Senior Staff Software Systems Engineer - Advanced Autonomy Systems Engineering Lead

Latitude AI develops automated driving technologies for Ford vehicles, aiming to enhance the driving experience. The Senior Staff Software Systems Engineer will lead the development of L3/L2+ autonomy systems, defining vehicle-level behavioral requirements and collaborating across various functions to ensure safety and performance in autonomous vehicle systems.

Responsibilities:

• The definition of the ODD: Negotiate product-level wants and define vehicle-level behavioral requirements, working closely with Latitude’s Product team and executive management
• The development of the HW/SW architecture: Collaborate with Latitude’s hardware and software leads
• High-level systems engineering: Define requirements, metrics, and verification methods in partnership with systems engineering teams and software leads
• Functional safety: Establish the high-level functional safety approach and HW/SW safety architecture, working closely with the Functional Safety team
• Fail-safe and fail-functional architectures: Design the frameworks necessary for functional safety and SOTIF
• Collaborate across functions: Work with all autonomy functions (Systems Engineering) and SW owners on topics ranging from mapping to perception to vehicle controls
• System evaluation: Evaluate the in-car system from the customer’s perspective and provide critical, regular feedback to the development teams

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics or a related field and 10+ years of relevant experience, Master's degree and 8+ years of relevant experience, or PhD and 5+ years of relevant experience
• At least 6+ years of experience working in either automotive or robotics engineering, or a related field
• Experience working on autonomy functions such as mapping, sensing, localization, detection, routing, motion planning, motion control, etc
• Experience writing requirements and developing metrics
• Experience with the analysis and testing of complex systems through data-driven approaches
• Experience with / knowledge of autonomy and safety related SW algorithms
• Experience with Python, C++, or other programming skills, as well as git experience
• Experience developing safety architectures to meet ISO 26262 or similar standards
• Doctorate Degree with a focus in robotics
• Experience with autonomous vehicle development
• Experience with autonomous vehicle testing
• Experience developing robotics SW
• Experience developing FuSa SW