• Conduct software hazard and safety analyses on perception, motion planning, localization, and vehicle control modules per ISO 26262-6 and SOTIF (ISO 21448).
• Execute software FMEA/FTA, freedom-from-interference (FFI) analysis, and code-level hazard evaluations.
• Derive Software Safety Requirements (SSRs) and define monitoring/fail-safe mechanisms within multi-core and Linux/RTOS software environments.
• Review safety-critical C++/Python code and robotics middleware with development teams to ensure software safety standards are met.
• Develop Safety Performance Indicators to measure safety performance over time.
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You Have

• 5+ years of hands-on safety engineering experience in autonomous vehicles, automotive (ISO 26262), aerospace (DO-178C/DO-254), or industrial safety (IEC 61508).
• Prior background working with autonomous driving systems or mobile robotics.
• Proven ability to work under the technical mentorship of a Principal Safety Engineer in a high-velocity agile engineering team.
• B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Robotics, or a related discipline.
• 4+ years of software development or SW safety experience in C++, Python, or ROS/ROS2 environments.
• Deep understanding of software safety lifecycles, ASIL decomposition for software, unit/integration test strategies, and static analysis tools.
• Hands-on experience analyzing autonomous vehicle software pipelines (perception, planning, fail-safe state machines).
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