Senior Functional Safety Engineer

Torc Robotics is a Daimler Truck subsidiary developing Level 4 autonomous-driving software and systems for long-haul Freightliner Cascadia trucks.

Blacksburg, United States
About Torc Robotics

Founded in 2005 as Torc Technologies, Torc Robotics commercializes self-driving trucking technology, including its virtual-driver software, for freight operations.

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About the Role

You will work with Product and Systems Engineering teams to identify hazards related to Functional Safety and SOTIF, perform HARA, evaluate acceptance criteria and FTTI, and perform inductive and deductive safety analyses. You will contribute to the safety case and review safety artifacts with appropriate rigor.

Requirements

  • Extensive experience with safety analyses such as HAZOP, FMEA, STPA and FTA
  • Understanding of industry standards and best practices for autonomous technologies
  • Demonstrated experience with ISO 26262 and ISO 21448
  • Systems-level thinking with knowledge of complex physical and software systems
  • Knowledge of software engineering, networking, electrical and mechanical systems, and AI/ML
  • Occasional travel, 10% or less
  • Bachelor's degree with 6+ years, Master's with 3+ years, or PhD with 1+ years of experience in a related field

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with Product and System Engineering to identify and evaluate hazards related to Functional Safety and SOTIF
  • Support analysis and evaluation of acceptance criteria for SOTIF hazards
  • Perform HARA according to ISO 26262
  • Analyze and evaluate Fault Tolerant Time Interval for identified hazards
  • Perform inductive and deductive safety analyses for systems, hardware and software
  • Contribute to the Safety Case including Safety Performance Indicators
  • Align with Systems Engineering on safety processes and methods
  • Conduct and support reviews of safety artifacts

Benefits

  • Corporate bonus
  • Stock option plan