Senior Systems Safety Engineer

Who We Are 

Nuro is a self-driving technology company on a mission to make autonomy accessible to all. Founded in 2016, Nuro is building the world’s most scalable driver, combining cutting-edge AI with automotive-grade hardware. Nuro licenses its core technology, the Nuro Driver™, to support a wide range of applications, from robotaxis and commercial fleets to personally owned vehicles. With technology proven over years of self-driving deployments, Nuro gives the automakers and mobility platforms a clear path to AVs at commercial scale—empowering a safer, richer, and more connected future.

About the Work

• Drive the system-level safety architecture and requirements for the Autonomy Hardware and Firmware of the Nuro Driver, ensuring compliance with automotive safety standards such as ISO 26262 and ISO 21448.
• Decompose vehicle-level Safety Goals into a cohesive Functional Safety Concept (FSC) and refine it into a detailed Technical Safety Concept (TSC), defining system-level safety mechanisms, fault detection and reaction strategies, and safe states.   
• Develop the system-level SOTIF specification for the Autonomy Hardware and Firmware of the Nuro Driver, defining performance targets and acceptance criteria for safety-critical systems like Autonomy Sensors and Compute. 
• Lead, perform, and review system-level safety analyses, including Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment (HARA), Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Dependent Failure Analysis (DFA) to identify risks and derive safety requirements.
• Work closely with controls, embedded SW, and HW teams and external partners to review and recommend changes to existing requirements and test plans.
• Support the verification and validation efforts by reviewing and suggesting additional tests and implementing test cases on SIL/HIL environments.
• Analyze and interpret test data from simulation, HIL/SIL, and on-road vehicle testing to validate the effectiveness of safety mechanisms and identify residual risks.
• Support and maintain sections of the overall Safety Case pertaining to platform systems utilizing structures like GSN  and focusing on residual risk assessment and clear argumentation.

About You

• Hands on experience in systems engineering and automotive functional safety (ISO 26262) including requirements generation.
• 3+ years of experience in system architecture for safety critical systems.
• 3+ years of experience working on fault management or diagnostics systems for automotive applications.
• Ability to read code in C and write code in Python / MATLAB.
• Strong communication skills - both verbal and written.

Bonus Points

• AV or ADAS background. 
• Familiarity with other safety standards such as STPA, ISO-21448.
• Experience developing and articulating a Safety Case based on UL4600.
• Experience testing in HIL environments or on road testing. 

At Nuro, your base pay is one part of your total compensation package. For this position, the reasonably expected base pay range is between $176,400 and $264,600 for the levels at which this job has been scoped. Your base pay will depend on several factors, including your experience, qualifications, education, location, and skills. In the event that you are considered for a different level, a higher or lower pay range would apply. This position is also eligible for an annual performance bonus, equity, and a competitive benefits package.

At Nuro, we celebrate differences and are committed to a diverse workplace that fosters inclusion and psychological safety for all employees. Nuro is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and expressly prohibits any form of workplace discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics.