Senior Systems Engineer - Hardware Systems

$156,000 - $234,000/Yr

Aurora Innovation - Mountain View, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Mountain View, CA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Senior Systems Engineer - Hardware Systems role at Aurora involves defining and managing requirements for safety- and mission-critical hardware and software systems in the self-driving technology sector. The position requires collaboration with various engineering teams to ensure alignment on functional requirements and successful implementation of design concepts. The successful candidate will be responsible for driving technical discussions, managing requirement traceability, and developing verification and validation test plans.

Responsibilities

• Define requirements at system, subsystem, and hardware module level in collaboration with internal stakeholders and external partners.
• Act as an owner for driving technical discussions and ensuring alignment on functional requirements.
• Manage requirement traceability and decomposition, including change control and releases.
• Develop and support FMEAs to drive requirements gap analysis and recommend design actions.
• Write design documents to evaluate new features and drive engineering reviews.
• Facilitate cross-functional system development activities and produce high-quality documentation with traceability.
• Develop verification and validation test plans and demonstrate coverage against requirements.
• Execute system level testing and perform log analysis to inform new requirements.
• Prepare and present technical reports for management.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace, Mechatronics, or Computer Science Engineering with a minimum of 6 years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree with a minimum of 4 years of relevant experience.
• 2+ years of industry experience in systems engineering.
• 2+ years of industry experience in system test planning and execution (verification and validation).
• Strong organizational abilities to drive and manage requirements end to end.
• Strong communication skills to coordinate with local and remote teams.
• Prior experience in electrical design development including PCB layout and schematic design.
• Knowledge of NEC, NESC, IEEE, and ANSI standards applicable to power systems design and protection.
• Strong experience in generating system and module level requirements and functional decomposition.

Nice-to-haves

• Systems experience in autonomous driving technology and robotics.
• Familiarity with input and output filter design for noise reduction & EMI improvement.
• System level exposure to power distribution, cabling, interconnect, and protection.
• Proficiency with electrical and communication bus debug and test equipment.
• Familiarity with automotive design, qualification, validation, and reliability requirements.
• Familiarity with model based systems engineering, FTA, DFA and hazard safety analysis.

Benefits

• Annual bonus
• Equity compensation
• Health insurance
• 401k plan
• Paid holidays
• Flexible scheduling