Systems and Safety Engineer - Autonomy Sensing

About UsAurora Innovation is dedicated to advancing self-driving technology with a commitment to safety, speed, and accessibility for all.Discover the Aurora Driver and be part of a revolutionary shift in mobility and logistics that promises a safer and more efficient future.At Aurora, you'll engage with intricate challenges alongside a team of passionate and skilled professionals, enhancing your expertise while diving deeper into your field. For the latest insights from Aurora, explore our website at aurora.tech or connect with us on LinkedIn.We are on the lookout for a skilled Systems and Safety Engineer to play a pivotal role in verifying the autonomous vehicle (AV) sensing capabilities. In this position, you will define and validate the Aurora Driver's sensing capabilities, aiming for superhuman performance and safety standards. Collaborate with our elite engineering teams to achieve ambitious product objectives while upholding rigorous safety standards as we expand across various platforms, environments, and complex technical challenges at scale.

Join Waymo, a leader in self-driving technology, as a Systems Test Engineer focused on sensing. In this pivotal role, you will engage in the testing and validation of advanced sensing systems that are critical to the safety and efficiency of autonomous vehicles. Your expertise will help shape the future of transportation and contribute to bringing self-driving technology to the public.You will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, working closely with software engineers, hardware engineers, and product managers to ensure the highest quality standards in our sensing systems. Your responsibilities will include developing test plans, executing test cases, and analyzing results to ensure our technology meets stringent performance criteria.

Who We AreNuro is pioneering self-driving technology with the goal of making autonomy available to everyone. Established in 2016, Nuro is developing the world's most scalable autonomous driver, integrating advanced AI with automotive-grade hardware. Our core technology, the Nuro Driver™, is licensed for a variety of uses, ranging from robotaxis and commercial fleets to personal vehicles. With years of successful self-driving operations behind us, Nuro is paving the way for automakers and mobility platforms to implement autonomous vehicles at commercial scale, fostering a safer, more connected future.About the RoleAs a Senior/Staff Systems Engineer focusing on Autonomy Verification, your key responsibility will be to ensure the Nuro Driver's safety for deployment within our defined Operational Design Domain (ODD) and adherence to traffic regulations. This role requires a background in autonomous systems development or validation and a collaborative spirit to work effectively with diverse teams including Autonomy Software, Simulation, Product, and Operations. You will hold comprehensive ownership from defining requirements to designing metrics and developing test strategies.About the WorkEstablish requirements for the autonomous system to guarantee safe operation within its ODD and compliance with traffic laws.Develop metrics and acceptance criteria to confirm that the autonomous system meets these requirements, leveraging established safety standards and methodologies.Utilize a variety of testing strategies - synthetic and log simulations, on-road logs, closed-course tests, and third-party accident reconstructions - to validate requirements.Work closely with teams in Behavior, Perception, Data Science, Product, Legal, and Public Trust to formulate acceptance criteria for metrics and tests.Collaborate with simulation infrastructure and test integration teams to establish automated verification workflows.Assess the coverage of tests for our ODD, ensuring realism and relevance in simulations for deployment. Connect test outcomes as evidence supporting the Autonomy Safety Case.

At Reliable Robotics, we are pioneering advanced safety technology for aviation aimed at saving lives. Our automated aviation systems are set to revolutionize air transportation, enhancing safety and convenience in the movement of goods and eventually people across the globe. Our passionate team comprises engineers with diverse expertise in aerospace, robotics, and autonomous vehicles, all working tirelessly to bring this transformative vision to life.As a Senior Systems Safety Engineer, you will join our dedicated Systems & Safety team, reporting directly to the Systems & Safety Manager. This team is integral in designing systems that support innovative safety-critical functions, establishing robust development methodologies for new technologies, and ensuring compliance with federal regulations.In this role, you will play a crucial part in enhancing the operational and functional capabilities of our aircraft. Your extensive experience in aircraft and systems safety will significantly fortify our team's ability to meet and exceed the rigorous standards set by stakeholders and certification authorities. You will collaborate with various teams within Reliable Robotics to ensure the safety of new, groundbreaking systems essential for unmanned aircraft operations.

