Senior/Staff Systems Safety Engineer, Platform Systems

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Required skills

System-level safety architecture
Autonomy Hardware
Firmware
Nuro Driver
ISO 26262
ISO 21448
System-level safety mechanisms
Fault detection
Fault reaction strategies
Safe states

Nice to have

AV
ADAS
STPA
UL4600
HIL environments
On road testing

Role summary

Nuro is seeking a Senior/Staff Systems Safety Engineer to drive the system-level safety architecture and requirements for their Autonomy Hardware and Firmware. This role involves ensuring compliance with automotive safety standards like ISO 26262 and ISO 21448, decomposing safety goals into concepts, and defining safety mechanisms. The engineer will lead safety analyses (HARA, FMEA, FTA), collaborate with internal teams and external partners, and support verification and validation efforts. The ideal candidate has 3+ years of experience in systems engineering for safety-critical systems, fault management, and proficiency in C, Python, and MATLAB. Familiarity with AV/ADAS, other safety standards, and safety case development is a plus.

Who We Are

Nuro believes self-driving vehicles are the most immediate and profound opportunity for AI to drive positive change in the physical world. Safer streets, more time for what matters, and easier access to the world around us—that’s why we’re building a universal autonomy platform: self-driving for all roads and all rides.

Founded in 2016, Nuro is a physical AI company developing Level 4 autonomous driving technology for a wide range of vehicles, use cases, and markets. Powered by the Nuro Driver™, our universal autonomy platform enables the global mobility ecosystem to deploy autonomy at scale—from robotaxis and logistics fleets to personal vehicles.

With years of real-world deployment experience and a flexible, partner-led business model, Nuro is working toward a future where millions of autonomous vehicles powered by our technology help make everyday life safer, easier, and more connected.

Nuro has raised over $2B in capital from Uber, NVIDIA, Google, Softbank, Fidelity, T. Rowe Price, and other leading investors.

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 pay range is between $132,300 and $291,150 for the level 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. #LI-DNP

Sample Nuro interview questions

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Build a service discovery mechanism for distributed systems.
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Maximum Depth of an N-ary Tree Find the maximum depth of an N-ary tree. Input: root = [1,null,2,null,3,null,4] Output: 4 Explanation: The tree is essentially a straight line, requiring a traversal that reaches a maximum depth of 4 layers.
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Merge Overlapping Intervals Merge overlapping intervals in an array. Input: intervals = [[1,4],[4,5]] Output: [[1,5]] Explanation: The intervals touch exactly at the 4 mark, so they are successfully merged into a single continuous interval.
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Lowest Common Ancestor on an N-ary Tree Find the lowest common ancestor on an N-ary tree. Input: root = [1,null,2,3,4], p = 2, q = 3 Output: 1 Explanation: Both nodes 2 and 3 are direct children of the root node 1, making 1 the lowest common ancestor.
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Split Array into Consecutive Subsequences Split an array into consecutive subsequences. Input: nums = [1,2,3,4,4,5] Output: FALSE Explanation: The numbers can form [1,2,3,4], but the remaining leftover group [4,5] is too short to form a valid sequence of length 3.
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