Senior Staff Systems Engineer, Embedded Safety

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional systems engineering initiatives to establish embedded system architectures, firmware requirements, and technical development plans for safe autonomous robotic platforms.
• Solicit stakeholder needs and derive, author, and parameterize clear system, firmware, and low-level software requirements.
• Establish and maintain end-to-end requirements-to-verification traceability pipelines across tools such as Jama, Jira, Git, and automated test frameworks.
• Partner closely with Safety Firmware Engineers to define requirements for functional safety features, diagnostic logic and interfaces for low-level communication protocols (SPI, I2C, CAN, UART, Ethernet).
• Collaborate directly with Firmware Test Engineers to translate safety goals and system requirements into verifiable HIL/SIL test plans, fault injection coverage, and CI/CD automated test suites.
• Guide cross-functional teams through structured safety and risk analyses—including HARA, FMEA, and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)—to systematically identify edge cases in timing, communication, and fault handling.
• Compile requirements, analysis, and verification evidence required to support a comprehensive safety case for autonomous robotic systems.

Job requirements

• 7+ years of experience in systems engineering, embedded software/firmware development, or firmware validation for complex mechatronic or safety-critical robotic systems.
• Fluent technical command of software engineering tools, including Git version control, Linux environments, Jira, and requirements management platforms such as Jama.
• Proficiency in C/C++ for embedded firmware as well as Python (including pytest ecosystems) to effectively engage with both firmware development and test automation tooling.
• Deep familiarity with relevant safety standards (e.g., IEC 61508, ISO 26262, or IEC 62304) and experience compiling data to support safety claims.
• Strong ability to read electrical schematics, datasheets, and low-level protocol payloads (SPI, I2C, CAN, UART, Ethernet) to ensure hardware intent matches firmware behavior.
• Demonstrated experience acting as a technical liaison between firmware development teams and product development teams.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication, cross-functional collaboration, and conflict resolution skills.
• Experience with firmware coding standards like MISRA C/C++.