Zoox is seeking a Senior Operational Safety Engineer/Operational Safety Engineering Manager to lead day-to-day activities related to managing operational safety risks, ensuring a rigorous, disciplined, risk-based approach across multiple teams including Software, Operations, Vehicle Engineering, Safety Design, Hardware, and Legal.
Requirements
- Demonstrated expertise in safety risk management (qualitative and quantitative) to inform decision making
- Ability to manage incidents on-call with poise and professionalism
- Working experience in transportation safety, the automotive industry or the autonomous driving technology industry
- Technical expertise in one or more of the following areas: AI (planning, prediction, perception, etc.), ADAS development, or software safety-critical systems
- Familiarity with applicable industry safety standards such as MIL-STD-882, ISO 26262, ISO 21448 PAS, etc.
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage discussions around potential safety concerns that are raised to the Operational Safety Team, driving toward decisive next steps.
- Partner with the Safety Learnings Engineer and others cross-functionally to develop and implement pragmatic requirements or solutions. Work closely with the Safety TPM to ensure safety learnings are fully implemented.
- Continuously look to improve existing Operational and Field Safety processes, including communications, escalation, and resolution.
- Be part of the on-call incident management process and support other operational safety initiatives.
- Assist with formal reviews of the Operational Safety program with executive leadership and present data findings and areas of improvement.
Other
- BS degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related field with at least 8 years of experience working with safety-critical systems, or a combination of experience and education
- Strong communication skills (written and verbal), ability to multitask and manage discussions with different viewpoints
- Motivated self-starter with a track record of leading safety initiatives/process development, gaining stakeholder consensus, and always looking to improve on the status quo
