Functional Safety Manager
Santa ClaraHybridFull-time
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Functional Safety Manager at PlusAI defines functional safety goals, conducts HARA and FMEA reviews, and collaborates with engineering teams to ensure autonomous truck systems meet safety and quality standards.
About this role
PlusAI is a Physical AI company pioneering AI-based virtual driver software for factory-built autonomous trucks. Headquartered in Silicon Valley with operations in the United States and Europe, Plus was named by Fast Company as one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies. Partners including TRATON GROUP’s Scania, MAN, and International brands, Hyundai Motor Company, Iveco Group, Bosch, and DSV are working with Plus to accelerate the deployment of next-generation autonomous trucks. If you’re ready to make a huge impact and drive the future of autonomy, Plus is looking for talented individuals to join its fast-growing teams.
Plus is looking for a functional safety manager specializing in vehicle embedded control software systems. In this role, you will directly influence how our autonomous system achieves higher levels of autonomy with robustness and industry leading safety. You will be responsible for collecting and analyzing customer requirements and defining the functional safety goals for the autonomous system. You will conduct various safety reviews, evaluating the design robustness across the defined operating scenarios and conditions that our trucks can encounter. Additionally, this role interacts with various engineering teams to maintain interfaces and refine requirements for software systems.
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Automotive Systems DevelopmentECUEmbedded Control SoftwareFMEAFMEDAHARAISO 21448ISO 26262Requirements Management (Jama / Polarion / DOORS)UL 4600
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