Test Safety Engineer

torcrobotics; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Torc Robotics is seeking a Safety Engineer to advance operational safety for autonomous trucks. You will drive safety concepts, develop and maintain test safety processes, and lead risk assessments with internal teams.

The role includes documenting safety plans, coordinating with product, design and maintenance, and supporting safety analyses across the development lifecycle. Applicants should have a technical degree and 4+ years of experience in safety disciplines, with knowledge of

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a technical field plus 4+ years of experience.
• Knowledge of automotive/heavy-duty trucks or aerospace domains.
• Experience with safety analyses (HARA, DFMEA, FTA, STPA).
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.
• Experience with safety requirement documentation and review.

Responsibilities

• Drive, perform and maintain Operational Safety concepts and related work products.
• Develop and maintain test safety processes for software releases and testing.
• Lead safety risk assessments with internal stakeholders.
• Develop and document operational safety plans and requirements.
• Collaborate with product management, design, service, and maintenance on safety design.
• Support development and maintenance of testing procedures for autonomous vehicles.
• Provide data analyses to support safety cases for ADS platforms.
• Develop metrics to track operational safety during testing.
• Evaluate safety results and create risk mitigation plans.
• Support accident/incident response and root cause analyses.
• Review system specs, test plans, and change proposals for safety impact.
• Prepare presentations and reports for safety boards and reviews.
• Perform safety analyses (FMEA, DFMEA, FTA, STPA) and contribute to risk reduction.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure safety is integral to development.

Skills

Systems engineering

Hazard and risk assessment

DFMEA/FTA/STPA

Safety analysis

Root cause analysis

Project management

Requirements management (JAMA)

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science/Robotics/Electrical Engineering

Master's in related field (preferred)

Tools

JAMA

ROS

Python

C++

Job description

About the Company

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

Support Torc's Test Safety program by collaborating with product development, engineering, Safety and Regulatory and fleet operation teams to perform Operational Safety Analysis and monitor, assess, and improve the safe testing of Autonomous Driving System (ADS)-equipped heavy trucks.

What You'll Do

• 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 driver 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 across stakeholders to ensure test safety is integral to all autonomous development testing and operations.

What You'll Need to Succeed

• 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), Design Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (DFMEA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) and/or Systems Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA).
• Critical/logical thinking to identify problems and provide solutions to ensure efficiency, safety, and quality.
• Exceptional problem-solving skills, able to identify root causes in complex integrated systems.
• Experience in project management, vehicle program management, product development life cycle, and project planning.
• Experience with requirements management tools (such as JAMA) and framework to document, review, and approve safety requirements.
• Strong interpersonal skills and oral and written communication skills.
• Detail oriented, reliable, and self-motivated.
• Ability to work in an environment of ambiguity and ongoing change.
• Ability to thrive in a face-paced environment with quickly changing business needs.
• Ability to ethically handle sensitive and confidential information with impartiality and professionalism.

Bonus Points

• Experience performing systematic and comprehensive assessments on the system architecture, integrated design, software, support equipment, and installation of the subsystems, and experiments to ensure that relevant safety requirements are met.
• Experience with robotics, autonomous vehicle operations, or systems integration of complex electro-mechanical systems desired
• Experience with ROS is preferred.
• Programming experience in C++ and Python is desired.
• Demonstrated safety engineering analyses.
• Vehicle program support and root cause analysis for v