At Nauto you can make an impact at a high-impact company. Our technology helps prevent collisions and save lives with predictive-AI that detects driver state and vehicle surroundings in real-time. More than 90% of car crashes can be attributed to human error. Nauto technology is designed to predict risk and alerts the driver with advance warning to help prevent collisions, improve driver safety, and save lives.

Our customers and prospects include many of the largest commercial fleets in the world along with vehicle manufacturers (OEMs), insurance providers, and autonomous vehicle companies. The company is backed by Greylock Partners, BMW iVentures, General Motors Ventures, Toyota AI Ventures, and SoftBank, and is well-positioned for continued growth.

Nauto is a proud member of the Forbes AI 50 list, which recognizes standouts in privately-held North American companies making the most interesting and effective use of artificial intelligence technology.

As a Product Manager at Nauto, you will report to the Senior Director, Product Management, AI and partner closely with other product leaders, designers, engineers, and stakeholders to make our vision of making safe driving simple a reality. In this role, you will own the success of core initiatives that are critical to Nauto’s continued growth. 

It is expected that you will quickly develop expert knowledge of our customers, our offerings, and the market. To accomplish this, you will have visibility across the organization and will be a key voice in one of the most exciting companies in the AI space. We are looking for candidates who are passionate about building and delivering full stack solutions for some of the largest commercial vehicle fleets to help keep their drivers safe and reduce operational costs.  

Responsibilities:

• Lead critical elements of our device hardware and software portfolio to enable the next wave of automotive AI innovations 
• Define and continuously improve our embedded AI software stack including edge applications and AI SDKs
• Engage directly with customers to understand their needs, validate product ideas, and support sales efforts. 
• Launch new internal and customer-facing features in close collaboration with Engineering and Marketing teams in a fast paced, agile environment
• Ensure we are building globally usable, scalable products 
• Focus on KPIs and data-driven decision making to ensure we remain at the industry's forefront
• Communicate the benefits and champion the product throughout the organization
• Work with partners at sensor, SoC, and other systems component companies to ensure optimal product functionality 

Requirements:

• 4+ years of proven experience in Product Management, Product Design, or Product Development
• BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
• Expertise with Automotive, Smart Home, Wearable, Telematics or other IoT products
• Strong focus on user-centered design and measurable outcomes
• Foundational knowledge of Computer Vision and Edge AI systems
• Experience working with contract manufacturers/ODMs and design houses
• Experience with SoCs, neural processing units (NPUs), image sensors and interfaces (MIPI, PCI-E)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Comfort wearing multiple hats and a bias-to-action to deliver measurable results
• Excel in supporting prospective or existing customers in partnership with Sales
• Proven experience in delivering commercially successful software and/or IoT products
• Strong technical understanding, ability to establish credibility with engineers and customers alike
• Willingness to roll up your sleeves and dig into data.
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical cross-functional teams.

Nice to have

• Start-up Experience
• Familiarity with automotive IoT, fleet management systems & practices
• Proficiency with SQL and Python and familiarity with analytics tools such as Databricks 
• MBA is also nice to have

Perks: 

• Experienced leadership with a great track record of growing startups
• Exceptional health benefits coverage
• Learning and development opportunities from a highly diverse and talented peer group including experts in a wide range of fields such as Artificial Intelligence & Computer Vision, Systems & Device Engineering, and Support & Operations

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment that fosters learning from each other. We celebrate people of diverse backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives. We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to providing a work environment free of harassment and discrimination.  

To all recruitment agencies: Nauto does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Nauto employees or any other company location. Nauto is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

Senior Counsel, Commercial / Product

At Nauto you can make an impact at a high-impact company. We believe technology can help prevent collisions and save lives with predictive-AI that detects driver state and vehicle surroundings in real-time. More than 90% of car crashes can be attributed to human error. Nauto technology is designed to predict risk and alerts the driver with advance warning to help prevent collisions, improve driver safety, and save lives.

Our customers and prospects include many of the largest commercial fleets in the world along with vehicle manufacturers (OEMs), insurance providers, and autonomous vehicle companies. The company is backed by Greylock Partners, BMW iVentures, General Motors Ventures and Toyota AI Ventures, and is well-positioned for continued growth.

