Safety System Engineer

Responsibilities

• Lead the functional safety activities for Wayve’s ADS and its integration into present and future vehicle platforms, or the integration of third‑party safety‑critical systems. This involves:
  • Working with various internal and external teams to gain a deep understanding of the system under development to build the Item Definition work product for each platform.
  • Conducting risk assessments (HARAs, FMEAs, FTAs) to identify risks and build a safety concept to mitigate them to an acceptable level.
  • Collaborating with internal design teams to build a system architecture that meets the safety concept, including decisions on decompositions and deriving relevant software and external requirements.
  • Supporting internal software teams in implementing the safety requirements on target hardware.
  • Defining test specifications at various levels of integration to verify and finally validate the safety concept.
  • Defining the safety case by building a structured claims, arguments and evidence‑based paradigm.
• Contribute to developing the safety work products for production projects with similar activities as defined above.
• Work with the process and compliance teams to update the safety processes for certification activities.

• Very good understanding of the functional safety development process as per ISO 26262 with a minimum of 5 years of experience applying the standard to different automotive systems; in particular parts 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 9.
• Experience in conducting vehicle‑level testing activities at proving grounds to verify and validate the safety concept.

• Expertise in ISO 26262‑6; practical experience in developing or leading the development of ISO 26262 compliant production software and in the qualification of software tools.
• Experience managing suppliers of safety‑related hardware or software elements (design audit, supplier assessment, project management).
• Knowledge and experience in developing the safety case of an AD system, particularly:
  • Experience developing the safety concept for a computer‑vision based system.
  • Sufficient knowledge of neural networks (architectures, algorithms, training and testing pipelines) to understand safety assurance challenges and discuss options with scientists.
• Experience in SOTIF, especially in identifying SOTIF triggering conditions through analysis and defining testing and validation strategies to assess SOTIF performance.
• Operational safety experience, such as identifying operational risks and designing training and operational procedures to ensure safety on public roads, is a plus.

• Passionate about safety and dedicated to making the world a safer place.
• Pragmatic and able to balance risk versus benefits, particularly in a startup environment.
• Comfortable debating safety-related trade‑offs with stakeholders at all levels of the development process and organization.
• Self‑starter, autonomous in thought but collaborative in action.
• Capable of working at various abstraction levels, from high‑level strategy to detailed technical guidance for safety activities.
• Confident in challenging others’ ideas while being open to constructive criticism and willing to reconsider opinions.

Full‑time role based in Sunnyvale, CA (hybrid). Salary ranges from $209,700 to $298,200 plus a competitive equity package, with compensation based on skills, qualifications, and experience.

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