Safety Behaviors Engineer (Autonomous Vehicles)

Location: Ann Arbor, MI, United States

Salary: $177,300–$212,800 USD annually

Company

Develop software for automated trucks as part of Daimler’s autonomous driving business, commercializing autonomous vehicle technology for freight transportation.

What you will do

• Create safety requirements using ISO 21448, ISO 26262, ISO/PAS 8800, and related safety frameworks.
• Lead risk evaluations to identify functional insufficiencies and triggering conditions, including severe weather, glare, and rare edge cases.
• Define acceptance criteria, including S>0 and C>0 analyses, and align safety goals with product roadmaps and deployment milestones.
• Maintain traceability between hazards, safety requirements, system requirements, verification activities, and validation evidence.
• Support hazard analyses, safety assessments, safety case development, and integrated verification and validation across simulation, test environments, closed-course testing, and field operations.
• Coordinate with systems engineering, behavioral safety, autonomy, software, hardware, perception, localization, controls, and operations teams on risks, dependencies, and change impacts.

Requirements

• Experience in autonomous systems, ADAS, robotics, aerospace, industrial automation, or another safety-critical platform.
• Demonstrated experience applying ISO 21448 (SOTIF) across the safety lifecycle, including HARA, safety goals, functional and technical safety concepts, and ASIL decomposition.
• Familiarity with Item Definitions, HARA, HIRE, FMEA/FMEDA, safety requirements, safety plans, safety cases, and verification and validation strategies.
• Ability to align engineering execution with safety assurance objectives while maintaining program delivery commitments.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field plus competencies typically acquired through 3+ years of experience, or a relevant master’s degree plus competencies typically acquired through 0+ years of experience.

Nice to have

• Working knowledge of ISO 26262 and related standards such as IEC 61508, UL 4600, or ISO/PAS 8800.

Culture & Benefits

• Work within a product engineering safety and security organization focused on autonomous truck deployment.
• Collaborate cross-functionally across the autonomous vehicle lifecycle and operational domains.