Responsibilities:

As part of a small legal team, you’ll lead Nauto’s commercial legal function and report directly to Nauto’s Head of Legal. This is a high-growth, interdisciplinary position.  We believe our attorneys add tremendous value to the company, but they cannot give good legal advice in a vacuum.  You’ll be plugged into all aspects of our business and it’s important that you are interested in and become immersed in our business and products.  We use cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence to help human drivers be safer on the road, so an undergraduate degree in engineering or computer science is a definite plus.

This is what you will do at Nauto:

• Lead Nauto’s commercial legal function.
• Drive execution efficiently on a wide variety of both inbound and outbound relationships.
• Counsel company executives and other internal stakeholders on contract-related matters.
• Collaborate with business and technology staff to achieve business objectives in a legal and ethical manner.
• Work cross-functionally with product, engineering, data, sales, and business development in supporting the development, delivery, and commercialization of products in a fast-paced and hands-on environment.
• Develop company policy and positions on legal issues.
• Manage outside counsel.
• Continuously improve Nauto’s technology and commercial transactions.

Experience and Skills:

These are the general experiences and skills we are looking for:

• You are a transactional generalist, with extensive experience working on complex IP licensing and commercial agreements across a variety of business models (hardware, software, and cloud combination offerings, pure SaaS, data monetization, etc.).
• You understand (or will quickly learn) the business deal so you know what matters and what doesn't.
• You are passionate about helping companies strike the right balance between risk and reward, and employ a practical and customer-centric orientation and negotiation style.
• You are resourceful, creative, solution-oriented and take the initiative for (i) drafting and negotiating contracts and (ii) driving matters to completion.
• You understand how to translate business needs into contract language and remove roadblocks.

Minimum Requirements

These are the minimum qualifications that we believe are necessary for the position:

• 6+ years of technology transactions legal experience, of which at least two years were in a top-tier law firm, preferably working with technology companies. A mix of general corporate (startup) and technology transactions experience is a plus.
• 1+ years of non-legal work experience prior to law school, preferably in a for-profit technology company.
• You have a JD degree from an ABA-accredited law school and an active membership in at least one US state.

If your resume doesn’t clearly demonstrate the Minimum Requirements, you should include a cover note as to why you are interested in this role and why you think you would be a good fit despite not meeting those criteria. Resumes without a cover note in those circumstances may not be considered.

At Nauto you can make an impact at a high-impact company. Our technology helps prevent collisions and save lives with predictive-AI that detects driver state and vehicle surroundings in real-time. More than 90% of car crashes can be attributed to human error. Nauto technology is designed to predict risk and alerts the driver with advance warning to help prevent collisions, improve driver safety, and save lives.

Our customers and prospects include many of the largest commercial fleets in the world along with vehicle manufacturers (OEMs), insurance providers, and autonomous vehicle companies. The company is backed by Greylock Partners, BMW iVentures, General Motors Ventures, Toyota AI Ventures, Stellantis, and SoftBank, and is well-positioned for continued growth.

Nauto is a proud member of the Forbes AI 50 list, which recognizes standouts in privately-held North American companies making the most interesting and effective use of artificial intelligence technology.

Product Design Intern

As a Product and Design Intern at Nauto you will…

• Work closely in cross-functional teams to create a unified, end-to-end experience across edge devices and platform features
• Support Product and Design with documentation of requirements and feedback from users and customers
• Collaborate with Product and Design to devise solutions to customer problems
• Assist with the delivery of solution designs, breaking down projects into clear tasks
• Produce key Product and Design artifacts on both the research side (personas, interviews, user-testing) and interaction side (flows, mocks, design system components)

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or in final year of Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Economics, Applied Math or related field
• Personal passion for product, and a deep intuitive ability to deliver people-centric solutions
• Experience with working in a Technical or business environment, specifically IoT or cloud-based products
• Excellent communication skills with a proven ability to explain complex ideas to colleagues
• Fundamental knowledge of visual design principles
• Ability to work with multiple stakeholders and cross-functionally

Preferred Qualifications:

• Fluency in the human-centered design process
• A portfolio that demonstrates at least two strong projects in design across both digital and physical products, services, and systems
• Familiarity with the principles of product management
• A passionate advocate for craft, detail, and function
• Ability to translate and implement design insights into requirements and usable features
• Proficient in design and product tools (Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, XD, Confluence or others)
• Quick learner, excellent problem-solving skills, visionary
• Passionate about redefining logistics
• Passion for creating meaningful products that resonate emotionally with users
• Excellent communicator and proactive problem-solver with a sense of urgency

In order to be considered for this position, please include a link to your portfolio.

