Waabi
Staff Systems Engineer, Embedded Safety & Architecture
$160K–$260K
San Francisco, CA +1 · Hybrid · Staff · Full-time · Posted Aug 4, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
Pittsburgh, PA - Experience
- 8+ years in embedded systems.
- Education
- BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related field — or equivalent hands-on experience.
About the job
Translate vehicle-level safety concepts into embedded safety requirements and a coherent hardware/software architecture for autonomous vehicles.
What you'll do
- Derive and allocate embedded technical safety requirements, and maintain traceability and safety-case work products.
- Define embedded system architecture and hardware/software partitioning, including the hardware-software interface.
- Apply automotive standards and partner with systems safety, V&V, OEMs, and suppliers on safety concepts and development interfaces.
What they ask for
- 8+ years in embedded systems, with depth across hardware and software.
- Strong ISO 26262 system-design experience, including deriving technical safety requirements and architectural design and allocation.
- Working familiarity with SOTIF, automotive cybersecurity, autonomous-product safety cases, ASPICE, and component/coding standards.
- Requirements management and traceability experience; able to read schematics and reason about embedded C/C++/Rust.
Nice to have
- Experience implementing or maturing engineering standards; SysML or model-based systems engineering.
- AV, ADAS, or other safety-critical experience; direct experience authoring or negotiating DIAs with an OEM.
Pay
$160,000 - $260,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
ISO 26262, SOTIF (ISO 21448), ISO/SAE 21434, UL 4600, Automotive SPICE (ASPICE), AEC-Q10, Polarion, C/C++/Rust
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