Who We Are Nuro is a pioneering self-driving technology company dedicated to making autonomy accessible to everyone. Established in 2016, Nuro is developing the world's most scalable autonomous driver, integrating advanced AI with automotive-grade hardware. We license our core technology, the Nuro Driver™, to enable a broad spectrum of applications, from robotaxis and commercial fleets to personally owned vehicles. With a track record of successful self-driving deployments, Nuro provides automakers and mobility platforms with a clear pathway to commercial-scale autonomous vehicles, fostering a safer, more connected future.About the TeamThe Systems Engineering team is tasked with defining requirements, architecture, and validating autonomous driving capabilities across various engineering disciplines. This encompasses the design of performance metrics, evaluation methodologies, and success criteria, which the team propagates cross-functionally through requirement definition and system validation. Our team operates at the nexus of hardware, software, and robotic operations, possessing a profound understanding of technologies across all three domains. We are a compact, high-impact team responsible for establishing the benchmarks necessary for successful autonomy deployment.About the RoleThe Senior Systems Test Engineer (STE) for Autonomy Behavior is pivotal in revolutionizing Nuro's Verification & Validation (V&V) ecosystem. You will spearhead the technical implementation, standardization, and automation of V&V processes. This role involves creating a cohesive, automated architecture for validation, designing and overseeing streamlined triage workflows, and perpetually enhancing the testing pipelines to enable informed, data-driven development in autonomy. Your contributions are critical in substantiating the system's safety by producing test results that bolster the Autonomy Safety Case.About the WorkThe STE role requires hands-on technical engagement to design, align, structure, and continually enhance automated test pipelines and workflows:Design and implement automated test pipelines and tools, ensuring seamless adoption and minimal friction for Systems Engineers.Drive standardization across all testing modalities by crafting, executing, and managing unified triage workflows across all workstreams.Establish an ongoing feedback loop to refine V&V processes, particularly by leading root cause analyses and identifying testing gaps with Systems Engineers.Transform identified system and pipeline gaps into actionable technical requests for partner teams (e.g., Data Platform, Simulation, Infrastructure).

Waymo is at the forefront of autonomous driving technology, committed to becoming the world's most trusted driver. Originating from the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has dedicated itself to developing the Waymo Driver—The World's Most Experienced Driver™—to enhance mobility access while significantly reducing traffic-related fatalities. The Waymo Driver powers our fully autonomous ride-hail service and is adaptable to various vehicle platforms and product applications. With over ten million rider-only trips and more than 100 million miles driven on public roads, alongside tens of billions of miles simulated across 15+ U.S. states, Waymo is leading the way in autonomous transportation.The Waymo Safety team is pivotal in fostering and enhancing the safety of our fully autonomous driving technology. Our specialists formulate safety objectives and strategies, conducting thorough safety engineering analyses to integrate safety considerations at every stage of vehicle design and development. This team also develops and advocates for safety policies for autonomous vehicles, liaising with regulatory bodies, lawmakers, law enforcement, and public and non-profit organizations to ensure compliance with environmental, health, and safety regulations.In this hybrid role, you will report to one of our System Safety Leads.Your responsibilities will include:Leading cross-functional initiatives to perform safety analyses, identifying potential hazards and their origins, assessing safety risks both qualitatively and quantitatively, defining safety requirements, influencing design decisions, proposing mitigation strategies, and supporting verification processes.Engaging in hardware, software, and operations/product design and readiness reviews to ensure safety requirements and mitigations are effectively implemented in the field.Advising on the adoption and adaptation of pertinent safety standards and industry best practices, ensuring Waymo and its partners meet relevant safety regulations.Evaluating the ongoing effectiveness of risk control strategies and aiding in the identification of new hazards.Leading the definition, implementation, and enhancement of relevant System Safety processes while nurturing our safety culture within Waymo.Integrating the System Safety Methodology with other methodologies within the Waymo safety framework.