Staff Deep Learning Engineer

At Nauto you can make an impact at a high-impact company. We believe technology can help prevent collisions and save lives with predictive-AI that detects driver state and vehicle surroundings in real-time. More than 90% of car crashes can be attributed to human error. Nauto technology is designed to predict risk and alerts the driver with advance warning to help prevent collisions, improve driver safety, and save lives.

Our customers and prospects include many of the largest commercial fleets in the world along with vehicle manufacturers (OEMs), insurance providers, and autonomous vehicle companies. The company is backed by Greylock Partners, BMW iVentures, General Motors Ventures, Toyota AI Ventures, and SoftBank, and is well-positioned for continued growth.

Key Qualifications

• M.Sc. or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Math, Physics or similarly quantitative-heavy background
• Practical experience using common deep learning frameworks (Tensorflow, PyTorch) applied to problems in the fields of image classification, object tracking, active learning, self-supervised learning, and human activity recognition
• At least 3 years related industry experience
• Strong software fundamentals with experience building reliable software and algorithms to be run in both cloud and embedded environments
• Embraces scientifically rigorous mindset to algorithm development based on well designed experiments using real-world data to evaluate, validate and iterate
• Experience with common ML/CV tools including python/bash scripting, scikit-learn, OpenCV etc.
• Experience with 3DMM, head pose/body pose estimation, gaze tracking, drowsiness/fatigue detection, and any DMS projects for OEMs is a plus

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build and deploy solutions to challenging computer vision problems leveraging access to vast real-world data
• Collaborate with multiple teams (Product, Data Science, Device Engineering) to deliver on key strategic efforts

We also have all the best benefits, including:

• Stock options
• Coverage for (health, dental, vision) including qualified dependents
• Healthcare spending accounts (FSA, HSA)
• 401K
• Commuter assistance
• Beautiful modern workspace. Many perks include cafe with snacks and drinks provided.
• Up to 20 weeks of parental leave
• Flexible PTO
• Learning and development opportunities from a highly diverse and talented peer group, including experts in a wide range of fields, from Artificial Intelligence & Computer Vision to Systems & Device Engineering to Support & Operations

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment that fosters learning from each other. We celebrate people of diverse backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives. We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to providing a work environment free of harassment and discrimination. 

To all recruitment agencies: Nauto does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our job’s alias, Nauto employees or any other company location. Nauto is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

Customer Engineering Director

At Nauto you can make an impact at a high-impact company. We believe technology can help prevent collisions and save lives with predictive-AI that detects driver state and vehicle surroundings in real-time. More than 90% of car crashes can be attributed to human error. Nauto technology is designed to predict risk and alerts the driver with advance warning to help prevent collisions, improve driver safety, and save lives.

Our customers and prospects include many of the largest commercial fleets in the world along with vehicle manufacturers (OEMs), insurance providers, and autonomous vehicle companies. The company is backed by Greylock Partners, BMW iVentures, General Motors Ventures, Toyota AI Ventures, and SoftBank, and is well-positioned for continued growth.

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Automotive Customer Engineering Director to lead our customer engineering team. In this role, you will be responsible for managing customer relationships, understanding their technical requirements, and ensuring the successful execution of engineering projects. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in automotive engineering, excellent communication skills, and a proven ability to collaborate effectively with customers and internal teams.

Key Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, or a related field. Advanced degree preferred.
• Extensive experience (15+ years) in automotive engineering, with a focus on customer-facing roles such as customer engineering, account management, or technical sales.
• Strong engineering leadership experience in embedded Software Development.
• Deep understanding of automotive systems, components, and technologies. Familiarity with automotive product development processes and industry standards.
• Proven track record of successfully managing customer relationships and delivering engineering projects on time and within budget.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills, with a collaborative and customer-focused approach to problem-solving.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally as needed to meet with customers and support project activities.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain strong relationships with automotive OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) and Tiered suppliers. Serve as the primary point of contact for customer engineering inquiries, feedback, and technical discussions.
• Work closely with customers to understand their technical requirements, product specifications, and project objectives. Translate customer needs into actionable engineering tasks and project plans. Work as technical conduit in conjunction with Project Management.
• Lead cross-functional engineering teams to ensure the successful execution of customer projects. Define project scope, timelines, and deliverables. Monitor project progress and address any issues or risks that may arise.
• Provide technical guidance and expertise to both customers and internal engineering teams. Help identify innovative solutions to technical challenges and ensure that customer requirements are met or exceeded.
• Collaborate with customers during the product development process, from concept to production. Provide input on design decisions, feasibility assessments, and validation testing.
• Act as a liaison between customers and internal teams to address technical issues, resolve conflicts, and ensure customer satisfaction. Work proactively to anticipate and mitigate potential problems.
• Support opportunities for new business development and expansion of existing customer relationships. Participate in customer meetings, presentations, and industry events to promote our engineering capabilities and services.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing customer engineering team. Provide coaching, feedback, and training to team members to support their professional growth and development.

