I get this question a lot: “Hey, I am an experienced functional safety engineer in another industry. How do I break into the self-driving industry?”. Autonomous systems are cool, and people want in!
I get that question a lot because I successfully “made the leap” a couple of years ago. I had spent over 20 years in the chemical and refining industry, then two weeks later I was designing robot cars!
In this post, I will give some tips on skills and knowledge that I think are necessary both to “break-in” to the autonomous vehicle industry and to succeed.