Waymo is revolutionizing the future of mobility by creating the world's most trusted autonomous driving technology. Originally launched as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has dedicated itself to developing the Waymo Driver—The World’s Most Experienced Driver™. Our mission is to enhance mobility access and significantly reduce traffic-related fatalities. The Waymo Driver powers our fully autonomous ride-hail service and is adaptable to a variety of vehicle platforms and applications. With over ten million rider-only trips and extensive experience driving autonomously over 100 million miles on public roads, coupled with simulation efforts spanning tens of billions of miles across more than 15 U.S. states, Waymo is at the forefront of safe autonomous driving.The Waymo Safety team is committed to continuously enhancing the safety of our autonomous driving systems. Our experts formulate safety objectives and strategies, conducting thorough safety engineering analyses to ensure that safety considerations are integrated into every phase of vehicle design and development. The team collaborates with regulatory bodies, lawmakers, law enforcement, and non-profit organizations to develop and advocate for safety policies specific to autonomous vehicles. We also play a crucial role in ensuring compliance with relevant environmental, health, and safety regulations.In this remote position, you will report directly to a System Safety Engineer.

Join Waymo as a Senior System Safety Engineer, where you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the safety and reliability of our cutting-edge autonomous vehicle systems. In this dynamic position, you will collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams to develop, analyze, and implement safety protocols that safeguard our fleet operations.

Who We AreNuro is at the forefront of self-driving technology, dedicated to making autonomy accessible and efficient. Established in 2016, we are pioneering the development of the world’s most scalable driver, seamlessly integrating advanced AI with automotive-grade hardware. Our flagship innovation, the Nuro Driver™, is licensed to facilitate a variety of applications, including robotaxis, commercial fleets, and personal vehicles. With years of proven success in autonomous deployments, Nuro provides automakers and mobility platforms a clear pathway to commercial-scale AVs, fostering a safer, more connected future.About the RoleAs a pivotal member of the Autonomy Visualization team, your primary focus will be on creating high-performance visualization platforms. These platforms empower software engineers to incorporate new visualization elements effortlessly. You will have the chance to work across the entire lifecycle of visualization features and products, honing your technical expertise, product insight, and cross-functional collaboration skills.Your ResponsibilitiesDevelop efficient visualization frameworks using C++ / OpenGL and Unity to support critical functions such as autonomy development, validation, triage tools, and in-car visualization.Collaborate closely with Autonomy engineers to enhance their workflows through improved visualization tools.Work with ML Labeling teams to create high-quality training data utilizing customized labeling tools.Engage with product managers and designers to deliver polished visualizations for external applications that reflect Nuro’s brand positively.

About UsAt Aurora, we are dedicated to advancing the future of transportation by delivering the advantages of self-driving technology in a safe, efficient, and comprehensive manner.Discover The Aurora Driver — a revolutionary innovation that aims to create a safer, more efficient, and more accessible future for mobility and logistics.Join a team of passionate and intelligent individuals at Aurora, where you will be challenged to solve complex problems and grow your expertise in the field. For the latest updates, visit us at aurora.tech or follow us on LinkedIn.We are seeking a Control Systems Software Engineer to join our Autonomy Controls Software Team. This team is pivotal in designing, implementing, integrating, and validating the motion control system for the Aurora Driver across various vehicle platforms.Your Role:Design and implement motion control algorithms for a safety-critical system.Evaluate control system performance in both offline and real-world environments.Ensure system robustness against disturbances, failure modes, and varying environmental conditions.

