System Safety Engineer, Vehicle OS

About this role

Applied Intuition seeks a Functional Safety Engineer to develop and oversee safety across their Vehicle OS platform, applying ISO 26262 standards from system architecture through software implementation. The role bridges system and software safety, requiring hands-on experience with safety analyses, requirement traceability, and cross-functional collaboration across engineering teams.

What you'll do

• Develop technical safety concepts and derive safety requirements per ISO 26262 Parts 3-4
• Conduct system-level safety analyses including FMEA, FTA, and dependent failure analysis
• Support ASIL decomposition and allocate safety requirements across system, hardware, and software layers
• Derive software safety requirements and review architecture for ASIL compliance and freedom from interference
• Maintain end-to-end safety traceability and support external audits and certification
• Guide software teams on compliant practices including coding standards and coverage criteria

What they're looking for

• ISO 26262 functional safety (Parts 3, 4, 6, 9)
• Software safety analyses (SW-FTA, SW-FMEA)
• Safety requirement derivation and allocation
• ASIL decomposition
• Requirements management tools (JAMA, DOORS, Polarion)
• System architecture and design review
• Firmware and platform-level safety concepts
• MISRA and CERT coding standards

Benefits

• Work with 18 of top 20 global automakers and US military
• Contribute to autonomous vehicle and physical AI infrastructure
• 5-day in-office expectation with flexibility for occasional remote work
• Global company with offices across North America, Europe, and Asia
• $15 billion valued company with established market position