Senior Customer Safety Engineer - Automotive

NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than 25 years. It’s a unique legacy of innovation that’s fueled by great technology—and amazing people. Today, we’re tapping into the unlimited potential of AI to define the next era of computing. An era in which our GPU acts as the brains of computers, robots, and self-driving cars that can understand the world. Doing what’s never been done before takes vision, innovation, and the world’s best talent. As an NVIDIAN, you’ll be immersed in a diverse, supportive environment where everyone is inspired to do their best work.

About the role

At NVIDIA, we're not just transforming the world of computer graphics and AI; we're setting the stage for the future of autonomous driving. As a Lead Safety Architect, you will be at the forefront of our autonomous vehicle technology, ensuring its safety at scale. You will collaborate with the most innovative engineers and technologists to integrate safety measures into our latest DRIVE products. This role is paramount in achieving and exceeding NVIDIA's high safety standards, making your work both exciting and impactful!

Responsibilities

• Representing NVIDIA’s functional safety strategy and architectures to the customer
• Working closely with customers to understand their functional safety requirements and system architectures and feeding those back into the development teams
• Assisting customers to safely integrate and validate our products in their systems and vehicles
• Supporting customer-facing safety collateral
• Tailoring functional safety platforms and safety analyses for strategic customers
• Working closely with safety management, solution architects, sales, and technical marketing teams to deliver state-of-the-art products

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline (or equivalent experience) with at least 5 years of relevant experience in system safety, functional safety, or systems engineering (or an advanced degree with equivalent experience)
• Deep understanding of functional safety system architectures needed to meet the ISO 26262 functional safety standard. Experience with market-adjacent standards such as IEC 61508 can also be considered
• Experience interacting with customers and managing the engagement
• Excellent analytical, written, and verbal communication skills and ability to work as part of a team

Qualifications

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• ADAS or autonomous vehicle systems, robotics, or industrial safety experience
• Experience with system safety methodologies & practices (FMEA, FTA, STPA,..) and safety standards (ISO 26262, IEC 61508, UL4600, ISO21448, ISO 8800..)
• Knowledge and experience with ECU/board-level E/E design and validation

Pay

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is $152,000 USD - $241,500 USD. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.