Lead Safety Case Architect – Autonomous Driving

Icehouseventures; Greater London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Wayve in London is seeking a Principal Safety Case Engineer to own the architecture, strategy and integrity of Wayve’s safety cases for our first products. This role sits independently from Engineering and Product and reports into Safety Management & Assurance, providing senior safety oversight while working with design, development, validation and release teams.

You will architect the safety case by defining top-level claims, evidence strategy and assurance approach that link product intent,

Qualifications

• Deep experience developing or owning safety cases for complex safety-critical systems.
• Strong systems engineering background spanning requirements, architecture, verification, validation, and safety assurance.
• Proven ability to translate complex technical evidence into structured safety claims and arguments.
• Strong knowledge of autonomous driving and AI/ML safety, including model performance, data, uncertainty and verification limits.
• Experience partnering with AI/ML, engineering, systems and product teams on safety-critical products.

Responsibilities

• Own safety case strategy and architecture for Wayve’s robotaxi and OEM ADAS products.
• Identify gaps and weaknesses in the safety argument early and drive resolution with accountable teams.
• Ensure alignment of product requirements, architecture, validation plans, and release criteria with the safety case.
• Provide independent technical challenge of safety cases and supporting evidence.

Skills

Safety case

Systems engineering

AI safety

Autonomous driving

Stakeholder management

Job description

Wayve in London is seeking a Principal Safety Case Engineer to own the architecture, strategy and integrity of Wayve’s safety cases for our first products. This role sits independently from Engineering and Product and reports into Safety Management & Assurance, providing senior safety oversight while working with design, development, validation and release teams.

You will architect the safety case by defining top-level claims, evidence strategy and assurance approach that link product intent,