Waymo is a pioneering autonomous driving technology firm, dedicated to becoming the most trusted driver worldwide. Born from the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has tirelessly worked on developing the Waymo Driver—The World’s Most Experienced Driver™—to enhance mobility access and save countless lives that are otherwise lost to traffic accidents. The Waymo Driver powers our fully autonomous ride-hailing service and is adaptable across various vehicle platforms and applications. Having completed over ten million rider-only trips, our technology has driven more than 100 million miles on public roads and executed tens of billions of miles in simulation across more than 15 U.S. states.This position follows a hybrid work schedule, reporting to a Systems Engineer Lead.Your responsibilities will include:Collaborating with cross-functional teams, including software engineers, product managers, system safety, and operations leads, to develop and implement requirements, system architecture, and verification strategies for rider safety, security, and compliance features on existing and new vehicle platforms.Independently or in partnership with System Safety, conduct safety analyses to drive performance requirements for new features.Leading comprehensive trade studies, gathering insights from relevant stakeholders to inform decision-making.Taking ownership of solutions, considering all aspects of performance and compliance.

About Us:Aeva is at the forefront of innovation, dedicated to delivering transformative perception technologies that enable a wide array of applications, from autonomous driving to industrial robotics, consumer health, security, and more. Our pioneering sensing and perception solutions integrate all essential LiDAR components onto a silicon photonics chip, creating a compact module that redefines the standards of operational efficiency. Aeva’s 4D LiDAR sensors uniquely measure instantaneous velocity alongside 3D positioning, empowering autonomous devices—such as vehicles and robots—to make safer and more intelligent decisions.Role Overview:We are in search of a technically proficient and customer-centric Field Applications Engineer (FAE) specializing in optical sensors, LiDAR, or displacement sensing. This role will serve as the vital technical link between our clients and engineering teams, assisting in product evaluations, addressing complex application challenges, and ensuring a superior customer experience. The ideal candidate will possess a strong curiosity about customer applications, a comfort with intricate systems, and a passion for facilitating customer success with pioneering sensing technologies.

About Nuro Nuro is pioneering the future of self-driving technology with the goal of making autonomy accessible for everyone. Established in 2016, we are developing the world's most scalable autonomous driver, integrating advanced AI with high-quality automotive hardware. Our flagship technology, the Nuro Driver™, is licensed to facilitate a variety of applications, including robotaxis, commercial fleets, and personal vehicles. With a proven track record in autonomous vehicle deployments, Nuro provides automakers and mobility platforms with a clear pathway to commercial-scale AVs, fostering a safer, more connected future. Team Overview The Safety Office is an essential component of our Public Trust organization, operating independently from our technology development and business operations. As the Director of Safety Management Systems, you will spearhead our Safety Office and play a vital role in guiding the executive Safety Committee to articulate our vision and strategy for safety. You will collaborate directly with managers and safety engineers across various functions within the company to ensure the successful implementation of our safety strategy. Role Overview We are in search of an experienced safety leader to enhance the safety of our product design, testing, and operations. Our mission is to improve daily life through robotics, focusing on autonomous vehicle technologies that can drastically reduce roadway injuries and fatalities while rethinking the role of automobiles in society. To achieve these transformative benefits, it is crucial that we develop and deploy our vehicles in ways that prioritize public safety and build public trust. We seek a leader who aligns with our vision and dedication to advancing our groundbreaking technology while upholding the highest safety standards. Key Responsibilities Lead the Office of Safety within Public Trust. Direct the efforts of the company’s executive Safety Committee. Prepare comprehensive Safety Cases for each product, ensuring consistency and clarity in the final documentation. Collaborate with teams across the company to enhance safety protocols.

About NuroNuro is at the forefront of self-driving technology, dedicated to making autonomy available to everyone. Established in 2016, we are creating the most scalable autonomous driving solution by merging state-of-the-art AI with robust automotive hardware. Our flagship technology, the Nuro Driver™, is licensed for various applications, including robotaxis, commercial fleets, and privately owned vehicles. Proven through years of autonomous deployments, Nuro offers automakers and mobility platforms a clear pathway to commercial-scale AVs, fostering a safer, richer, and more interconnected future.Role OverviewAs a Senior Software Engineer on the Autonomy Visualization team, your primary focus will be on crafting top-tier visualization platforms that empower software engineers to introduce new visualization components efficiently. You will have the chance to engage in end-to-end development of visualization features and products, showcasing your technical prowess, product insight, and collaborative communication abilities.Key ResponsibilitiesDevelop efficient visualization frameworks using C++/OpenGL and Unity for critical functions including autonomy development, validation, triage tools, and in-car visualization.Collaborate with Autonomy engineers to enhance their development workflows through improved visualization techniques.Work alongside ML Labeling teams to create tailored labeling tools that gather high-quality training data.Partner with product managers and designers to deliver refined visualizations for external applications that accurately represent Nuro.

