Safety Behaviors Engineer
Torc Robotics is a Daimler Truck subsidiary developing Level 4 autonomous-driving software and systems for long-haul Freightliner Cascadia trucks.
About Torc Robotics
Founded in 2005 as Torc Technologies, Torc Robotics commercializes self-driving trucking technology, including its virtual-driver software, for freight operations.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will create safety behavior requirements using safety frameworks and standards, lead risk evaluations to identify functional insufficiencies and triggering conditions, and define acceptance criteria. You will ensure traceability between hazards, requirements and verification evidence, and support hazard analysis, safety cases and integrated verification and validation.
Requirements
- Experience in autonomous systems, ADAS, robotics, aerospace, industrial automation or other safety-critical platforms
- Demonstrated experience applying ISO 21448 (SOTIF) across the safety lifecycle including HARA, safety goals, safety concepts and ASIL decomposition
- Familiarity with safety lifecycle artifacts including Item Definitions, HARA, HIRE, FMEA/FMEDA, Safety Requirements, Safety Plans, Safety Cases and V&V strategies
- Ability to align engineering execution with safety assurance objectives while maintaining delivery commitments
- Bachelor's degree with 3+ years of experience or Master's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering or related field
- Working knowledge of ISO 26262 and related standards is a plus
Responsibilities
- Create requirements using safety frameworks and standards such as ISO 21448, ISO 26262 and ISO/PAS 8800
- Lead risk evaluations to identify functional insufficiencies and triggering conditions
- Define acceptance criteria in the requirements
- Support planning and execution of safety-critical initiatives across the autonomous vehicle lifecycle
- Contribute to alignment between product roadmaps, safety goals and deployment milestones
- Ensure traceability between hazards, safety requirements, system requirements, verification and validation evidence
- Work in cross-functional safety activities including hazard analysis, safety assessments and safety case development
- Support integrated verification and validation across simulation, test environments, closed-course testing and field operations
- Support SMEs in handling safety risks, technical dependencies and change impacts