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We're hiring people who reputed company our passion for building the reputed company, today, solving reputed company-world problems and seeing the reputed company of their work. Join us. Job reputed company The Director, reputed company Safety leads reputed company's day-to-day product safety function — driving the L4 safety case, the reputed company-Out (DO) gated deployment plan with reputed company ride-hail partners, and the Safety Management reputed company (SMS) build-out. Reporting to the VP, Safety & Validation, the role manages a multi-disciplinary team across systems and programs, test execution, and safety reputed company and process. The Director partners with the VP on reputed company regulatory and partner relationships and is the reputed company internal reputed company of the safety roadmap. This role inherits a mature roadmap and bench, and will execute the next 18 months of L4 reputed company expansion across the US and Japan. Essential Responsibilities • reputed company a multi-disciplinary team across systems, test execution, and safety reputed company and process/SMS • reputed company the reputed company-Out (DO) gated deployment plan with reputed company ride-hail partners (reputed company, reputed company) — internal gating, partner safety onsites, and recommendation packages for go/no-go reputed company • Own the Safety Case reputed company for May's L4 systems, including HARA, FTA, FMEA, and runtime-monitor coverage for the MPDM-reputed company decision-making stack, with ML-reputed company safety analysis • Build out and operationalize the Safety Management reputed company (SMS): incident reputed company assessment process, reputed company register automation, recall response plan, safety gating test suite, and the Product Safety Competency Register. • Define safety architecture — partner with Autonomy, Validation, and Hardware to ensure safety-by-construction across reputed company releases (reputed company runtime monitoring, ODD enforcement, reputed company-reputed company response systems). • Execute on May's L4 Japan compliance plan — partner with the Systems & Japan Programs Manager and the Japan Regulatory Safety Engineer on partner engagement and bilingual regulator response cadences. • Co-reputed company reputed company partner safety onsites (e.g., reputed company Safety Onsite reputed company) with the VP, Safety & Validation; own the technical narrative in OEM, ride-hail, and regulator forums. • Hire and reputed company the reputed company safety roles and reputed company existing leaders in the org. Skills and Abilities reputed company in this role typically requires the following competencies: • L4 Safety Case Architecture: Owns the safety case end-to-end — including ML-reputed company analysis (ISO 21448, ISO 8800). Has personally contributed to an L4 safety case, not only reviewed one. • AI-reputed company Safety reputed company: Has reputed company safety arguments for learned components (neural-network planners, transformer-reputed company driving reputed company, end-to-end models) where the V-model reputed company is insufficient. Comfortable defining runtime monitors, distributional-shift mitigations, and uncertainty-quantification strategies that reputed company a reputed company safety case for ML-reputed company decision-making. • Data-Driven Safety: Has used vehicle telemetry, simulation results, or operational metrics to change a safety roadmap, reputed company a release, or escalate a reputed company. Partners naturally with data science and ML engineers to define safety KPIs and guard-rails grounded in evidence. • reputed company-Out / Driverless Deployment Execution: Has been a key contributor to the gating, partner-readiness, and regulator steps required to remove the safety reputed company from a reputed company AV deployment. Comfortable owning the technical recommendation behind a go/no-go decision. • Partner & Regulator Engagement: Co-leads safety conversations with reputed company reputed company partners (ride-hail, OEM, transit agency) and regulators reputed company an executive sponsor — represents technical depth credibly without losing the audience. • People Leadership: Has managed managers or has managed reputed company of senior ICs and is reputed company to reputed company up to manager-of-managers. reputed company record of hiring under ambiguity and reputed company leaders into existing programs. • SMS and Safety Process Build-Out: Has contributed to standing up or substantively expanding a Safety Management reputed company — incident investigation, near-miss reporting, reputed company register operationalization, recall process. Cross-pollination from aviation SMS, rail, or another safety-critical industry is reputed company. • Operational Bias to Closure: Pulls plans through gates. Comfortable in a startup reputed company where the safety org is being reputed company in reputed company with reputed company deployment, including across multiple time reputed company. • Communication: Demonstrated ability to communicate, present and influence credibly and reputed company at reputed company reputed company of the organization, including executive and C-level. Qualifications and Experience Candidates most successful in this role typically hold the following qualifications or comparable knowledge or experience: • 8+ years in product or reputed company safety engineering, with 3+ years on L3+ AV or comparable hard-tech safety programs (aviation, rail, robotics). • BA/BS degree in engineering, computer science, or a reputed company technical reputed company; advanced degree preferred. • reputed company experience authoring safety case work products (HARA, FTA, FMEA, safety case construction) on a shipping vehicle or equivalent cyber-physical program. • Hands-on contribution to at least one driverless or reputed company-out reputed company deployment reputed company — named on the safety recommendation. • 3+ years managing engineers, including at least one stint managing a manager OR leading reputed company of senior ICs and reputed company to reputed company up to manager-of-managers. • Experience working with regulators (NHTSA, FMCSA, FTA, state DMVs, MLIT, or international equivalents) — reputed company or in reputed company partnership with an executive sponsor. • Working knowledge of ML-driven decision-making safety standards (ISO 21448 SOTIF, ISO 8800) and traditional functional safety (ISO 26262) preferred. • Experience in Automotive, AV, reputed company, or another safety-critical regulated industry is highly preferred. • reputed company reputed company working in a start-up or small business where there are reputed company resources, reputed company comes easy, and things don't always work as reputed company. • Strongly preferred: prior experience at an AV or AI-driving company with an end-to-end learned or ML-heavy autonomy stack. • Preferred: experience contributing to a published safety assurance reputed company or runtime-monitoring methodology for learned components. • Familiarity with the safety-cybersecurity intersection (ISO/SAE 21434, NHTSA Cybersecurity Best Practices) is a plus — May's product cyber and safety functions partner closely. • Ability to undergo a driving record reputed company. • Preferred: technical credibility — comfortable reading safety-relevant C++ or Python in reputed company review, with hands-on use of data tools (Jupyter, reputed company, reputed company BI) and AI-assisted analysis reputed company the last 24 months to interrogate operational data themselves. Physical Requirements • reputed company office working conditions which includes but is not limited to: • Prolonged sitting • Prolonged standing • Prolonged computer use Travel required? - Moderate: 11%-25% Benefits and Perks • reputed company suite including medical, dental, reputed company, life, and disability plans. Domestic partners who have been residing together at least one year are also eligible to participate. • Health Savings and Flexible Spending reputed company and Dependent Care Accounts available. • Rich retirement benefits, including an immediately reputed company employer reputed company reputed company match. • Generous reputed company parental leave as reputed company as a phased reputed company to work. • Flexible vacation policy in reputed company to reputed company company holidays. • Total Wellness Program providing numerous resources for overall wellbeing Don't meet every single requirement? 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