Autonomous Driving Safety Case Lead

General Motors; Warren (MI); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 291,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

GM vehicle program

Health & wellbeing programs

Tuition assistance

Job summary

General Motors in Warren, Michigan, seeks an Autonomous Vehicle Safety Case Technical Lead to architect and maintain comprehensive safety cases for ADS, aligning with industry standards and product evolution. You will translate complex inputs into defendable safety arguments, across autonomy, AI/ML, platform, systems engineering, and product safety teams.

You will shape evidence strategies, manage cross-functional collaboration, and communicate safety plans to executives and regulators, driving

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Mathematics, CS, robotics, Safety Management, or related field.
• 7+ years in autonomous driving, ADAS, systems engineering, safety, or complex safety-critical software.
• Experience developing or assessing safety cases or assurance cases.
• Strong knowledge of functional safety and safety assurance concepts incl ISO 26262, ISO 21448, UL 4600.
• Ability to decompose high-level safety goals into implementable requirements and evidence needs.
• Experience leading large cross-functional technical efforts with enterprise scope.
• Strong written and verbal communication; translate technical concepts for non-technical audiences.
• Passion for autonomous vehicle tech and safe deployment of ADS.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development, governance, maintenance, and continuous improvement of comprehensive safety cases for the ADS.
• Define safety case strategies based on industry best practices, standards, and internal objectives.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to refine safety case claims, sufficiency criteria, and evidence.
• Author and maintain safety case materials to support product submissions and audits.
• Present safety case approaches, risks, and progress to executives, partners, and regulators.
• Coordinate with regulatory bodies, external consultants, and internal teams to align evidence with requirements.
• Improve evidence-tracking processes so safety evidence and claims stay current.
• Identify opportunities to improve traceability and automate safety evidence collection.
• Surface safety gaps and emerging risks; drive escalation and resolution through proper forums.
• Integrate evidence from autonomy, AI/ML, platform, safety, cybersecurity, and systems engineering.
• Perform impact analyses when scope or releases change and update claims/evidence accordingly.
• Drive alignment with standards and best practices including UL 4600, ISO 26262, ISO 21448.

Skills

Safety cases

Cross-functional leadership

Functional safety

ISO 26262

ISO 21448 (SOTIF)

UL 4600

GSN familiarity

Requirements tracing

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Job description

General Motors in Warren, Michigan, seeks an Autonomous Vehicle Safety Case Technical Lead to architect and maintain comprehensive safety cases for ADS, aligning with industry standards and product evolution. You will translate complex inputs into defendable safety arguments, across autonomy, AI/ML, platform, systems engineering, and product safety teams.

You will shape evidence strategies, manage cross-functional collaboration, and communicate safety plans to executives and regulators, driving