Who We Are Nuro is a pioneering self-driving technology firm dedicated to making autonomous vehicles accessible to everyone. Established in 2016, we are developing the world’s most scalable autonomous driving system, merging advanced AI with high-quality automotive hardware. Our flagship technology, the Nuro Driver™, is licensed to enable various applications, including robotaxis, commercial fleets, and personal vehicles. With years of successful self-driving implementations, Nuro empowers automakers and mobility platforms to transition to autonomous vehicles at a commercial scale—ushering in a safer, more connected future. About the Role We are in search of a talented Autonomy Engineer with a focus on onboard autonomy—the software that operates on our robots and vehicles, making real-time decisions based on onboard sensors and computational resources. You will be responsible for developing and deploying reliable autonomy features that function under stringent latency, computational, and safety requirements in dynamic real-world environments. What You’ll Do Design, integrate, and implement onboard autonomy behaviors such as navigation, obstacle avoidance, lane and route following, docking, and interaction behaviors. Develop and maintain components for real-time decision-making, including behavior planning, state machines/behavior trees, local planning, and control interfaces. Create robust sensor-driven autonomy pipelines on-device (using camera, lidar, radar, IMU, wheel odometry, GNSS), ensuring synchronization, calibration, and fault handling. Optimize autonomy performance concerning latency, CPU/GPU utilization, memory, and power on embedded systems such as NVIDIA Jetson and custom ECUs. Design and implement safety measures and fallback strategies, including health monitoring, degraded operational modes, watchdog systems, safe-stop protocols, and redundancy-aware logic. Oversee the integration of the autonomy stack on robotic platforms, including bring-up, debugging, profiling, logging, and release validation on actual hardware. Enhance onboard observability through structured logs, traces, metrics, event recording, and tools to facilitate incident reviews and quick iterations. Collaborate with teams in perception, mapping/localization, controls, hardware, and systems to establish clear interfaces and deliver comprehensive features. Engage in field testing and conduct root-cause analysis for autonomy issues encountered during real deployments.

About UsAt Aurora, our mission is to advance the future of transportation by delivering self-driving technology that is safe, efficient, and accessible to all.Discover The Aurora Driver - a revolutionary platform that aims to transform mobility and logistics, enhancing road safety and accessibility.Joining Aurora means collaborating with a team of passionate experts who tackle complex challenges and continuously strive for excellence. To stay updated with our latest innovations, visit aurora.tech or follow us on LinkedIn.Aurora is committed to building a diverse team of talented individuals dedicated to creating a safer transportation ecosystem and improving the efficiency of goods delivery.We are currently seeking a highly motivated and experienced Staff Software Engineer to join our Autonomy Frameworks team. In this pivotal role, you will contribute to the development of our core robotics middleware that powers the Aurora Driver. Your work will focus on optimizing the performance, determinism, and efficiency of our Autonomy and Simulation applications. This is a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on the safety and reliability of our self-driving technology.

