Safety Assurance Lead

Breath HR; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical and dental insurance

Healthcare cash plan

Employer pension contribution matching

Performance-based incentives

Job summary

Auriga seeks a Safety Assurance Lead to own and coordinate the safety assurance approach for its autonomous vehicle and industrial autonomy products. You will report to the CTO and ensure development, validation and deployment align with safety standards and customer requirements.

In this senior role you will drive the safety lifecycle, manage certification activities with external bodies and provide clear reporting on evidence maturity and deployment readiness to senior leadership and product

Qualifications

• 7+ years’ experience in safety assurance, systems safety, functional safety, product safety or systems engineering.
• 2+ years supporting autonomous navigation, autonomous vehicles, robotics or related autonomy systems.
• Experience with safety standards and certification processes.
• Experience working with external certification bodies is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain Auriga’s safety assurance framework for autonomous vehicle products and deployments.
• Identify and document applicable safety standards, regulatory requirements and assurance artefacts.
• Maintain end-to-end traceability from standards to deployment evidence.
• Collaborate with Engineering to embed safety requirements in system architecture.
• Coordinate deployment-specific safety evidence with site execution and delivery teams.
• Lead communications with certification bodies and assurance organisations during audits.
• Provide reporting on safety status, evidence maturity and certification readiness to leadership.

Skills

Safety assurance

Systems safety

Functional safety

Autonomy systems

Tools

DOORS

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Location: London, UK
Relocation and Sponsorship: Not provided

Employment Type: Full-time
Reports to: Chief Technology Officer

Purpose

Auriga is seeking a Safety Assurance Lead to own and coordinate the safety assurance approach for its autonomous vehicle and industrial infrastructure autonomy products.

About the role

Reporting into the Chief Technology Officer, this is a senior role focused on ensuring that Auriga’s products are developed, validated and deployed in line with applicable safety standards, regulatory expectations, customer requirements and internal safety processes.

What you’ll do

• Own, define and maintain Auriga’s safety assurance framework for its autonomous vehicle product, customer deployments, certification support and operational readiness.
• Identify, interpret and document applicable safety standards, regulatory requirements, customer requirements, certification expectations and assurance requirements.
• Maintain end-to-end traceability from standards, hazards and safety goals through requirements, design decisions, implementation, verification, validation, deployment evidence and assurance artefacts.
• Work closely with Engineering to ensure safety requirements are embedded into system architecture.
• Work closely with site execution and delivery teams to ensure deployment‑specific safety evidence is captured, documented and aligned with the approved safety case and operational readiness criteria.
• Lead communication with external certification bodies, independent assessors and assurance organisations such as TÜV SÜD, TÜV Rheinland, DEKRA, BSI or equivalent bodies during certification, assessment and audit activities.
• Provide clear reporting on safety assurance status, evidence maturity, certification readiness, open risks, compliance gaps and deployment readiness to senior leadership and product teams.

Your profile

• 7+ years’ experience in safety assurance, systems safety, functional safety, product safety or systems engineering, including 2+ years supporting autonomous navigation, autonomous vehicles, robotics or related autonomy systems.
• Good understanding and experience with standards such as Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC, ISO 26262, ISO 21448 / SOTIF, ISO 21434, IEC 61508, ISO 13849, ISO 34501, ISO 34502, ISO 34503.
• Proven experience leading safety assurance activities across multidisciplinary teams, including engineering, testing, cybersecurity, DevOps, delivery, site execution and operations.
• Strong understanding of safety lifecycle processes, including safety requirements management, hazard analysis, risk assessment, verification, validation, release, deployment and change control.
• Experience interpreting safety standards, regulatory guidance, certification expectations and customer safety requirements, and translating them into practical engineering and operational requirements.
• Experience creating, managing and reviewing safety cases, safety plans, compliance matrices, traceability matrices, assurance arguments, evidence packs and certification‑support artefacts, with strong documentation skills and a focus on auditable, review‑ready outputs.
• Experience of certification in the autonomous navigation space.
• Experience supporting safety assurance for autonomous systems, drive‑by‑wire systems, remote operations, safety‑related control systems or software‑intensive systems.
• Experience working with external certification bodies, independent safety assessors or assurance organisations such as TÜV SÜD, TÜV Rheinland, DEKRA or BSI.
• Experience with requirements and traceability tools such as, DOORS, Jira, Confluence or similar.

What we offer

• The opportunity to join a business at an early yet pivotal stage of its growth journey in a key role shaping the future of autonomous navigation.
• A collaborative and innovative Engineering culture, working alongside bright and ambitious colleagues.
• A competitive package including base salary, private medical and dental insurance, a healthcare cash plan, employer pension contribution matching and other performance‑based incentives.

Private medical and dental insurance
Healthcare cash plan
Employer pension contribution matching
Other performance‑based incentives