Senior Sensor Hardware Safety Engineer

NVIDIA's Hardware Safety Engineering team is seeking a highly motivated Sr Sensor Hardware Safety Engineer to define and drive hardware safety for sensor systems. You will own the end-to-end hardware safety strategy for cameras, LiDAR, radar, inertial measurement units (IMUs), and other sensors across NVIDIA's physical AI platforms.

Responsibilities:

• Own the end-to-end sensor hardware safety strategy for cameras, LiDAR, radar, IMUs and other sensors used in NVIDIA automotive systems.
• Support sensor supplier selection through technical and safety evaluations of sensor architectures, safety concepts, safety analysis, and integration assumptions.
• Define and manage sensor hardware safety requirements, including requirements for sensor power, interfaces, timing, synchronization, data integrity, fault detection, and fault response.
• Collaborate with sensor architects, board and system designers, software teams, and validation engineers to develop effective implementations of sensor safety requirements.
• Perform and review safety cases & analyses, including FMEA, FMEDA, DFA, and FTA, and use the results to guide architecture decisions and design improvements.
• Work with third-party suppliers to evaluate safety manuals, analysis reports, assumptions of use, and supporting evidence for sensor integration.
• Develop clear safety documentation, integration guidance, analysis reports, and user-facing safety information for internal teams and customers.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, or a related engineering field, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of relevant experience in automotive sensors, hardware systems, functional safety, or a related field.
• Understanding of automotive sensor technologies such as cameras, radar, LiDAR, or IMUs, including their hardware architectures and system interfaces.
• Knowledge of safety analysis methodologies, including FMEA, FMEDA, DFA, and FTA.
• Ability to work effectively with sensor suppliers and multidisciplinary engineering teams from concept through integration and verification.
• Proven ownership and proactivity, with a strong bias for action and results.
• Excellent analytical, written, and verbal communication skills.

Benefits:

• Equity
• Benefits package