We also have all the best benefits, including:

• Stock options
• Coverage for (health, dental, vision) including qualified dependents
• Healthcare spending accounts (FSA, HSA)
• 401K
• Commuter assistance
• Beautiful modern workspace. Many perks including cafe with meals, snacks and drinks provided.
• Up to 20 weeks of parental leave
• Flexible PTO

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment that fosters learning from each other. We celebrate people of diverse backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives. We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to providing a work environment free of harassment and discrimination. 

To all recruitment agencies: Nauto does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our job’s alias, Nauto employees or any other company location. Nauto is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

Customer Program Manager

At Nauto you can make an impact at a high-impact company. We believe technology can help prevent collisions and save lives with predictive-AI that detects driver state and vehicle surroundings in real-time. More than 90% of car crashes can be attributed to human error. Nauto technology is designed to predict risk and alerts the driver with advance warning to help prevent collisions, improve driver safety, and save lives.

Our customers and prospects include many of the largest commercial fleets in the world along with vehicle manufacturers (OEMs), insurance providers, and autonomous vehicle companies. The company is backed by Greylock Partners, BMW iVentures, General Motors Ventures, Toyota AI Ventures, and SoftBank, and is well-positioned for continued growth.

Key Qualifications

• Bachelors or Master’s Degree in Computer Science/Electrical & Electronics/ Masters in Computer Applications
• At least 5+ years of overall experience in automotive software development and software quality activities including project management, quality management, requirements engineering, system analysis and validation.
• Tier 1 experience in automotive software and interfacing with OEM customer
• Strong Technical experience in embedded Software Development.
• People and Project Management Experience including handling appraisals, project budget planning, critical conversations.
• Good Leadership skills and understanding of leadership
• Good understanding of Integrity and Compliance systems.
• Experience in Quality Management practices supporting embedded system projects
• Knowledge of Automotive SPICE/CMMi, ISO 26262
• Good Understanding of embedded Software development lifecycle and methodologies
• Exposure to Supplier Quality assurance activities
• Good exposure to configuration management tools like GIT and requirement management tools.
• Knowledge of Code Quality Assurance Tools.
• Willingness to travel internationally

Nice to have

• Demonstrate successful project management for on time completion of a project with proven compliance to ISO 26262 and A-SPICE.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Knowledge in other automotive standards such as SOTIF (21448), Cybersecurity (21434)

Responsibilities

• Coordinate work with engineering teams internally and at several suppliers to ensure 100% on-time performance for all customer software deliverables.
• Ensure that all development, testing, and validation timing meet customer milestones and deliverables based on internal and supplier development schedules.
• Manage program according to A-SPICE processes.
• Work with the team closely to understand the status of the development, identify issue areas, propose solutions to those areas, and report the status to management as well as to customer frequently.
• Establish software program timing plans to proactively guide projects through all phases of software development and ensure progress is being made toward project completion and meeting customer expectations and deliverables. Identify potential project risks and issues, alerting team members, contributing to identifying solutions, and escalating when necessary.
• Ensure to meet internal and external gate requirements for software development and present the status of the programs in management gate reviews.
• Initiate, maintain, and publish program/project open issue lists, summary, and status. Follow up with internal teams and customer to make sure that issues are being tracked, resolved, and closed.
• Manage suppliers developing different parts of the product code and report status to the teams internally and include the update to the overall SW development plan.

We also have all the best benefits, including:

• Stock options
• Coverage for (health, dental, vision) including qualified dependents
• Healthcare spending accounts (FSA, HSA)
• 401K
• Commuter assistance
• Beautiful modern workspace. Many perks including cafe with meals, snacks and drinks provided.
• Up to 20 weeks of parental leave
• Flexible PTO

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment that fosters learning from each other. We celebrate people of diverse backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives. We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to providing a work environment free of harassment and discrimination. 

