Staff Systems Engineer, Embedded Safety & Architecture

About the role

Waabi is building generative AI for autonomous trucks and robotaxis. As a Staff Systems Engineer on the Embedded Systems team, you will translate vehicle‑level safety concepts into concrete embedded architectures and technical safety requirements, ensuring the system is safe by design.

Key responsibilities

• Partner with the systems and safety group to feed embedded expertise back into hazard analysis and concept work.
• Own the embedded technical safety concept, deriving requirements from functional safety concepts and allocating them to architectural elements.
• Define the hardware/software partition and the hardware‑software interface (HSI) to create a coherent architecture.
• Maintain bidirectional traceability from safety goals to hardware and software requirements and support the safety case.
• Stay current on automotive standards (ISO 26262, SOTIF, cybersecurity, UL 4600, ASPICE) and embed them into daily design practices.

Required profile

• BS/MS in Electrical, Computer, Systems Engineering or equivalent hands‑on experience.
• 8+ years in embedded systems with deep hardware and software knowledge.
• Strong experience with ISO 26262 system‑design phase (Parts 4‑6) and related automotive standards.
• Proficiency with requirements management tools (e.g., Polarion) and traceability practices.
• Ability to read schematics and reason about embedded C/C++/Rust implementations.

Required skills

• ISO 26262
• ISO 21448 (SOTIF)
• ISO/SAE 21434 (automotive cybersecurity)
• UL 4600 (autonomous‑product safety)
• ASPICE
• AEC‑Q10
• Polarion (requirements management)
• C, C++, Rust
• SysML / model‑based systems engineering