Senior Systems & Safety Engineer – Autonomy

The role

You will own the functional safety lifecycle and system safety concepts for Gatik's software architecture. This includes architecting fail-operational mechanisms and ensuring autonomy releases satisfy driverless safety cases.

What you will do

• Define and maintain the Functional Safety Concept (FSC) and Technical Safety Concept (TSC) for Level 4 autonomous systems.
• Lead system-level HARAs, STPA, FMEAs, and FTAs across autonomy modules.
• Derive safety requirements from vehicle-level goals down to software components.
• Allocate requirements to middleware, stack algorithms, and diagnostic monitors.
• Architect fail-operational, fail-aware, and fail-safe fallback strategies.
• Define and monitor Safety Performance Indicators (SPIs) and safety metrics.
• Partner with Autonomy Software, Middleware, Infrastructure, and Systems teams.

Required qualifications

• B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Robotics, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or Aerospace Engineering.
• 6+ years in functional safety or systems engineering for autonomous vehicles, robotics, or safety-critical aerospace/automotive platforms.
• Deep expertise in ISO 26262, UL 4600, and ISO 21448.
• Mastery of safety analysis techniques: HARA, STPA, FMEA, FTA, and Reliability Block Diagrams.
• Strong programming proficiency in C++ and Python.
• Experience defining architecture for deterministic, real-time autonomous systems.
• Experience with safety and requirements management software (Jama, DOORS, Enterprise Architect, or code-based tracing tools).

Nice to have

• Experience shipping Level 4 driverless commercial operations (trucking or passenger AVs).
• Experience with middleware safety (ROS2 safety layers, Adaptive AUTOSAR, or custom IPC frameworks).
• Expertise in safety arguments using Goal Structuring Notation (GSN).

About the company

Gatik is a leader in autonomous middle-mile logistics providing autonomous transportation-as-a-service (ATaaS). The company focuses on short-haul, B2B logistics for Fortune 500 retailers using proprietary Level 4 autonomous technology.