To all recruitment agencies: Nauto does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our job’s alias, Nauto employees or any other company location. Nauto is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

Director, Automotive Software Quality

At Nauto you can make an impact at a high-impact company. We believe technology can help prevent collisions and save lives with predictive-AI that detects driver state and vehicle surroundings in real-time. More than 90% of car crashes can be attributed to human error. Nauto technology is designed to predict risk and alerts the driver with advance warning to help prevent collisions, improve driver safety, and save lives.

Our customers and prospects include many of the largest commercial fleets in the world along with vehicle manufacturers (OEMs), insurance providers, and autonomous vehicle companies. The company is backed by Greylock Partners, BMW iVentures, General Motors Ventures, Toyota AI Ventures, and SoftBank, and is well-positioned for continued growth.

Key Qualifications

• Successful design and implementation of Quality Management processes to ASPICE Level 3 capability, Process Assessment Model (PAM) v4.0
• Good understanding of corporate Quality Management System, IAF 16949
• Good understanding of Automotive Standards ISO 26262:2018 including HARA, SOTIF, Safety Goals, ASIL Ratings
• Experience in ISO 26262 and evaluating the work products meet standards for functional safety requirements, e.g. hazard and risk assessment (HARA), item definition, functional safety concept, technical safety concept, FTAs, DFMEAs, criticality analysis, other safety analyses, and test coverage analysis for safety requirements
• Good foundational knowledge of vehicle safety systems and key features and functions of Advanced Driver Assist Systems (ADAS)
• Good understanding of Automotive Cybersecurity ISO / SAE 21434:2021
• Experience in implementing QMS processes and achieving IATF 16949:2016 site certification, developing and/or approving Software Quality policies, procedures, processes, work instructions, and forms for Software Quality,
• Experience maintaining/building relationships with external and internal Automotive OEM and tiered customers while driving improvements
• Thorough understanding of quality tools (APQP process, root cause analysis, 8D/5 Why)
• Good understanding of embedded systems / software / hardware development fundamentals including System / SW Engineering V Model
• Requirements engineering experience through Verification and Validation with traceability of requirements down and up the V Model
• Experiencing managing OTA and in person reflash campaigns coordinated with customers
• Experience with Electrical / Electronic automotive safety product development (systems and/or components)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to present topics to individuals at all levels within the organization
• Experience in conducting assessments and audits
• Automotive SPICE provisional assessor certification
• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or a related Engineering degree from an accredited university
• Experience 15+ years in Automotive Software/Systems Development
• Quality Certification(s)

Great to have

• Knowledge in various industry tools used for product development at System, Software and/or Hardware level
• Experience in Advanced Driver Assist Systems (ADAS) Level 2 or greater
• Experience working with Machine Learning / Deep Learning systems

Responsibilities

• Govern the execution of Software Quality and own Software Quality activities and the results of all Software Quality Processes
• Evaluate the current Product development and Management practices by performing Discovery Analysis, Internal Audits, Assessments and reviews.
• Lead and coordinate creation of System and Software development process documentation and work products according to Automotive SPICE including Automotive Cybersecurity considerations
• Support System and Software development according to relevant standards
• Analyze impact of Automotive SPICE and create awareness across various functions within the organization
• Lead the implementation of processes to meet compliance with international standards
• Utilize project management practices to manage activities for projects to ensure on-time and on-budget delivery.
• Develop and deliver training in ASPICE as well as all other SW Quality areas of expertise
• Develop plans to achieve established objectives
• Oversee/Manage and lead a team by providing guidance (ASPICE report rating, risk escalation, customer support..) and providing written reports as necessary to capture progress with continuous improvement activities
• Drive continuous improvement mindset
• Own the collection of Lessons Learned, Best Practices, and drive team feedback into released documentation regardless of process ownership
• Projects support:
  • Define and Drive quality assurance plan and project quality metrics as per Automotive SPICE® quality assurance process
  • Reporting:
    • Report the quality assurance process performance, the project team SW quality metrics and any risks identified to the management with appropriate Corrective Actions and Risk Management Plan
    • Report status and key deliverables committed to customer at meetings with customers as committed in customer contract / business award (SQA metrics, report any process milestone status, ...)
  • Lead and/or participate in external or internal audits and assessments and customers meetings for topics related to System and Software quality on a need basis
  • Approve SW Quality Reports prior to release to customer
  • Continuous process improvement: Work with Engineering Methods and Tools team to improve system and software process definition

We also have all the best benefits, including:

• Stock options
• Coverage for (health, dental, vision) including qualified dependents
• Healthcare spending accounts (FSA, HSA)
• 401K
• Commuter assistance
• Beautiful modern workspace. Many perks including cafe with meals, snacks and drinks provided.
• Up to 20 weeks of parental leave
• Flexible PTO

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment that fosters learning from each other. We celebrate people of diverse backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives. We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to providing a work environment free of harassment and discrimination. 

