Safety Investigations Engineer, II

Torc Robotics is a leader in autonomous driving technology focused on developing software for automated trucks. The Safety Investigations Engineer will lead investigations of safety-related events, manage proactive identification of safety issues, and collaborate with various teams to ensure product safety and compliance.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and coordinate the investigation of potential safety concerns with key stakeholders, including but not limited to Torc Engineering and Fleet Operations
• Actively monitor the teams’ investigations as they identify trends, possible safety-related defects, and/or non-compliances
• Conduct thorough, data-driven, but timely, investigations to determine the scope, cause, and consequence of the issue, the root cause, and all potential corrective actions
• Actively track and manage identified issues from the onset of an investigation through its conclusion
• Conduct field inspections of post-event vehicles or in-service vehicles as necessary
• Provide recommendations to leadership and governance bodies on possible actions for the identified issues
• Provide timely notification to management of potential safety concerns based on the severity
• Monitor field fix performance for effectiveness and recommend additional actions as necessary
• Collaborate with the Safety Data and Analysis Director to identify and develop novel analytical methods and tools to facilitate the identification of concerns, support safety investigations and apply available analytics data to ongoing safety investigations and safety risk management
• Support the production data collection parameters and the review process required for safety performance monitoring and regulatory compliance
• Communicate with NHTSA and other Federal and State agencies about open investigations, and emerging issues
• Manage the regulatory reporting of safety defects and coordinate with our business partners

Requirements:

• Considered very skilled and proficient in discipline; conducts important work under minimal supervision and with latitude for independent judgment
• Demonstrates competences and technical proficiencies typically acquired through Bachelors Degree and 4+ years of experience or Masters Degree and 0-3+ years of experience
• Mentorship and training of other Engineers without supervisory duties, technical expert on key skillsets (EDR analysis, ADS compute logic etc.) and can train others on skills
• Role expansion to included Embedded Systems Cybersecurity Incident Response management, and knowledge of embedded systems software and architecture in the context of FUSA, SOTIF, and other areas relevant to software-based product failure analysis
• Ownership of key functions I.E. IERP, NHTSA response, etc. in a technical role including continuous improvement of processes and technical infrastructure, as well as socialization and training of said functions