Senior, Systems Engineer - SOTIF

Meet the Team:

Join our Product Engineering Team, where we work at the forefront of autonomous trucking safety. Our team collaborates across functional safety, systems engineering, and design teams to ensure that SOTIF targets are met, reducing functional insufficiencies and ensuring a robust autonomous vehicle platform. We are seeking a Staff Systems Engineer who is experienced with SOTIF and passionate about safety-critical systems, risk assessment, and verification & validation strategies. In this role, you will lead SOTIF assessments, risk analyses, and safety improvements, helping shape the future of autonomous trucking technology.

What You’ll Do:

As a Senior SOTIF Engineer, you will play a key role in evaluating and enhancing the safety and reliability of autonomous trucking systems. You will work with functional safety engineers, system engineers, and design teams to ensure that SOTIF acceptance criteria are met and that autonomous systems operate safely and effectively under all conditions.

• Work closely with functional safety and system engineers to ensure SOTIF targets are achieved in autonomous vehicle development.
• Lead SOTIF evaluations and guide engineers to meet SOTIF acceptance criteria.
• Identify functional insufficiencies and triggering conditions, providing risk assessment (HIRE analysis) and safety improvements.
• Define areas for design improvement and collaborate with design teams to refine system specifications.
• Evaluate the completeness of design specifications to ensure they meet SOTIF maturity standards.
• Derive acceptance criteria for S>0, C>0 analysis and lead discussions on necessary functional modifications.
• Develop verification and validation targets for known and unknown safety scenarios.
• Support SOTIF-related operational strategies, ensuring the safe deployment of autonomous vehicles.
• Communicate SOTIF achievement metrics and risk assessments to management and key stakeholders.
• Collaborate with systems design and architecture teams to ensure SOTIF considerations are integrated into autonomous trucking specifications.

What You’ll Need to Succeed:

• Demonstrates competences and technical proficiencies typically acquired through:
  • Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, or equivalent with 3+ years relevant experience.
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, or equivalent with 6+ years relevant experience.  

• Strong knowledge of automotive, heavy-duty truck, or aerospace products and industries.
• Expertise in ISO 21448 (SOTIF) and ISO 26262 (Functional Safety) with a proven track record of applying these standards in complex engineering environments.
• Excellent project management and leadership skills, with the ability to drive safety initiatives across cross-functional teams.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to assess risks, derive safety requirements, and define verification & validation strategies.
• Highly organized and capable of handling multiple projects in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across engineering teams and leadership.
• Detail-oriented, self-motivated, and able to work independently while also leading discussions and influencing stakeholders.
• Comfortable working in an environment of ambiguity and rapid change, with the ability to quickly adapt and make informed safety decisions.
• Ability to ethically handle sensitive and confidential information with impartiality and professionalism.

Perks of Being a Full-time Torc’r

Torc cares about our team members and we strive to provide benefits and resources to support their health, work/life balance, and future. Our culture is collaborative, energetic, and team focused. Torc offers:

• A competitive compensation package that includes a bonus component and stock options
• 100% paid medical, dental, and vision premiums for full-time employees
• 401K plan with a 6% employer match
• Flexibility in schedule and generous paid vacation (available immediately after start date)
• Company-wide holiday office closures
• AD+D and Life Insurance