Senior ADAS Safety Engineer - Systems & Risk

Woven by Toyota; Ann Arbor (MI); On-site; USD 140,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental and vision coverage

401k program

Flexible vacation policy

Family planning benefits

Job summary

Woven by Toyota in the United States is seeking a senior safety-minded systems engineer to lead the safety case strategy for both development testing and production of automated driving software. You will guide cross-functional teams to provide supporting evidence and aggregate risks for informed release decisions.

You will work across AI safety, V&V, HW, and compliance, writing claims and defeaters, and shaping risk analyses to ensure the software is demonstrably safe for mass production on

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS, EE, ME or related discipline.
• 5+ years in safety-critical automotive or aerospace systems in a production environment.
• Hands-on experience with writing claims/defeaters, contributing evidence and risk assessments for safety cases.
• Deep, practical experience with automotive safety standards such as ISO 26262 (esp. Parts 3–6) , SOTIF (ISO 21448), ISO 8800 (AI Safety), or UL 4600.
• Experience communicating complex technical concepts to internal/external stakeholders and auditors.
• Hands-on collaboration with V&V, including HIL/vehicle test design, coverage tactics, and KPI definition.
• Excellent cross-functional communication, influence, and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Write safety claims and defeaters using eliminative argumentation
• Manage democratized ownership of evidence across cross-functional teams including providing guidance on what evidence and strategies are appropriate for the claim/defeater.
• Assess inherent and residual risks as well as create a methodology to aggregate risks across different risk dimensions, e.g. motorway vs urban.
• Work with cross-functional leadership to align on the safety case and clearly communicate risks for informed decision-making on whether to release software to development fleets and/or to mass-production.

Skills

5+ years in safety-critical automotive

Risk assessment experience

Complex technical communication

V&V collaboration including HIL/veh.

Cross-functional influence & docs

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS, EE, ME or related

Tools

ISO 26262 (Parts 3–6)

SOTIF ISO 21448

ISO 8800 AI Safety

UL 4600

Job description

Woven by Toyota in the United States is seeking a senior safety-minded systems engineer to lead the safety case strategy for both development testing and production of automated driving software. You will guide cross-functional teams to provide supporting evidence and aggregate risks for informed release decisions.

You will work across AI safety, V&V, HW, and compliance, writing claims and defeaters, and shaping risk analyses to ensure the software is demonstrably safe for mass production on