Safety & Quality Manager

ADASTEC delivers SAE Level-4 Automated Driving Software Platform for commercial vehicles to enable OEMs to develop modern, automated, shared, and connected commercial vehicles. ADASTEC flowride.ai SAE Level-4 Automated Driving Software Platform integrated buses are on public roads in 14 countries in Europe & North America.

flowride.ai is designed with the fusion of different high-precision sensors available in the global market and complies with safety standards and regulations.

ADASTEC has an HQ and operation office in Michigan, USA, an EU Operations office in the Netherlands, Germany, and an R&D Office in Türkiye. For more information, visit

• Owning and maintaining the safety and quality management system for flowride.ai: the safety lifecycle (ISO 26262, ISO 21448, ISO 22737, UL 4600), cybersecurity governance (ISO/SAE 21434) and the process quality framework (ISO 9001, Automotive SPICE), tailored to a Level-4 ADS and to the way the company actually works.
• Planning safety and quality activities for every project and release - scope, work products, gates, resources and timing - track them to completion, and escalating clearly when a release is not ready to ship.
• Acting as ADASTEC's primary interface to external safety assessors, independent consultancies, technical services, certification bodies and type-approval / regulatory authorities: agreeing assessment scope and evidence expectations, running audits and assessments, and closing findings.
• Managing the safety and quality relationship with the OEM and integration partners (e.g. the bus platform OEM): interface and vehicle-level safety requirements, development interface agreements, joint hazard analysis, and field issue handling.
• Owning the safety case - its argument structure, completeness and consistency - and making sure the evidence produced by the engineering teams is traceable and defensible in front of a third party.
• Supporting field safety and quality across deployed sites
• Leading the Safety and Quality studies; defining its structure, workload and development plan.
• Reporting safety and quality status, risks and open issues to executive management on an agreed cadence.
• Providing safety and quality input to tenders, customer documentation, and operational safety agreements with transit operators and site owners.

• Bachelor’s degree from reputable universities in engineering - Electrical & Electronics, Automotive, Mechatronics, Mechanical, Computer/Software or Control Engineering. Havind a MSc degree is an advantage.
• Having the below certificates:
• ISO 26262 Functional Safety Manager / Engineer certification (TÜV SÜD or equivalent) - preferred
• ISO 21448 (SOTIF) training - preferred
• ISO/SAE 21434 Automotive Cybersecurity training - preferred
• Automotive SPICE Provisional Assessor (intacs) - preferred
• Having 8+ years of significant experience in automotive or another safety-critical domain, especially in ADAS/AD, autonomous vehicles or robotics.
• Minimum 2 years of team leadership or end-to-end process ownership is a must.
• Experience working in a fast-paced start-up or scale-up environment is preferred. Proven, hands-on experience engaging directly with regulatory authorities, technical services, or independent assessors is a mandatory requirement for this position.
• Excellent command of English, both written and spoken.
• Proficiency in additional languages, such as German or Dutch, is considered an advantage.
• Solid working knowledge of the automotive safety landscape - ISO 26262, ISO 21448 (SOTIF), ISO 22737, UL 4600, ISO/SAE 21434 - and of how these are applied to a Level-4 ADS rather than to a conventional ECU.
• Familiarity with the approval routes for automated vehicles (EU Implementing Regulation 2022/1426, relevant…