Aurora
Senior Functional Safety Engineer
$146K–$260K
Mountain View, CA +1 · Remote · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 15, 2026
- Location
- Mountain View, CA
Pittsburgh, PA - Experience
- Minimum 3+ years working as a systems engineer, safety engineer or software engineer 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 for autonomous-vehicle software by analyzing system safety risks and deriving requirements for safety-critical software subsystems.
What you'll do
- Analyze system products to identify design and architectural vulnerabilities.
- Derive technical and software safety requirements for safety-critical software subsystems.
- Help execute functional safety processes and collaborate 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
USD 162,000 - USD 260,000 per year base salary (Mountain View, CA); USD 146,000 - USD 234,000 per year base salary (Pittsburgh, PA)
Tools
Python, C, C++, ISO 26262
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