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Ouster

Robot type
Sensors and Components
Location
San FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
Job type
Business Operations
Posted
Jul 29, 2026
Salary
$140,000–$200,000 a year
Full-time

Sr. Reliability/Verification Engineer

Job description

The Industrial Autonomy Team is seeking a senior reliability and verification engineer to design the test frameworks and validation strategies proving our products for autonomy and physical AI customers are safe and rugged. Within our small hardware team, you will be the gatekeeper for reliability, ensuring our compute, electromechanical, and safety-critical platforms survive harsh environments for customer deployment at scale.

At Ouster, we are pioneering the future of Physical AI. Our advanced vision algorithms and cutting-edge sensor hardware power the next generation of autonomous systems - from robots to smart infrastructure - building a safer and more efficient world.

Job responsibilities

  • Define, develop, and execute comprehensive reliability test plans for all autonomy hardware projects
  • Validate AI compute boxes, focusing on thermal management, power integrity, and hardware-software integration
  • Lead the electrical validation of vehicle wire harness, power distribution, and sensor interfaces, ensuring resistance to EMI/EMC, vibration, and other environmental factors
  • Design and oversee environmental stress testing including HALT, thermal cycling, ingress protection, and mechanical vibration
  • Lead Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Root Cause Analysis for complex hardware failures
  • Partner with the functional safety experts to design and execute test cases validating compliance for safety rated hardware
  • 8+ years of experience defining verification strategies, building test infrastructure, and shipping complex hardware systems
  • Experience qualifying rugged electromechanical and compute systems to industrial-grade standards for harsh deployment environments
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