Senior Automotive System Engineer

**About Seoul Robotics** Seoul Robotics is an autonomous driving company with a mission to solve first and last-mile logistics challenges, backed by a team of industry experts from Google, NVIDIA, Coupang, Hyudai Motor Company and GM. This position offers a great opportunity to advance your professional career in the cutting-edge autonomous robotics industry, where AI/ML is embedded at the core of the product. With members from over 10 different countries, you have the chance to work in a unique international environment in the heart of Seoul, where English is our primary language. Our global clients provide opportunities to work overseas in various areas in Asia and the US. [Our Story and Technology] - Powering the Future of Autonomy with LV5 CTRL TWR(YouTube [LINK](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW1LCtNDYcA)) - Media (Chosun Biz [LINK](https://biz.chosun.com/en/en-industry/2025/04/15/WTAI3RSI2RG53M47TIK5FJWLBE/), PR Newswire [LINK](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/revolutionizing-us-traffic-seoul-robotics-launches-first-lidar-controlled-intersection-in-utah-302181256.html)) [Our Principles] ■ Add Value ■ Earn Trust ■ Own Your Job ■ Keep Growing ■ Respect Diversity **Mission of the Role** We are seeking a highly experienced and driven Automotive System Engineer to strengthen the engineering foundation of our infrastructure-based LiDAR perception system. As automotive customer demand grows and compliance expectations rise, we are committed to meeting the quality and process standards of the automotive industry. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in functional safety and system engineering, with a proven track record of driving ISO 26262 compliance and ASPICE process adoption. You will lead the build-out of our safety architecture, requirements engineering, and organizational readiness to ensure our product meets the highest automotive standards. **Key Responsibilities** - Assess and close the gap between current development practices and automotive engineering standards (ASPICE, ISO 26262), and define a structured roadmap to achieve compliance. - Establish and formalize requirements engineering processes and system architecture documentation, ensuring stakeholder needs are fully traceable from capture through to design and implementation. - Build and own the functional safety lifecycle for the product: conduct HARA, derive safety goals, define the Technical Safety Concept (TSC), and specify safety requirements targeting ISO 26262 compliance. - Perform safety analyses including FMEA and SOTIF operational scenario analysis to systematically identify risks and derive safety mechanisms. - Define and refine the Technical Safety Concept (TSC) and safety mechanisms in alignment with derived safety goals. - Prepare and maintain safety work products (Safety Plan, HARA, TSC, TSR, validation reports) to achieve certification. - Interface with automotive customers on safety and process inquiries - translate the team's engineering practices into formal safety case documentation and compliance summaries. - Lead and drive ASPICE process establishment across all relevant engineering areas, setting up the organizational framework and championing consistent adoption throughout the team. **Basic Qualifications** - Bachelor's degree in Electronics, Computer Science, Automotive, or Mechanical Engineering. - 10+ years of experience in system engineering or functional safety engineering within the automotive, robotics, or safety-critical systems domain. - Demonstrated knowledge of ISO 26262 and/or ISO 21448 (SOTIF), with practical experience applying these standards to real product development. - Experience in conducting safety analyses such as HARA, FMEA, or FTA. - Strong communication skills - able to articulate safety concepts clearly to both engineering teams and automotive customers. - Comfortable working in an environment where processes are being built rather than inherited, and where your decisions set the precedent. - Fluent in both Korean and English **Preferred Qualifications** - Experience with ASPICE process assessments or working in an ASPICE-aligned development environment. - Hands-on experience with LiDAR, camera, or other perception sensor systems. - Exposure to safety analysis tools such as Medini Analyze and IQ-FMEA. - Experience interfacing directly with automotive customers (OEMs or Tier-1s), including safety audits or process assessments. - Familiarity with Linux-based systems and scripting (Python, Bash) for log analysis or test support. - Experience introducing or improving engineering processes in a team transitioning toward automotive standards. - Knowledge of V2X, smart infrastructure, or autonomous ground vehicle systems is a plus. **Recruitment Process** Application Review - Phone Screening - Assignment - Tech Interviews - CEO Screening - Reference Check - Offer (Please be aware that the recruitment processes & schedules may be changed depending on the job and/or other circumstances) **Benefits** ▷ Diversity - International team (10+ nationalities) ▷ Flexible work hours ▷ Hybrid work ▷ 10 days of paid sick leave ▷ Daily meal support ▷ No dress code ▷ Premium health check (Once a year) ▷ Snacks and premium coffee Seoul Robotics stands for an open and respectful corporate culture because we believe diversity helps us to find new perspectives. Seoul Robotics ensures that all our members have equal opportunities – regardless of age, ethnic origin and nationality, gender and gender identity, physical and mental abilities, religion and belief, sexual orientation, and social background. We always ensure diversity right from the recruitment stage and therefore make hiring decisions based on a candidate’s actual competencies, qualifications, and business needs at the point of the time. Please feel free to contact us via our talent acquisition team e-mail if you have any questions. [Seoul Robotics Talent Acquisition e-mail: ]