Senior Manager, Autonomy Safety

Job Summary

The Product Safety team is seeking a technical leader with experience in the full end to end development lifecycle for Autonomous Vehicle. As the technical leader, you will need to stay current on industry best practices and standards and guide the development of May Mobility’s safety strategy considering relevant standard UL. 4600. ISO 21448, ISO 8800. This leader role provides safety guidance to the engineering development teams that are focused on development, and assess their work products.

Essential Responsibilities

• Referencing ISO 8800, ISO 21448 and AV industry best practices, develop the strategy for ensuring safe autonomous system development, deployment and maintenance.
• Set the strategy for how we systematically break down operational design domain components and driving behavior components and how these are validated in aggregate and on a per behavior level.
• Work with software, data science and systems engineering teams to ensure May Mobility safely trains new machine learning models to solve complex problems.
• Set the safety standard for how we prototype, test and deploy new AI solutions.
• Set the strategy for testing and validation of data sets and develop an assurance plan.
• Create and confirm the detailed functional safety case according UL4600 and ISO26262 including a schedule to hit the company’s product launches
• Own and manage the safety plan and ensure that the schedule and required artifacts are met
• Train and coach the development team through every aspect of the safety plan through appropriate process and methods
• Communicate with all required stakeholders to identify and define technical/ system requirements, safety requirements tied to the safety goals.
• Ensure that functional safety confirmation measures such as audits and assessments are planned and complete.

Skills and Abilities

• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Hands-on with an analytical mindset and a proven track record of problem-solving.
• Palpable enthusiasm for cutting-edge innovation in self-driving technologies and safety products
• A high level of initiative and activation. Must be able to enthusiastically take on challenges, including those peripheral to core responsibilities when needed for project success.
• Machine Learning & AI Safety: ISO 8800, ISO 24118 and other applicable industry standards and best practices for autonomous vehicles, aerospace and/or robotics.
• Experience in Safety Leadership (combination of two or more ISO26262, ISO 21448 and UL 4600)
• An ability to clearly and concisely communicate technical concepts including root cause analysis, technical challenges and their solutions, and results backed by data.
• Strong problem-solving mindset and a proactive attitude towards learning and self-improvement

Qualifications and Experience

• Required: Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience. Engineering, Computer Science or highly technical degree preferred
• At least 10 years of prior experience as an engineer or in Autonomous Vehicle Development
• Demonstrated Safety case management (from conception to release) in any industry preferred in AV.

Physical Requirements

• Standard office working conditions which includes but is not limited to:
• Prolonged sitting
• Prolonged standing
• Prolonged computer use
• Travel required? - Minimal: 1%-10%