Behavioral Safety Manager
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Engineering
Regulatory Compliance Specialist, Safety Engineer, Systems Engineer
Job Description & How to Apply Below
- Lead the planning and execution of safety-critical initiatives across the autonomous vehicle lifecycle, ensuring alignment between product roadmaps, safety objectives, and deployment milestones.
- Establish and maintain end-to-end traceability between hazards, safety requirements, system requirements, verification activities, validation evidence, and release decisions.
- Coordinate cross-functional safety activities, including hazard analyses, safety assessments, safety case development, and operational readiness reviews.
- Drive integrated verification and validation planning across simulation, test environments, closed-course testing, and field operations to support evidence-based deployment decisions.
- Manage program risks, technical dependencies, and change impacts across systems, software, hardware, perception, localization, controls, and operational teams.
- Monitor safety and program performance metrics, proactively identifying issues that could affect system performance, safety objectives, regulatory compliance, or delivery commitments.
- Facilitate executive reviews and technical governance forums, providing clear visibility into program progress, residual risks, and overall safety readiness.
- Ensure engineering execution remains aligned with safety assurance objectives while maintaining program schedules and delivery commitments.
Requirements:- Demonstrated experience leading programs involving autonomous systems, Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), robotics, aerospace, industrial automation, or other safety-critical platforms.
- Practical experience applying ISO 21448 (SOTIF) across the safety lifecycle, including hazard analysis and risk assessment (HARA), safety goals, functional and technical safety concepts, and ASIL decomposition.
- Working knowledge of ISO 26262 ; familiarity with additional standards such as IEC 61508, UL 4600, or ISO/PAS 8800 is an advantage.
- Familiarity with key safety lifecycle artifacts, including Item Definitions, HARA, HIRE, FMEA/FMEDA, Safety Requirements, Safety Plans, Safety Cases, and Verification and Validation strategies.
- Ability to connect engineering execution with safety assurance requirements, balancing technical rigor with program delivery priorities.
- Strong cross-functional coordination and communication skills, with the ability to align engineering, safety, and operational stakeholders around shared objectives.
- Relevant technical education and experience through one of the following pathways:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field, with competencies typically acquired through at least 6 years of relevant experience.
- Master's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field, with competencies typically acquired through at least 3 years of relevant experience.
- PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field, with competencies typically acquired through at least 1 year of relevant experience.
Benefits:- Annual U.S. salary range of $153,200–$183,800 .
- Remote work opportunity for candidates based in the United States.
- Ann Arbor, Michigan, is also listed as a potential work location.
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