About Cyngn
Based in Mountain View, CA, Cyngn is a publicly-traded autonomous technology company. We deploy self-driving industrial vehicles - specifically autonomous tuggers - to factories, warehouses, and other facilities throughout North America. To build this emergent technology, we are looking for innovative, motivated, and experienced leaders to join us and move this field forward. If you like to build, tinker, and create with a team of trusted and passionate colleagues, then Cyngn is the place for you. Key reasons to join Cyngn:
We are small and big.
With under 100 employees, Cyngn operates with the energy of a startup. On the other hand, we’re publicly traded. This means our employees not only work in close-knit teams with mentorship from company leaders—they also get access to the liquidity of our publicly-traded equity.
We build today and deploy tomorrow.
Our autonomous vehicles aren’t just test concepts—they’re deployed to real clients right now. That means your work will have a tangible, visible impact.
We aren’t robots. We just develop them.
We’re a welcoming, diverse team of sharp thinkers and kind humans. Collaboration and trust drive our creative environment. At Cyngn, everyone’s perspective matters—and that’s what powers our innovation.
About this role:
Cyngn is seeking a Senior / Staff Systems Engineerto lead system definition and architecture for autonomous vehicle and robotics platforms. This role is a senior, hands-on systems position responsible for converting high-level product requirements (L0/L1 user stories and product intent) into detailed, testable engineering specifications, architectures, and verification plans using a structured V-model systems engineering approach.
This is a generalist systems role spanning sensors, compute, power distribution, actuation, and safety-critical behaviors. The ideal candidate has deep experience in industrial robotics or vehicle systems, understands safety certification expectations, and can bridge product intent with disciplined engineering execution.
Responsibilities
Safety & Certification Responsibilities
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, or related field.
- 8+ years of experience in systems engineering for complex electro-mechanical systems (robotics, vehicles, industrial automation, autonomy).
- Strong experience translating product-level requirements into detailed engineering specifications and verification plans.
- Solid understanding of industrial safety standards, particularly ANSI B56 and related AMR / industrial vehicle safety frameworks.
- Hands-on familiarity with low-level sensors and feedback systems, including:
Encoders (incremental, absolute)
Angle and position sensors
Temperature sensors
Current and voltage sensing
Working knowledge of motor systems and actuation, including:
Motor commutation concepts (e.g., BLDC, PMSM)
Feedback and control considerations
Fault detection and protection
Experience defining interfaces between sensors, embedded controllers, power electronics, and higher-level compute.
Strong technical communication skills with the ability to clearly document and review complex system behavior.
Comfortable working on-site 5 days per week in Mountain View, CA
- Encoders (incremental, absolute)
- Angle and position sensors
- Temperature sensors
- Current and voltage sensing
- Working knowledge of motor systems and actuation, including:
Motor commutation concepts (e.g., BLDC, PMSM)
Feedback and control considerations
Fault detection and protection
Experience defining interfaces between sensors, embedded controllers, power electronics, and higher-level compute.
Strong technical communication skills with the ability to clearly document and review complex system behavior.
Comfortable working on-site 5 days per week in Mountain View, CA