Senior System Engineer- AI Safety
On-siteMountain View Santa Clara County, California, United States
Mountain View Santa Clara County, California, United StatesOn-siteFull TimeSenior LevelBachelors DegreeStartup
Full TimeSenior LevelBachelors DegreeStartup
Job Summary
Senior MTS: own the safety assurance lifecycle for the AI system powering our humanoid robot platform; lead AI-specific hazard identification and risk assessment, assess risks from AI model updates, define AI safety requirements, develop verification/validation test cases, and maintain traceability from safety goals to AI system requirements and evidence artifacts.
Required Qualifications
- B.S. Computer Science, Systems Engineering or Robotics
- Experience designing AI-based safety systems for complex electromechanical products with significant safety aspects
- Demonstrated understanding of AI/ML failure modes relevant to physical systems — distributional shift, model uncertainty, unsafe generalization
- Experience in STPA
- Hands-on experience in Verification and Validation of AI-focused safety requirements
- Preferred Extras: Experience in humanoid robots, automotive, autonomous mobile robots (AMR); ISO/IEC TS 22440 or ISO/PAS 8800; Certified Functional Safety Engineer in IEC 61508 or ISO 26262; Experience in automotive ADAS or robotics collision avoidance; Experience with vision, time of flight cameras, laser sensors; Safety-case development for learned/adaptive AI systems
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