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Staff Systems Engineer - Safety Methodologies

Waabi· Systems Engineering and Safety
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Hybrid (Remote US & Canada)$200k - $256kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Safety-focused systems engineering role to develop and implement critical safety framework methods for Waabi's driverless autonomy readiness decisions, leveraging simulation, real-world data, and generative AI to create evidence for safe operation.

Responsibilities

  • Inform driverless release testing by developing sample-efficient, high-signal safety datasets across simulation and closed-course track testing.
  • Establish and manage a robust feedback loop from on-road monitoring and safety relevant events to continuously expand and refine test coverage.
  • Validate and optimize safety evaluation pipelines by conducting comparative analyses on core safety frameworks and benchmark criteria to continuously evolve our safety frameworks.
  • Own the creation of clear and structured safety artifacts, ensuring all readiness decisions are transparent and fully traceable to validation evidence.
  • Mentor peers by fostering a culture of technical excellence and driving clear, constructive collaboration between teams.

Qualifications

  • Undergrad required; Masters or PhD within an engineering discipline preferred.
  • 7+ years of automotive, robotics or closely related industry experience.
  • Experience with using simulation and real-world testing to make readiness decisions.
  • Excellent scripting and data analysis skills (Python, SQL), and a solid foundation in statistics.
  • Experience with building a strong safety case for autonomous vehicles.
  • Ability to communicate complex concepts or data in a simple-yet-accurate manner.
  • Collaborative team player who works effectively across functional boundaries, driving evidence-backed decisions.
  • Passionate about autonomy, solving hard problems, and creating innovative solutions.

Skills

Required:PythonSQLStatistics

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation and equity awards.
  • Health and Wellness benefits that include Medical, Vision and Dental coverage.
  • Unlimited Vacation.
  • Flexible hours and Work from Home support.
  • Daily drinks, snacks and catered meals (when in office).
  • Regularly scheduled team building activities and social events.
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Waabi

pioneering Physical AI, starting with autonomous trucks.

Waabi is pioneering Physical AI, starting with autonomous trucks. We developed a next-generation approach leveraging an end-to-end interpretable and verifiable AI model that’s powered by the industry's most realistic neural simulator. This dramatically reduces the development time and resources needed to bring self-driving vehicles to public roads — safely and at scale.

Autonomous trucksPhysical AIneural simulatorAI modelself-driving vehicles
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