelor’s Degree or Master of Science in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Machine Learning or equivalent field
About the job
Contribute to functional safety engineering for autonomous vehicle software by analyzing safety risks and requirements for safety-critical subsystems.
What you'll do
- Analyze system products for design and architectural vulnerabilities and derive technical and software safety requirements for safety-critical subsystems.
- Help define and execute functional safety processes and support safe vehicle behavior in the presence of faults.
- Conduct design trade studies and formulate design proposals in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s Degree or Master of Science in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Machine Learning or equivalent field
- Minimum 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
Nice to have
- Proficiency in one of Python, C or C++
- Experience with complex robotics or autonomous systems, Machine Learning, technical leadership, or ISO 26262 / Software Functional Safety development
Pay
$162,000 - $260,000 per year (base salary); $146,000 - $234,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
Python, C, C++, ISO 26262
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