Senior Systems & Safety Engineer – Drive-by-Wire

The role

You will be responsible for the safety design, hazard mitigation, and functional safety integration of steer-by-wire, brake-by-wire, throttle, shift-by-wire, and auxiliary chassis actuation on autonomous trucks. You will work with vehicle OEMs, DbW suppliers, and internal controls engineers to guarantee fail-operational motion control and ASIL D safety guarantees.

What you will do

• Define the functional safety architecture for redundant steering, braking, and propulsion control systems.
• Collaborate with commercial vehicle OEMs and Tier-1 DbW providers to evaluate interfaces and safety compliance.
• Establish actuation fault management strategies including fallback transition times and minimum risk maneuvers.
• Perform detailed HARA, FMEA, and FTA analyses on physical actuation channels and interface protocols.
• Author top-level vehicle safety requirements for motion control interfaces.
• Partner with testing teams to design physical fault-injection campaigns on test tracks.

Required qualifications

• B.S. or M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering, or Automotive Engineering.
• 6+ years in vehicle chassis systems, drive-by-wire actuation, or automotive vehicle safety.
• Extensive ASIL D development experience.
• Proficient in vehicle dynamic modeling, brake/steering topologies.
• In-depth understanding of automotive communication protocols: CAN, CAN-FD, FlexRay, and Automotive Ethernet.
• Direct mastery of ISO 26262 ASIL D safety standards and FMVSS regulations.
• Proficient with CAN analysis tools (Vector CANoe, CANalyzer).
• Proficient with MATLAB/Simulink and signal analysis software.

Nice to have

• Hands-on experience developing or integrating redundant DbW systems on commercial trucks.
• Experience with functional safety certification of chassis hardware/software according to ISO 26262.
• Expertise in vehicle stability control (ESC), ABS, and automated emergency braking (AEB) functional integration.

About the company

Gatik is a leader in autonomous middle-mile logistics using its proprietary Level 4 autonomous technology, Gatik Carrier, to transport freight for retailers. The company focuses on short-haul, B2B logistics and has launched the world's first fully driverless commercial transportation service with Walmart.