Autonomous Vehicle Test Safety Engineer

Torc Robotics; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 107,000 - 128,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus & stock options

Medical dental vision insurance

401K with match

Generous paid vacation

Job summary

Torc Robotics in Fort Worth, TX, is seeking an experienced Safety Engineer to support operational safety for ADS-equipped heavy trucks. You will lead safety analyses, develop safety plans, and collaborate with product, engineering, and fleet teams to ensure rigorous safety during autonomous testing.

Requirements include a relevant engineering degree with multiple years of safety experience in automotive or aerospace settings, plus knowledge of HARA, DFMEA, FTA, and STPA.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering or related technical field plus demonstrates competences and technical proficiencies typically acquired through 4+ years of experience or;
• Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering or related technical field plus demonstrates competences and technical proficiencies typically acquired through 0-3+ years of experience.
• Knowledge of automotive, heavy duty trucks, or aerospace products and industries.
• Professional experience in automotive and surface transportation safety industry.
• Experience with or theoretical knowledge of Systems Engineering, Hazard and Risk Assessment (HARA), DFMEA, FTA and/or STPA.

Responsibilities

• Drive, Perform and Maintain Operational Safety Concept and operational safety relevant work products.
• Develop and maintain Test Safety processes for software releases and public road testing.
• Lead/perform safety risk assessments with internal stakeholders.
• Develop and document Operational Safety plan, requirements and concept.
• Partner with product management, design engineering, service, and maintenance to drive Operational Safety Design.
• Support the development and maintenance of operational procedures related to testing autonomous vehicles safely.
• Provide data analyses to maintain a safety case for Autonomous Vehicle platforms, including real-time safety support of operational testing.
• Develop metrics to track Operational Safety of autonomous vehicle testing.
• Evaluate safety results of tests and develop risk mitigation plans.
• Support Torc accident and incident response process, mishap investigation, and corrective action plans.
• Review engineering design specifications, test operations procedures, change proposals, deficiency reports, exceptions, and other requests for potential test safety impacts.
• Support preparation of presentations, analyses, and reports for customer & Torc Safety Board meetings, program design reviews, and test readiness reviews.
• Perform and contribute to safety & reliability analysis (e.g., FMEA, DFMEA, DFMEDA, FTA, STPA, etc.).
• Support cross functional product development engineering teams to identify and close gaps to ensure component and system level safety compliance.
• Review system technical specifications/requirements, system design documents, unit and system level software development, test plans, test reports
• Coordinate and collaborate acrossstakeholderstoensure test safetyisintegral to all autonomous development testing and operations.

Skills

Systems Engineering

HARA

DFMEA

FTA

STPA

JAMA

Safety analysis

Problem solving

Project management

C++

Python

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science/Robotics/Electrical Eng

Master’s Degree in Computer Science/Robotics/Electrical Eng

Tools

JAMA

Job description

Torc Robotics in Fort Worth, TX, is seeking an experienced Safety Engineer to support operational safety for ADS-equipped heavy trucks. You will lead safety analyses, develop safety plans, and collaborate with product, engineering, and fleet teams to ensure rigorous safety during autonomous testing.

Requirements include a relevant engineering degree with multiple years of safety experience in automotive or aerospace settings, plus knowledge of HARA, DFMEA, FTA, and STPA.