Principal Safety Engineer

About the role

As a Principal Safety Engineer, you will be the technical authority for safety across our Autonomous Product. You will own the end-to-end safety case - from hazard identification and system design through to regulatory approval - ensuring our systems meet the highest standards of functional safety, SOTIF, and cybersecurity.

You will shape how safety is embedded across the organisation, influencing system architecture, engineering practices, and decision-making at every level. You will work closely with engineering, product, and regulatory stakeholders to define what "safe enough" means - and ensure it is rigorously achieved and demonstrated.

Main tasks and responsibilities:

• Own and maintain the system-level safety case for the ADS, covering ISO 26262, ISO 21448 (SOTIF), ISO/SAE 21434 and more.
• Lead hazard analysis (HARA), ODD definition, and safety architecture across different products.
• Define and drive verification and validation strategies for different deployments.
• Establish and govern safety processes, including safety reviews, KPIs, and release approvals to fleet.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory frameworks (e.g. UN WP.29, EU AV legislation) and support type approval readiness.
• Collaborate across teams to embed safety principles into system design, development, and deployment.

Experience with ML safety, explainability, or perception system robustness is nice to have.

About you:

• Extensive experience (10-12+ years) in automotive, robotics, or aerospace systems engineering, including leadership in safety-critical domains.
• Strong expertise in functional safety (ISO 26262), SOTIF (ISO 21448), and automotive cybersecurity (ISO/SAE 21434).
• Proven track record delivering safety cases and supporting certification or type approval for complex systems.
• Deep understanding of autonomous driving system architecture (perception, sensor fusion, planning, control).
• Proven record or familiarity with Safety conformity of end to end based Autonomous drive. e.g ISO/PAS 8800.
• Familiarity with tools such as DOORS, Polarion, Codebeamer, or similar requirements and safety tooling.