To all recruitment agencies: Nauto does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our job’s alias, Nauto employees or any other company location. Nauto is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

Director of Functional Safety

At Nauto you can make an impact at a high-impact company. We believe technology can help prevent collisions and save lives with predictive-AI that detects driver state and vehicle surroundings in real-time. More than 90% of car crashes can be attributed to human error. Nauto technology is designed to predict risk and alerts the driver with advance warning to help prevent collisions, improve driver safety, and save lives.

Our customers and prospects include many of the largest commercial fleets in the world along with vehicle manufacturers (OEMs), insurance providers, and autonomous vehicle companies. The company is backed by Greylock Partners, BMW iVentures, General Motors Ventures, Toyota AI Ventures, and SoftBank, and is well-positioned for continued growth.

Key Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, or a related field. Advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum 15 years in Automotive Industry with extensive experience (5+ years) in automotive Functional Safety, with a proven track record of implementing Functional Safety processes according to ISO 26262.
• In-depth knowledge of automotive safety concepts, standards, and regulations.
• Experience with safety analysis techniques such as HARA, FMEA, FMEDA, and FTA.
• Familiarity with safety-critical automotive systems, including ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems) and autonomous driving technologies.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with engineering teams, suppliers, and external partners.

Nice to have

• Experience with reviewing and analysing SOTIF requirements
• Experience developing AUTOSAR-based systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop and Implement Functional Safety Processes: Lead the development and implementation of functional safety processes tailored to automotive product development. This includes hazard analysis, risk assessment, safety goal definition, and safety requirements specification.
• Compliance Management: Ensure compliance with automotive functional safety standards, particularly ISO 26262. Stay up-to-date with the latest regulations and standards related to automotive functional safety and implement necessary changes to ensure compliance.
• Safety Analysis: Conduct safety analyses such as Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment (HARA), FMEA (Failure Modes and Effects Analysis), FMEDA (Failure Modes, Effects, and Diagnostic Analysis), and FTA (Fault Tree Analysis) to identify and mitigate potential safety risks.
• Safety Requirements Engineering: Define and manage safety requirements throughout the product development lifecycle. Ensure that safety requirements are correctly allocated to the appropriate owners of system, hardware, and software components based on the company's role in the automotive supply chain.
• Safety Verification and Validation: Develop safety verification and validation plans and ensure that safety requirements are verified, validated, and documented throughout the development process. Coordinate with cross-functional teams to conduct safety tests and analyses.
• Safety Culture Promotion: Foster a culture of safety within the organization by providing training and guidance to engineering teams on functional safety concepts, standards, and best practices.
• Documentation and Reporting: Maintain thorough documentation of safety processes, analyses, and verification/validation activities. Generate safety reports and present findings to relevant stakeholders.
• Customer Interface: Work directly with the customers to ensure synchronization of responsibilities including coordinated testing where applicable and where practical for vehicle-level testing and access.

We also have all the best benefits, including:

• Stock options
• Coverage for (health, dental, vision) including qualified dependents
• Healthcare spending accounts (FSA, HSA)
• 401K
• Commuter assistance
• Beautiful modern workspace. Many perks including cafe with meals, snacks and drinks provided.
• Up to 20 weeks of parental leave
• Flexible PTO

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment that fosters learning from each other. We celebrate people of diverse backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives. We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to providing a work environment free of harassment and discrimination. 

To all recruitment agencies: Nauto does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our job’s alias, Nauto employees or any other company location. Nauto is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

Lead Embedded Software Engineer

At Nauto you can make an impact at a high-impact company. We believe technology can help prevent collisions and save lives with predictive-AI that detects driver state and vehicle surroundings in real-time. More than 90% of car crashes can be attributed to human error. Nauto technology is designed to predict risk and alerts the driver with advance warning to help prevent collisions, improve driver safety, and save lives.

