Staff Systems Engineer - Functional Safety

Location: Pittsburgh, PA, Palo Alto, CA, Detroit, MI

Department: Systems Engineering, Integration & Test (SEIT)

Latitude AI (lat.ai) is an automated driving technology company developing a hands-free, eyes-off driver assist system for next-generation Ford vehicles at scale. We’re driven by the opportunity to reimagine what it’s like to drive and make travel safer, less stressful, and more enjoyable for everyone. 

When you join the Latitude team, you’ll work alongside leading experts across machine learning and robotics, cloud platforms, mapping, sensors and compute systems, test operations, systems and safety engineering – all dedicated to making a real, positive impact on the driving experience for millions of people. 

As a Ford Motor Company subsidiary, we operate independently to develop automated driving technology at the speed of a technology startup. Latitude is headquartered in Pittsburgh with engineering centers in Dearborn, Mich., and Palo Alto, Calif.

Meet the team:

The Functional Safety team ensures the product meets the safety caliber set forth within the company by leveraging existing standards, but also creating novel safety approaches to the novel problem of L3 autonomy. Our team is responsible for the entire safety lifecycle during the core development and application of the system into a serial-production vehicle. Come help us make the world safer, and the task of driving more relaxed.

Our team leverages a variety of backgrounds, ranging from robotics, systems engineering, high performance software development, and embedded and industrial software engineering. We collaborate closely with experts in machine learning, prediction/planning, sensor processing, and simulation from across Latitude AI’s product development teams to understand the systems they build, the possible failure modes, and how to detect and respond to those failures.

What you’ll do: 

• Own the safety case framework including formalizing the framework, process, and supporting documentation and then ensure it’s tracked and used throughout the organization.
• Development technical content supporting functional safety case claims/evidence
• Perform functional safety analyses on assigned functions (HARA, FMEA, FTA, DFA)
• Collaborate with leads across product development to create technical content supporting the non-functional safety case claims/evidence such as statistical arguments supporting Perception V&V. 
• Perform a strategic assessment of technical content supporting non-functional safety case claims/evidence such as working alongside the Test & Software teams in their design of resimulation to ensure it meets our necessary tool validity & capability needs to satisfy our safety case claims. 
• Lead the software safety architecture development for safety monitors and Runtime on high performance SOCs
• Be the lead interface with the software, system engineering, safety engineering and security teams to drive traceability between system-level requirements and architecture with software safety specifications and design
• Lead safety committee reviews both internally and externally. 

What you'll need to succeed:

• Bachelor’s Degree (Masters or PhD preferred) in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, Systems Engineering, or a related field
• 7+ years of relevant industry experience at a minimum
• Strong ability to quickly understand complex systems and perform systematic software analysis
• Practical experience with systems engineering methods applied to complex software systems, including systematic system or software analysis (e.g. FMEA, FTA, DFA, attack tree analysis)
• Knowledge of automotive functional safety standards (ISO-26262 or similar)
• Experience in safety-critical software development processes 
• Expertise in successfully delivering ASIL D certified products to the market
• Expertise in safety management and leadership
• Strong systems engineering fundamentals
• Previous demonstrated experience delivering products following the safety lifecycle
• Strong record working in the field of system safety as it relates to software design and development
• Strong engineering communication skills, especially the ability to communicate complex engineering issues to a diverse team

Nice to have (optional):

• Experience applying functional safety concepts to autonomous vehicles and/or high-performance computing a major plus
• Experience with applying advanced safety standards beyond ISO 26262 that can be applied to AI components within autonomous systems (such as ISO 21448, 8800, 5469)
• Experience with qualified tool chains, requirements traceability, documentation management, configuration management and change management systems is a major plus
• Knowledge and execution of software quality processes, such as Automotive SPICE, CMMI, is a plus

What we offer you:

• Competitive compensation packages
• High-quality individual and family medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Health savings account with available employer match
• Employer-matched 401(k) retirement plan with immediate vesting
• Employer-paid group term life insurance and the option to elect voluntary life insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Paid medical leave
• Unlimited vacation
• 13 paid holidays
• Complimentary daily lunches, beverages, and snacks for onsite employees
• Pre-tax spending accounts for healthcare and dependent care expenses
• Pre-tax commuter benefits
• Monthly wellness stipend
• Adoption/Surrogacy support program
• Backup child and elder care program
• Professional development reimbursement
• Employee assistance program
• Discounted programs that include legal services, identity theft protection, pet insurance, and more
• Company and team bonding outlets: employee resource groups, quarterly team activity stipend, and wellness initiatives

Learn more about Latitude’s team, mission and career opportunities at lat.ai!