NVIDIA
Senior Sensor Hardware Safety Engineer
$184K–$356K
US, CA, Santa Clara · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 7, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years of relevant experience in automotive sensors, hardware systems, functional safety, or a related field.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, or a related engineering field, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Defines and drives hardware safety strategy for automotive sensor systems, guiding safety requirements, supplier evaluations, integration, and verification.
What you'll do
- Own sensor hardware safety strategy and manage requirements for sensor power, interfaces, timing, synchronization, data integrity, and fault response.
- Evaluate sensor architectures and supplier safety evidence; perform and review FMEA, FMEDA, DFA, and FTA to inform design decisions.
- Coordinate safety implementation across engineering teams and produce safety documentation, integration guidance, analyses, and user-facing materials.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, or a related engineering field, or equivalent experience.
- Understanding of automotive sensor technologies, hardware architectures, and system interfaces.
- Knowledge of safety analysis methodologies, including FMEA, FMEDA, DFA, and FTA.
- Ability to work with sensor suppliers and multidisciplinary engineering teams from concept through integration and verification.
Nice to have
- Experience with functional-safety processes for ISO 26262, IEC 61508, or ISO 13849.
- Experience with PCB or ECU design, embedded systems based on NVIDIA SoCs, SysML, or DITA.
Pay
184,000 USD - 287,500 USD (base salary); 224,000 USD - 356,500 USD (base salary)
Tools
FMEA, FMEDA, DFA, FTA, ISO 26262, IEC 61508, ISO 13849, SysML
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