Our customers and prospects include many of the largest commercial fleets in the world along with vehicle manufacturers (OEMs), insurance providers, and autonomous vehicle companies. The company is backed by Greylock Partners, BMW iVentures, General Motors Ventures, Toyota AI Ventures, and SoftBank, and is well-positioned for continued growth.

Key Qualifications

• You are self motivated and driven with solid programming as well as Architecture and Design skills for delivering applications for embedded platforms
• You have strong Android/Linux/RTOS Platform and Application development experience.
• 10+ years excelling in software engineering roles with track record of successful delivery of production quality software for embedded automotive applications, preferably developing and delivering Edge AI solutions
• Experience in Architecture and Design of Embedded Applications
• BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or relevant technical field required, MS a plus
• Experienced working with ML framework like PyTorch, ONNX, Tensorflow on edge systems, understand common model optimization techniques like quantization, sparsification.
• Experience working on computer vision and media processing application on edge/mobile device
• Experience troubleshooting and debugging edge AI systems, addressing performance bottlenecks and issues

Key Responsibilities

• As a member of our Device Engineering team, you will be responsible for development of Software Development Kits for Automotive Applications based on POSIX compliant operating systems as well as RTOS Applications.
• Participate in the Architecture and Design of the Software Development Kit for Automotive applications
• Partner with algorithm development teams to deploy AI models on edge devices
• Optimize models for inference on edge devices
• Collaborate with Product Management to translate customer needs to ML solutions
• You will be interacting with product managers to scope platform features, advise them on feasibility, and provide estimations.
• You will be working with hardware engineers to create firmware and software for the hardware being designed with hardware and deliver functionality for the platform.
• You will own the delivery of your code from end-to-end, automating continuous integration and delivery.

We also have all the best benefits, including:

• Stock options
• Coverage for (health, dental, vision) including qualified dependents
• Healthcare spending accounts (FSA, HSA)
• 401K
• Commuter assistance
• Beautiful modern workspace. Many perks include cafe with meals, snacks and drinks provided.
• Up to 20 weeks of parental leave
• Flexible PTO

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment that fosters learning from each other. We celebrate people of diverse backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives. We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to providing a work environment free of harassment and discrimination. 

To all recruitment agencies: Nauto does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our job’s alias, Nauto employees or any other company location. Nauto is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

Senior Embedded Software Engineer

At Nauto you can make an impact at a high-impact company. We believe technology can help prevent collisions and save lives with predictive-AI that detects driver state and vehicle surroundings in real-time. More than 90% of car crashes can be attributed to human error. Nauto technology is designed to predict risk and alerts the driver with advance warning to help prevent collisions, improve driver safety, and save lives.

Our customers and prospects include many of the largest commercial fleets in the world along with vehicle manufacturers (OEMs), insurance providers, and autonomous vehicle companies. The company is backed by Greylock Partners, BMW iVentures, General Motors Ventures, Toyota AI Ventures, and SoftBank, and is well-positioned for continued growth.

Key Qualifications

• You are self motivated and driven with solid programming skills for delivering applications for embedded platforms
• You have strong Android/Linux/RTOS Platform and Application development experience.
• Strong C/C++ Development skills
• 5+ years excelling in software engineering roles with track record of successful delivery of production quality software for embedded automotive applications, preferably developing and delivering Edge AI solutions
• BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or relevant technical field required, MS a plus
• Experienced working with ML framework like PyTorch, ONNX, Tensorflow on edge systems, understand common model optimization techniques like quantization, sparsification.
• Experience working on computer vision and media processing application on edge/mobile device
• Experience troubleshooting and debugging edge AI systems, addressing performance bottlenecks and issues

Key Responsibilities

• As a member of our Device Engineering team, you will be responsible for development of Software Development Kits for Automotive Applications based on POSIX compliant operating systems as well as RTOS Applications.
• Partner with algorithm development teams to deploy AI models on edge devices
• Optimize models for inference on edge devices
• Collaborate with Product Management to translate customer needs to ML solutions
• Write Unit Test and System Test modules for verification and validation of the SDK .
• You will be working with hardware engineers to create firmware and software for the hardware being designed with hardware and deliver functionality for the platform.
• You will own the delivery of your code from end-to-end, automating continuous integration and delivery.