Who We AreNuro is at the forefront of self-driving technology, dedicated to democratizing access to autonomy. Established in 2016, our mission is to create the world's most scalable self-driving system by integrating advanced AI with automotive-grade hardware. We license our flagship technology, the Nuro Driver™, across various applications including robotaxis, commercial fleets, and personal vehicles. With years of proven success in self-driving deployments, Nuro paves the way for automakers and mobility platforms to achieve commercial-scale autonomous vehicles, contributing to a safer, more connected future.About the RoleWe are seeking an innovative Autonomy Leader to spearhead the technical roadmap for the systems that validate and verify the intelligence of the Nuro Driver. You will lead the creation of evaluation tools that ensure our technology can scale safely to millions of users. This role involves addressing real-world robotics challenges and enhancing everyday lives by bridging the divide between simulation and reality.Intelligent Agents: Design and implement advanced evaluation agents that simulate complex interactions.Intelligent Metrics: Develop sophisticated algorithms to measure the cognitive performance of the machine learning models that govern our self-driving car's behavior, leveraging physics-based modeling and machine learning.Close the Learning Loop: Utilize these evaluation frameworks to pinpoint specific behavioral weaknesses in the Nuro Driver, leading technical execution to enhance the agent's decision-making logic.Define the Technical Architecture: Collaborate with Autonomy and Infrastructure engineers to establish a cohesive roadmap that integrates evaluation frameworks, progressing towards automated, data-driven validation.

Reliable Robotics develops automated aviation systems aimed at making air transportation safer and more efficient. The team combines experience in aerospace, robotics, and autonomous vehicles to advance how people and goods travel. Role overview The Senior Production Systems Engineer joins the Production team in Mountain View, CA. This group delivers high-quality products and services, supporting the company’s mission to move automated aviation systems from concept to production. The position provides technical leadership and shapes strategy for production capabilities, business systems, and factory infrastructure. What you will do Design and manage production systems that support manufacturing processes, quality standards, and regulatory compliance. Plan, develop, and lead the rollout of new features and modules in partnership with SaaS vendors and internal teams. Conduct trade studies to inform decisions about business systems and infrastructure. Set up, automate, and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to drive improvements in design, product, and process. Key focus areas Oversee integration and performance of Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), and Material Requirements Planning (MRP) tools. Lead enhancements using AI, develop and refine production processes, and install factory infrastructure such as printers and inspection equipment. Create real-time analytics tools to support operations in a safety-critical environment.

About UsGatik is at the forefront of transforming autonomous middle-mile logistics, providing cutting-edge transportation-as-a-service (TaaS) solutions to streamline B2B supply chains. Our mission is to ensure safe and timely deliveries while alleviating congestion in freight movement. We proudly launched the world’s first fully driverless commercial transportation service with Walmart in 2021, utilizing our Class 3-7 autonomous trucks in key markets such as Texas, Arkansas, and Ontario, Canada.Our proprietary Level 4 autonomous technology, Gatik Carrier™, is meticulously designed to securely transport freight between pick-up and drop-off points across the middle mile, excelling in both highway and urban environments. This all-in-one solution integrates advanced software and hardware, seamlessly fitting into our customers’ logistics frameworks.Role OverviewWe are in search of a dedicated Safety Engineer to spearhead safety performance evaluations and implement data-driven assessments for our autonomous trucking systems. In this pivotal role, you will establish and track Safety Performance Indicators (SPIs) and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), ensuring compliance with Gatik’s safety protocols and promoting ongoing safety enhancements from the vehicle level to fleet-wide implementations.This position requires a commitment to being onsite five days a week at our Mountain View, CA or Fort Worth, TX office.Key ResponsibilitiesEvaluate safety performance through real-world and simulated data analysis.Lead post-deployment safety assessments and develop risk mitigation strategies.

At Reliable Robotics, we are pioneering innovative technologies designed to enhance safety in aviation, ultimately saving lives. Our automated aviation systems are set to revolutionize air transportation, making it safer and more efficient for the movement of goods and, eventually, people around the globe. Our team comprises dedicated engineers with diverse expertise in aerospace, robotics, and autonomous vehicles, all committed to transforming this vision into reality.As a Senior Electrical Systems Engineer, you will join our Vehicle Design and Integration team, where your expertise will be crucial in merging mechanical, electrical, guidance, navigation, and control (GNC), as well as safety requirements to develop intricate components necessary for the automation of aviation. You will work collaboratively across teams to design a cohesive system architecture and ensure requirements are integrated throughout both hardware and software components.