Senior SOTIF Engineer

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:

Join our SW Systems and Safety - Behaviors & Autonomy Team, where we work at the forefront of autonomous trucking and L4 systems. Our team collaborates across safety, systems engineering, product, V&V, mapping, AI-ML, and SW teams to ensure that safety frameworks are met (e.g. FuSa, SOTIF, AI-Safety, etc.), reducing functional and behavioral insufficiencies and ensuring a robust autonomous vehicle platform. We are seeking a Senior SOTIF Engineer with a strong knowledge of Functional Safety (ISO 26262), SOTIF (ISO 21448), AI Safety (ISO-PAS 8800), AV Safety Case (UL 4600). etc., and passionate about safety-critical SW systems, risk assessment, and verification & validation strategies. In this role, you will lead safety critical initiatives and safety assessments, risk analyses, and safety improvements with close collaboration with our AI-ML and SW development teams, helping shape the future of autonomous trucking technology.

What You'll Be Doing: 

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, design teams, AI-ML engineers, and SW Devs 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

• Interact with AI-ML engineers and SW Developers to ensure the safety of Torc solutions

• 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), ISO-PAS 8800 (Safety and AI), 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