Aurora · 3 months ago
Staff Functional Safety Engineer
Pittsburgh, PA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$146K/yr - $234K/yr
7+ years expAurora is on a mission to deliver the benefits of self-driving technology safely and efficiently. They are seeking a Staff Functional Safety Engineer to perform safety analysis, derive safety requirements, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure the safety of their self-driving vehicles.
AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesElectric VehicleTransportation
Responsibilities
Perform hazard analysis and risk assessment (HARA) and derive Safety Goals and FTTI
Build functional safety concept and technical safety concept for the self-driving application in order to satisfy the safety goals
Perform Failure Modes, Effects and Analysis and Fault Tree Analysis of Autonomy
Perform safety analysis such as trade study, statistical analysis etc. in order to drive the safety critical design decisions
Create, maintain and manage safety requirements using a requirement management tool
Generate and maintain processes pertaining to functional safety and software quality
Serve as the Safety subject matter expert in safety critical cross-functional design decisions
Collaborate with software subject-matter-experts to build the fault management concept to detect, control and mitigate faults
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree, Master of Science or PhD in Engineering or related discipline
Minimum 7+ years of experience working in functional safety, system safety, or safety engineering
Experience performing HARA, FMEA and FTA
Ability to demonstrate a proven track record of successfully working with large, complex teams in a results-driven environment
Ability to perform implementation agnostics safety analysis for complex designs
Comfortable working with ambiguity and evolving priorities
Excellent communication and presentation skills
Working knowledge of ISO 26262
Preferred
10+ years of experience working in functional safety, system safety, or safety engineering
Experience with complex autonomous systems
Working knowledge of Python and physical modeling and simulation tool (e.g., MATLAB)
Experience with Machine Learning
Experience leading a technical area
Benefits
Annual bonus
Equity compensation
Benefits
Company
Aurora
Aurora is building self-driving technology to operate multiple vehicle types, from freight-hauling trucks to ride-hailing passenger ones.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$4.19BKey Investors
UberSequoia Capital
2024-08-01Post Ipo Equity· $483M
2023-07-19Post Ipo Equity· $820M
2021-11-04Post Ipo Equity· $1.8B
Leadership Team
Chris Urmson
CEO and co-founder
David Maday
Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
2025-12-24
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