NVIDIA
Lead Customer Safety Engineer - Hardware
$224K–$356K
US, CA, Santa Clara · Full-time · Posted Oct 7, 2026
- Experience
- At least 12 years, with more than 3 years in automotive functional safety, chip or ECU development, or customer safety engineering.
- Education
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, hardware engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
About the job
Leads customer-facing hardware functional-safety work, helping automotive customers integrate NVIDIA products into safety-critical systems and coordinating safety issues with internal teams.
What you'll do
- Represent NVIDIA’s functional-safety strategy and serve as the main customer interface for hardware safety topics.
- Help customers integrate and validate products; coordinate safety responsibilities and customer-facing safety materials.
- Lead resolution of customer safety concerns and mentor junior engineers while coordinating across internal teams.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, hardware engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
- At least 12 years’ experience, including more than 3 years in automotive functional safety, chip or ECU development, or customer safety engineering.
- Solid understanding of ISO 26262, including hardware safety concepts, SEooC development, assumptions of use, hardware safety integrity, and customer integration.
- Strong analytical, written, verbal, teamwork, and technical-discussion skills.
Nice to have
- ADAS, autonomous vehicle, robotics, or industrial safety experience; direct automotive OEM or Tier 1 client experience.
- Hardware functional-safety experience involving complex SoCs, GPUs, processors, accelerators, or safety MCUs; ECU/board-level E/E build and validation knowledge.
Pay
224,000 USD - 356,500 USD base salary
Tools
ISO 26262, IEC 61508, SoCs, GPUs, processors, accelerators, safety MCUs, ECU
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