We also have all the best benefits, including:

• Stock options
• Coverage for (health, dental, vision) including qualified dependents
• Healthcare spending accounts (FSA, HSA)
• 401K
• Commuter assistance
• Beautiful modern workspace. Many perks include cafe with meals, snacks and drinks provided.
• Up to 20 weeks of parental leave
• Flexible PTO

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment that fosters learning from each other. We celebrate people of diverse backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives. We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to providing a work environment free of harassment and discrimination. 

To all recruitment agencies: Nauto does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our job’s alias, Nauto employees or any other company location. Nauto is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

Customer Success Manager

At Nauto you can make an impact at a high-impact company. We believe technology can help prevent collisions and save lives with predictive-AI that detects driver state and vehicle surroundings in real-time. More than 90% of car crashes can be attributed to human error. Nauto technology is designed to predict risk and alerts the driver with advance warning to help prevent collisions, improve driver safety, and save lives.

Our customers and prospects include many of the largest commercial fleets in the world along with vehicle manufacturers (OEMs), insurance providers, and autonomous vehicle companies. The company is backed by Greylock Partners, BMW iVentures, General Motors Ventures, Toyota AI Ventures, and SoftBank, and is well-positioned for continued growth.

The Customer Success Manager will be a point of contact for our client and is responsible for the day-to-day operational relationships, as well as overall strategy with the client (organizational environment, including formal and informal power structures, motivations of key stakeholders and how decisions are made). The Customer Success Manager provides guidance and direction to the client on how to solve business problems utilizing the Nauto solution. The Customer Success Manager will learn how to best utilize client systems, in addition to the Nauto solution, to drive optimal outcomes. The Customer Success Manager will operate in a cross functional environment which includes solution engineers, implementation, customer support, and product team members.

Attributes of a strong fit include:

• Customer first mindset
• Communication
• Problem Solving
• Empathy
• Active Listening
• Creative Thinking
• Data-driven decision making
• Value based customer conversations.
• Project Management

Responsibilities

• Serve as day-to-day contact for assigned accounts, building trust and rapport while identifying areas of opportunity, highlighting best practices, and documenting both.
• Review the customer journey, determine how it’s supported, and use a consultative approach to help clients overcome issues and achieve their goals.
• Create loyal and repeat customers. Engage with customers to ensure they continue to get values and ensure that they renew their contract. Improve retention, reduce churn, and get customer referrals/case studies.
• Need to have in-depth understanding of customer likes and dislikes of our product offering through surveys, business reviews etc., Analyze and provide consistent feedback to product team, and ensure they are addressed in future product roadmap.
• Own the relationship with assigned clients for customer satisfaction, retention, and referral.
• Establish relationships as a trusted and strategic advisor to have continued value-based conversations with customer key stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain customer success strategies and best practices. Champion and evangelize best practices of the product.
• Opportunity to significantly influence our customer base. A cheerleader for Nauto influencing and partnering with our customers.
• Maintain existing customer success metrics and data as directed.

Experiences and Skills

• Minimum 3+ years’ experience in Customer Success roles in Enterprise SaaS companies.
• Technical bachelor’s degree underpinned by a proven track record in the industry preferred, or equivalent work experience.
• Experience in achieving results in a complex, internationally distributed organization.
• Previous hands-on experience with customer evaluations and deployments.
• Consistent track record deploying and operationalizing complex solutions.
• Proven track record of integrated solutions success, as well as organizational and process implementation experience.
• Experience generating analytics leveraging Analytical tools.
• Well-developed capabilities in problem-solving and crafting efficient processes.
• This person will be an expert on conveying a sense of urgency and driving issues to closure and be comfortable working in a deadline driven environment.
• Must have the ability to initiate and build relationships with people in an open, friendly, and accepting manner.
• Active team player, self-starter, and multitasker who can quickly adjust priorities.
• Comfort with adapting and adjusting to multiple demands, shifting priorities, ambiguity, and rapid change.
• Tinkering with hardware gadgets, sensors, or vehicles is a plus; and
• Willingness to perform limited travel (under 10%).
• PMP certification or other project management skills accreditation
• Ability to operate in a matrix organization and integrate with client organization.
• Global solutions development and delivery experience.
• Major transformation efforts involving significant organization and technology change.

Perks

• Ground floor opportunity with the team; shape the strategic direction of the company.
• The rare opportunity to change the world such that everyone around you is using the product you built to get around safely. We’re not just another app, we’re moving real people and goods and helping to reinvent transportation and logistics.
• Sharp, motivated co-workers in a fun office environment.