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Our advanced vision algorithms and cutting-edge sensor hardware power the next generation of autonomous systems - from robots to smart infrastructure - building a safer and more efficient world.\n The Industrial Autonomy Team is seeking a senior reliability and verification engineer to design the test frameworks and validation strategies proving our products for autonomy and physical AI customers are safe and rugged. Within our small hardware team, you will be the gatekeeper for reliability, ensuring our compute, electromechanical, and safety-critical platforms survive harsh environments for customer deployment at scale.\nResponsibilities\nDefine, develop, and execute comprehensive reliability test plans for all autonomy hardware projects\nValidate AI compute boxes, focusing on thermal management, power integrity, and hardware-software integration\nLead the electrical validation of vehicle wire harness, power distribution, and sensor interfaces, ensuring resistance to EMI/EMC, vibration, and other environmental factors\nDesign and oversee environmental stress testing including HALT, thermal cycling, ingress protection, and mechanical vibration \nLead Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Root Cause Analysis for complex hardware failures\nPartner with the functional safety experts to design and execute test cases validating compliance for safety rated hardware\n Qualifications\n8+ years of experience defining verification strategies, building test infrastructure, and shipping complex hardware systems\nExperience qualifying rugged electromechanical and compute systems to industrial-grade standards for harsh deployment environments\nExtensive knowledge of reliability physics, accelerated life testing, signal/power integrity, and environmental stress profiles\nExperience owning the reliability lifecycle from initial test plan creation to field stability tracking\nProven track record leading cross-functional Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and failure investigations to drive critical design and manufacturing improvements.\n Preferred experience\nExperience validating autonomous vehicle systems, edge AI compute platforms, or safety-critical industrial robotics.\nExperience with Functional Safety standards (ISO 26262 or similar) and implementing rigorous validation frameworks for safety-rated hardware\nThe base pay will be dependent on your skills, work experience, location, and qualifications. This role may also be eligible for equity & benefits. ($140,000 - $200,000)\nWe acknowledge the confidence gap at Ouster. You do not need to meet all of these requirements to be the ideal candidate for this role.\nOuster is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that pursues and hires a diverse workforce. Ouster does not make employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, nationality, sex, gender, gender-identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, military status, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal laws. Ouster also strives for a healthy and safe workplace, and prohibits harassment of any kind. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Ouster considers qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment. 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