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Gatik AI is the leader in autonomous middle-mile logistics, operating Level 4 autonomous trucks commercially across major US and Canadian markets. The company has deployed the world's first fully driverless commercial transportation service with Walmart and serves Fortune 500 retailers with its proprietary Gatik Carrier™ platform.
As Senior Systems & Safety Engineer for Autonomy, you will own the functional safety lifecycle and overall system safety architecture for Gatik's autonomous driving stack. This is a critical role ensuring uncompromising safety across perception, localization, mapping, planning, controls, and fault management systems.
Key responsibilities include:
• Define and maintain the Functional Safety Concept (FSC) and Technical Safety Concept (TSC) for the Level 4 autonomous system in accordance with ISO 26262 (up to ASIL D).
• Lead system-level hazard analysis and risk assessment (HARA), System-Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA), FMEAs, and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) across autonomy modules.
• Derive safety requirements from vehicle-level goals down to software components, allocating requirements to middleware, stack algorithms, and diagnostic monitors using tools like Jama/Jira.
• Architect fail-operational, fail-aware, and fail-safe fallback strategies, including degraded modes, trajectory fallback, and pull-over behaviors for Minimum Risk Maneuver (MRM) systems.
• Define and monitor Safety Performance Indicators (SPIs) and safety metrics to assess stack maturity and release readiness.
• Partner closely with Autonomy Software, Middleware, Infrastructure, and Systems teams to embed functional safety into agile development processes.
This is a full-time, onsite role (5 days/week) based in Santa Clara, CA. The ideal candidate holds a B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Robotics, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or Aerospace Engineering, with demonstrated experience in functional safety, ISO 26262, and autonomous systems.
