Senior/Staff System Safety Engineer - Autonomy & Deployment

System Safety; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 149,000 - 296,000; Full time

Job summary

DiDi Autonomous Driving is seeking a Senior/Staff System Safety Engineer, Autonomy to lead safety strategy and deployment readiness of fully autonomous driving systems. You will define safety frameworks, release policies, and system-level processes to enable safe unmanned operation.

You will act as the technical safety lead, collaborating with Software, Product, Operations and Safety teams to guide deployment, city expansion, and scaling while ensuring compliance with safety standards and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or higher degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a closely related technical field.
• 3-5 years of industry experience in systems engineering, safety engineering, autonomous systems, or a directly related field.
• Strong systems thinking with the ability to decompose complex safety challenges and drive practical, scalable solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate across teams, influence stakeholders, and take ownership of safety outcomes.
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment with multiple parallel projects and ambiguous requirements.

Responsibilities

• Own the safety evaluation and release strategy for unmanned autonomous driving operations, defining clear criteria for system release, degradation, and fallback under varying operating conditions.
• Design, implement, and champion the safety-related systems engineering framework, including safety requirements, system architecture, and Verification & Validation (V&V) plans.
• Conduct systematic assessments of unmanned operational workflows, emergency protocols, and supporting tools/platforms to ensure safety and operational completeness.
• Develop and institutionalize safety evaluation methodologies and metrics frameworks, translating safety goals into quantifiable, verifiable, and continuously tracked indicators.
• Serve as the technical lead for safety-related incident review and analysis during unmanned operations, driving continuous improvements in system design, test coverage, and operational procedures.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Software, Product, Operations, and Safety teams to support leadership decisions regarding unmanned deployment, city expansion, and operational scaling.

Skills

Systems thinking

Safety ownership

Cross-functional collaboration

Ambiguity handling

Education

Bachelor's or higher in CS/Software/Systems Eng

Tools

Safety validation tools

Simulation-based V&V

Job description

DiDi Autonomous Driving is seeking a Senior/Staff System Safety Engineer, Autonomy to lead safety strategy and deployment readiness of fully autonomous driving systems. You will define safety frameworks, release policies, and system-level processes to enable safe unmanned operation.

You will act as the technical safety lead, collaborating with Software, Product, Operations and Safety teams to guide deployment, city expansion, and scaling while ensuring compliance with safety standards and