Remote Principal AV Behavior Safety Lead

General Motors; Augusta (ME); Hybrid; USD 251,000 - 385,000; Full time

Job summary

General Motors is seeking a Principal AV Behavior Safety Engineering Lead to shape the strategy, framework, and evidence for safe autonomous driving behavior. You will influence launch decisions for GM’s next‑gen automated driving products and collaborate with AI, software, validation, and vehicle programs across the organization.

You will lead the end‑to‑end development lifecycle of AV behaviors, define ODDs, and drive safety cases and validation strategies for ML-driven systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
• 8+ years of experience in machine learning, engineering, data science, or a related field
• 8+ years in autonomous vehicle or robotics development or related field
• Demonstrated experience working on production‑intent AV programs
• Track record providing technical safety leadership in AV development
• Deep understanding of AV behavior development: ODDs, behaviors, evaluation criteria, and testing data
• Experience applying AV safety standards and best practices (ISO 5083, ISO 21448, AVSC)
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills, with ability to explain technical tradeoffs to executives

Responsibilities

• Lead technically and define GM’s strategy for safe autonomous system development, validation and deployment
• Own safety strategy for next generation ADS architectures
• Own the behavior-focused portion of the ADS Safety Case, with key claims and evidence
• Collaborate with Validation, AI/ML, Simulation, and Safety Metrics teams to define end-to-end AV behavior validation
• Define how ODDs are broken down and how performance is validated per behavior and in aggregate
• Contribute to safety performance indicators for AV behaviors
• Assess AV performance using simulation, closed-course, and public-road data and provide prioritized feedback to engineers
• Define and run an assurance process to verify safety targets for launch readiness

Job description

General Motors is seeking a Principal AV Behavior Safety Engineering Lead to shape the strategy, framework, and evidence for safe autonomous driving behavior. You will influence launch decisions for GM’s next‑gen automated driving products and collaborate with AI, software, validation, and vehicle programs across the organization.

You will lead the end‑to‑end development lifecycle of AV behaviors, define ODDs, and drive safety cases and validation strategies for ML-driven systems.