SOTIF Engineer

Expleo Group

SOTIF Engineer in Automotive & Transportation Cybersecurity providing SOTIF engineering services in a dynamic team. Contributing to ISO 21448 processes and interacting with cutting-edge technologies.

Posted 5/12/2026full-time🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide SOTIF engineering services to our clients in accordance with ISO 21448 across the applicable lifecycle phases. You will:
- Contribute to Item Definition with focus on intended functionality, ODD, and system limitations
- Perform SOTIF hazard identification and triggering condition analysis
- Develop and maintain SOTIF Hazard Log and scenario classification (Known Safe/Unsafe/Unknown Unsafe)
- Define and document risk reduction measures for functional insufficiencies
- Develop and support verification and validation (V&V) strategy for SOTIF scenarios
- Define scenario-based validation approach, coverage metrics, and acceptance criteria
- Support residual risk evaluation and SOTIF safety case argumentation
- Ensure traceability of SOTIF activities within customer-approved tools

Requirements

What you’ll need

Educated to undergraduate or post-graduate in a relevant subject
Practical project experience applying ISO 21448
Strong understanding of interaction with ISO 26262
Experience in ADAS/AD systems (camera, radar, sensor fusion, perception limitations)
Strong competence in verification & validation, including:
- Scenario-based testing
- Simulation and proving ground validation
- Edge case identification
- Validation coverage definition
- Statistical confidence and residual risk justification
Ability to develop structured safety documentation and technical arguments
Experience working in requirements and traceability tools (e.g. JAMA)
Practical knowledge in comms protocol (e.g. CAN, LIN, ETH)
A minimum of 6 to 8 years’ experience working in Automotive Engineering, with at least 3 in SOTIF

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Pension scheme
Flexible working hours

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Hard Skills & Tools

SOTIF engineeringISO 21448hazard identificationrisk reduction measuresverification and validationscenario-based testingsimulation validationedge case identificationstatistical confidencesafety documentation

Soft Skills

structured documentationtechnical argumentation