Lead Customer Safety Engineer - CA, Santa Clara, United States
$224,000 - $356,500 USD yearly
Originally posted 6 October 2026 by the employer.
Assist automotive customers as they incorporate NVIDIA hardware into safety-critical products.
About the role
As a Lead Customer Safety Engineer, you will assist automotive customers as they incorporate NVIDIA hardware into safety-critical products. This hardware-centered customer-facing position is essential to meeting NVIDIA's and customer's rigorous safety criteria.
What you'll do
- Represent NVIDIA’s functional safety strategy and architectures to the customer.
- Serve as the principal customer interface for hardware safety topics.
- Assist customers to safely integrate and validate products in their systems and vehicles.
- Coordinate Development Interface Agreements and clarify the division of safety responsibilities.
- Lead resolution of customer safety questions, gaps, and change requests.
- Mentor junior customer safety engineers and establish consistent practices for technical reviews.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, hardware engineering, or a related field.
- At least 12 years’ experience, with more than 3 years in automotive functional safety, chip or ECU development, or customer safety engineering.
- Solid understanding of ISO 26262, including hardware safety concepts, SEooC development, assumptions of use, hardware safety integrity, and customer integration.
- Excellent analytical, written, and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to lead complex technical discussions with automotive OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers, assessors, and cross-functional engineering teams.
Skills: ISO 26262, functional safety, hardware safety, automotive customers, ECU development
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 73-day median for Automotive/Functional Safety Engineering roles.
Automotive/Functional Safety Engineering · Automotive Safety
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Open roles in category
129
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Median days open
73 d
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Median salary
$226k
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| Metric | NVIDIA | All employers we track in this specialty (129 roles · 26 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 16 | 129 |
| Median days open | 60 d | 73 d (−13 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $226k |
Skills observed across this category: ISO 26262, functional safety, hardware safety, automotive customers, ECU development
Who's hiring in this category
- NXP Semiconductors · 27 open roles · median 40 d
- NVIDIA (this employer) · 15 open roles · median 60 d
- Qualcomm · 14 open roles · median 112 d
- Infineon Technologies · 12 open roles · median 38 d
- Arm Holdings · 10 open roles · median 74 d
- Renesas Electronics · 9 open roles · median 49 d
How we counted: 129 open Automotive/Functional Safety Engineering (Automotive Safety) roles from 26 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 6 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Figures refresh nightly.