Senior Safety Management & Assurance Lead - Autonomous Driving

As ADMT, we develop and realize fully autonomous mobility and transportation services. Our mission is to make mobility-and transportation-as-a-service safe, accessible and most attractive for society. For that, we cover the entire ground from strategy and business development, software development and end-2-end integration, fleet operations to next-generation self-driving systems. Being the driver in Volkswagen Group initiative for mobility solutions, we’re an integral part of Volkswagen Group's future success.

Brief Role Description

The Safety Case Engineer is responsible for developing, maintaining, and defending the safety case for Level 4 autonomous driving systems, including Voluntary Safety Self-Assessment (VSSA). The role ensures that safety arguments are complete, consistent, and supported by credible evidence across development and operations. The Safety Case Engineer works closely with systems, software, validation, and operations teams to ensure safety claims accurately reflect system behavior and limitations. This role collaborates with the global development and supports safety acceptance decisions by the Director of Safety and plays a critical role in demonstrating safety to internal leadership, regulators, and external assessors.

Possible Tasks within this Role

Safety Case & VSSA Development

• Develop, structure, and maintain system-level safety cases for Level 4 autonomous driving systems embedded and alongside the global MOIA organization
• Collaborate with global team for structure, content, and evolution of system safety cases, including claims, arguments, assumptions, and supporting evidence.
• Author and maintain Vehicle Safety Safety Assessments (VSSA) in line with regulatory expectations
• Define safety goals, claims, assumptions, and argument structures
• Ensure safety cases remain current with system changes, feature updates, and ODD expansions

Safety Evidence & Traceability

• Identify, collect, and assess safety evidence across hardware, software, simulation, validation, and operations, and curate and justify the sufficiency, credibility, and consistency of that evidence to support system-level safety arguments across the lifecycle.
• Ensure traceability between hazards, safety requirements, mitigations, and supporting evidence
• Review safety analyses, test results, and operational data for inclusion in the safety case
• Assess completeness, consistency, and credibility of safety evidence

Lifecycle & Change Management

• Integrate safety case activities into the development lifecycle and release processes
• Perform safety impact assessments for design changes, software updates, and new operational scenarios
• Support go/no-go decisions by providing safety case readiness assessments
• Ensure safety arguments remain valid throughout development, deployment, and operation

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with systems engineering, validation, fleet operations, and safety teams
• Provide guidance on safety case expectations and evidence needs to contributing teams
• Review and challenge inputs to ensure technical rigor and safety integrity
• Support internal reviews and management safety assessments

Regulatory & External Interface

• Support regulatory submissions, reviews, and audits related to safety cases and VSSA
• Prepare safety case material for engagement with authorities and external assessors
• Address questions, findings, and feedback from regulators or independent reviewers

Track evolving regulatory expectations for safety case and VSSA content

Qualification requirements

Years of Relevant Experience

• 7+ years of experience developing, maintaining, or reviewing safety cases for safety-critical systems
• Experience working with autonomous driving, ADAS, or other complex, software-intensive systems
• Exposure to system safety analyses and safety assurance activities across the development lifecycle
• Experience supporting regulatory assessments, audits, or safety approvals

 

Education Requirements

Required

Desired

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Safety Management, Transportation, or a related field

• Master’s degree in Engineering, Safety Management, Transportation, or a related field

• Formal training in functional safety, system safety, or safety assurance is a plus

 

Skills