Responsibilities Develop and assess our partner’s safety cases for vehicle platforms including driving technical safety requirements and processes based on AV industry standards and technical best practices, including UL 4600, ISO 26262 - Functional Safety, and ISO 21448 - SOTIF

Support onsite and offsite evaluation of outside partner companies’ AV safety programs. Conduct technical engineering audits, testing, assessments, and evaluations, and document thoroughly with engineering reports

Conduct onsite public-road and closed-course engineering testing and analysis to quantify safety readiness, safety incident investigation, risk, compliance and safety decision making

Utilize Quantified Risk Management (QRM) tools and methods (FMEDA, DFMEA, FTA and DFA) to conduct quantified technical risk assessments for potential safety issues with partner companies’ vehicles, operation, and cybersecurity systems

Develop and monitor vehicle performance and risk metrics, along with other technical considerations, to support grounding, pausing, and return to operation of partner vehicles on the Lyft platform

Be an active participant in autonomous vehicle safety process development, working closely with both Business and Legal teams in supporting functionality definition from a safety perspective

Support our partners’ complex safety incident investigations, drive resolution, and help to create and maintain appropriately documented incident and issue reports

Ensure Lyft’s AV platforms meet FMVSS regulations, state codes, reporting and other applicable standards, regulations, and orders

Maintain exhaustive “source-of-truth” list of technical safety audit and assessment, testing, risk, and compliance requirements

Conduct technical engineering reviews and audits to evaluate compliance to tech requirements for new and existing products and processes

Create and maintain documentation of safety assessments, risk decisions, and compliance

Work with Legal Compliance office to coordinate tech compliance with operational and reporting compliance

Occasional domestic travel, sometimes short notice

Experience 5+ years of experience in a relevant field such as Systems engineering, ADAS/ADK design and development, Sensor (RADAR/LIDAR/Camera) design and development or Functional safety engineering

Direct Experience in AV functional safety and SOTIF approaches & related V&V methodology

Detailed experience with the Validation and Verification of complex autonomous systems

Experience with emerging EU/UK homologation regulations as applied to autonomous vehicles and ADS/ADK equipment

Technical Skills and Knowledge

Detailed, hands-on experience in the following areas

Systems engineering and architecture of complex systems.

Comprehensive knowledge and experience with designing, executing and analyzing the results from validation and verification testing. Data Analysis and reporting skills to effectively extract conclusions from data sets is a plus.

Knowledge of and demonstrated hands on experience with UL 4600, ISO 26262, 21448, IEC 61508 and other industry standards

Safety Analysis methodologies – Proficiency in performing and guiding teams on HARA, FMEA, Fault Tree Analysis, Hazard Operability Study

Experience with requirements management, traceability and decomposition. Demonstrated knowledge with JAMA

Soft Skills and Leadership

Leadership - Documented evidence of technical leadership of safety teams and junior engineers. Must be capable of driving safety initiatives with internal and external stakeholders including senior personnel.

Communication – Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Must be able to articulate complex safety concepts with a diverse cross functional team that may be non-technical.

Collaboration & Teamwork – Ability to work in a very fast paced environment and be able to guide and influence other team members.

Problem Solving – Strong analytical and reasoning abilities and the ability to apply these to identify hazards and develop mitigation strategies

Attention to Detail - Meticulous approach to documentation, analysis and verification to ensure compliance.

Required: Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, Systems, Automotive or Computer)

Preferred: Master’s degree in relevant engineering discipline

Benefits Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options with additional programs available when enrolled

Mental health benefits

Family building benefits

Child care and pet benefits

401(k) plan to help save for your future

In addition to 12 observed holidays, salaried team members have discretionary paid time off, hourly team members have 15 days paid time off

18 weeks of paid parental leave. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible

Subsidized commuter benefits

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Lyft is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workplace that fosters belonging. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, age, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by law. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Lyft highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. This role will be in-office on a hybrid schedule — Team Members will be expected to work in the office 3 days per week on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Lyft considers working in the office at least 3 days per week to be an essential function of this hybrid role. Your recruiter can share more information about the various in-office perks Lyft offers. Additionally, hybrid roles have the flexibility to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per year. #Hybrid The expected base pay range for this position in the San Francisco area is $148,000 - $185,000. Salary ranges are dependent on a variety of factors, including qualifications, experience and geographic location. Range is not inclusive of potential equity offering, bonus or benefits. Your recruiter can share more information about the salary range specific to your working location and other factors during the hiring process. Total compensation is dependent on a variety of factors, including qualifications, experience, and geographic location. Your recruiter can share more information about the salary range specific to your working location and other factors during the hiring process.

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