Safety Behaviors Engineer

Torc Robotics; Ann Arbor (MI); On-site; USD 177,000 - 213,000; Full time

Job summary

Torc Robotics seeks a safety-focused engineer to join its autonomy safety team in advancing safe, scalable deployment of autonomous truck software. You will work across systems engineering, behavioral safety, and autonomy to ensure safety objectives align with program milestones.

The role requires experience with safety standards (ISO 21448/SOTIF, ISO 26262) and a strong background in safety lifecycle artifacts, hazard analyses, and verification strategies.

Qualifications

• Experience in autonomous systems, ADAS, robotics, aerospace, or safety-critical platforms.
• Experience applying ISO 21448 (SOTIF) across safety lifecycle including hazard analysis and risk assessment.
• Knowledge of ISO 26262 and related standards such as IEC 61508, UL 4600, or ISO/PAS 8800 is a plus.
• Familiarity with safety lifecycle artifacts: HARA, SAFETY CASES, Safety Plans, Verification & Validation strategies.

Responsibilities

• Create requirements using safety frameworks and standards (ISO 21448, ISO 26262, ISO/PAS 8800).
• Lead risk evaluations to identify functional insufficiencies and triggering conditions.
• Define acceptance criteria in safety requirements and analyses.
• Support planning and execution of safety-critical initiatives across AV lifecycle.
• Align product roadmaps, safety goals, and deployment milestones.
• Ensure traceability between hazards, safety requirements, and verification activities.
• Collaborate with systems engineering, safety, and autonomy teams.

Skills

Autonomous systems experience

ISO 21448 (SOTIF)

ISO 26262 knowledge

Safety lifecycle artifacts (HARA, FMEA

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/Robotics/EE or related field

Job description

At Torc, we have always believed that autonomous vehicle technology will transform how we travel, move freight, and do business.
A leader in autonomous driving since 2007, Torc has spent over a decade commercializing our solutions with experienced partners. Now a part of the Daimler family , we are focused solely on developing software for automated trucks to transform how the world moves freight.
Join us and catapult your career with the company that helped pioneer autonomous technology and the first AV software company with the vision to partner directly with a truck manufacturer.

Meet the Team

This role supports the creation of safe behavior requirements and leads risk evaluations, identifies functional insufficiencies and triggering conditions (FI-TC; e.g., severe weather, glare, or rare edge cases), and defines acceptance criteria (such as S>0, C>0 analyses). Furthermore, the role supports the execution framework that enables the safe and scalable deployment of autonomous functions across various platforms and operational domains.

As autonomy systems increase complexity, this position supports safety requirements, as well as systems engineering, V&V, and operational activities. The candidate will work cross-functionally with systems engineering, behavioral safety, and autonomy. The role ensures requirements traceability, verification and validation readiness, risk management, and alignment of safety objectives with program milestones.

What You’ll Do:

Create requirements using safety frameworks and following safety standards (i.e. ISO 21448, ISO 26262, ISO/PAS 8800, etc.).

Lead risk evaluations to identify functional insufficiencies and triggering conditions FI-TC (e.g., severe weather, glare, or rare edge cases).

Define acceptance criteria in the requirements (such as S>0, C>0 analyses).

Support the planning and execution of safety-critical initiatives across the autonomous vehicle lifecycle.

Contribute to the alignment between product roadmaps, safety goals, and deployment milestones.

Ensure traceability between hazards, safety requirements, system requirements, verification activities and validation evidence.

Work in cross-functional safety activities including hazard analysis, safety assessments, and safety case development.

Support integrated verification and validation activities across simulation, test environments, closed-course testing, and field operations for evidence-based deployment decisions.

Support other subject matter experts (SMEs) to handle safety risks, technical dependencies, and change impacts across systems, software, hardware, perception, localization, controls, and operational teams.

What You Need To Succeed

Experience in autonomous systems, ADAS, robotics, aerospace, industrial automation, or other safety-critical platforms.

Demonstrated experience applying ISO 21448 (SOTIF) across the safety lifecycle, including hazard analysis and risk assessment (HARA), safety goals, functional and technical safety concepts, and ASIL decomposition.

Working knowledge of ISO 26262 and other related standards such as IEC 61508, UL 4600, or ISO/PAS 8800 is a plus.

• Familiarity with safety lifecycle artifacts including Item Definitions, HARA, HIRE, FMEA/FMEDA, Safety Requirements, Safety Plans, Safety Cases, and Verification & Validation strategies.
• Demonstrated ability to align engineering execution with safety assurance objectives while maintaining program delivery commitments.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering or a related technical field, plus demonstrated competencies and technical proficiencies typically acquired through 3+ years of experience OR; Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering or a related technical field plus demonstrated competencies and technical proficiencies typically acquired through 0+ years of experience.

Hiring Range for Job Opening

US Pay Range

$177,300 - $212,800 USD

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