Aurora (Nasdaq: AUR) is delivering the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly to make transportation safer, increasingly accessible, and more reliable and efficient than ever before. The Aurora Driver is a self-driving system designed to operate multiple vehicle types, from freight-hauling semi-trucks to ride-hailing passenger vehicles, and underpins Aurora Horizon and Aurora Connect, its driver-as-a-service products for trucking and ride-hailing. Aurora is working with industry leaders across the transportation ecosystem, including Toyota, FedEx, Volvo Trucks, PACCAR, Uber, Uber Freight, U.S. Xpress, Werner, Covenant, Schneider, and Ryder.
Aurora hires talented people with diverse backgrounds who are ready to help build a transportation ecosystem that will make our roads safer, get crucial goods where they need to go, and make mobility more efficient and accessible for all. We’re searching for a Staff Vehicle Systems Safety Engineer.
As Vehicle Platform Safety Engineer, you will be responsible for all functional safety deliverables for integrating Aurora Driver in one of autonomy capable vehicles provided by Aurora’s automotive partners.
In this role, you will:
- Lead all aspects of functional safety engagements with Aurora’s automotive partners.
- Develop and maintain the Safety Plan to capture the overall safety work at the vehicle level.
- Work with automotive partners to tailor safety concepts to their specific needs.
- Lead the development, maintenance and release of functional and technical safety requirements.
- Perform Safety Analysis on interface between Aurora Driver and the vehicle platform subsystems.
- Lead safety related integration and testing activities between the Aurora Driver and the autonomy capable vehicle platform.
- Support the development of the safety case for autonomous vehicle.
Required Qualifications:
- Five or more years experience designing, developing, and validating safety critical systems per ISO26262 or other relevant safety standards (IEC 61508, DO-178C, MIL-STD-882, etc).
- Experience with safety analysis techniques such as Failure mode and Effect analysis (FMEA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Dependent Failure Analysis (DFA).
- Understanding the safety mechanism at the vehicle level and translating them into system architecture.
- Experience with systems engineering requirements management tools.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Desirable Qualifications:
- 8+ years experience designing, developing, and validating safety critical systems per ISO 26262 standard.
- Previous experience in overseeing and ensuring the execution of functional safety activities.
- Experience developing functional safety concepts for autonomous vehicles.
- ISO26262 Certification.
- Familiarity with ISO 21448.
The base salary range for this position is $156K - $234K per year. Aurora’s pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, the successful candidate’s starting base pay will be determined based on factors including job-related skills, experience, qualifications, relevant education or training, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future. The successful candidate will also be eligible for an annual bonus, equity compensation, and benefits.
Safety is central to everything we do. Every employee at Aurora has a role in contributing to safety, every step of the way. We seek candidates who take active responsibility, can contribute to building an atmosphere of trust, and invest in the organization's long-term success by working safely — no matter what.
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