Meet the Team:

Join our Product Engineering Team, where we are dedicated to ensuring safe and reliable autonomous trucking systems. Our team works across hardware, software, and systems engineering to implement industry-leading functional safety practices. We are looking for a Staff Functional Safety Engineer to lead risk assessments, safety requirement development, and architecture evaluations to help us drive the future of safe and efficient autonomous trucking technology.

What You’ll Do:

As a Staff Functional Safety Engineer, you will play a critical role in ensuring compliance with ISO 26262, leading functional safety analyses, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to implement safety mechanisms across autonomous vehicle platforms.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work closely with the Functional Safety Manager and engineering teams to implement and fulfill functional safety requirements.
• Lead functional safety evaluations, guiding teams to achieve an acceptable safety level in system design.
• Identify areas for improvement within system and software designs and collaborate with design teams to implement safety enhancements.
• Support and conduct Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessments (HARA) to define and refine safety goals.
• Perform and train engineers in key safety analysis techniques, including Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), and Dependent Failure Analysis (DFA).
• Lead safety requirement derivation, ensuring system architectures and designs meet safety concepts and best practices.
• Design and implement safety mechanisms to detect and mitigate system faults.
• Support the creation and review of all functional safety work products, including:
• Item Definition
• Safety Plans
• Risk Assessments
• Safety Concepts
• Test Cases and Validation Strategies
• Ensure all functional safety processes align with ISO 26262 and other applicable standards.

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 7+ years relevant experience.
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, or equivalent with 10+ years relevant experience.

• Strong knowledge of automotive, heavy-duty trucks, or aerospace industries with a focus on functional safety.
• Expertise in ISO 26262 or IEC 61508 and demonstrated experience in applying these standards to complex safety-critical systems.
• Strong systems engineering experience, preferably in automotive software and hardware safety.
• Highly organized, able to handle multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining strong attention to detail.
• Excellent time management skills, with the ability to prioritize effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across technical and leadership teams.
• Self-motivated and proactive, with the ability to drive safety initiatives and influence design improvements.
• Ability to work in a dynamic environment, adapting to ambiguous and rapidly evolving challenges.
• Commitment to ethical handling of sensitive and confidential information with professionalism and impartiality.

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