Senior Product Safety Architect

May Mobility

Product safety architect designing L4 autonomous vehicle systems for May Mobility, which develops and deploys autonomous vehicles. Owning safety architecture, analyses, requirements, and safety cases.

Posted 8/18/2026full-timeAnn Arbor • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $125,000 - $160,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in defining and managing safety architecture for autonomous systems, with a strong focus on functional safety concepts, risk assessment, and compliance with UL 4600 and ISO 26262 standards. Proficient in collaborating across technical teams to ensure the successful delivery of safety-critical applications in autonomous vehicles.

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Safety Architecture DefinitionFunctional Safety ConceptsHARA, FMEA, FTA ApplicationAI/ML Safety Risk AssessmentAutonomous Vehicle System Architecture

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Hard Skills

Safety Requirements AllocationSystem DecompositionSafety Metrics DefinitionRequirements Capture and TraceabilityTechnical Safety ConceptsSafety Work Products CreationML Component Failure Mode AnalysisSafety Confirmation MeasuresRoot Cause AnalysisData-Backed Results Communication

Soft Skills

Effective CommunicationCollaboration with Technical TeamsProblem-SolvingInitiative and ActivationClarification of Ambiguous Requirements

Industry Keywords

UL 4600ISO 26262Autonomous VehiclesAdvanced RoboticsSafety-Critical ApplicationsSOTIF (ISO 21448)HARAFMEAFTADFA

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define and own the safety architecture for the Driver Out autonomous system
Establish system decomposition, safety mechanisms, and architectural constraints supporting UL 4600 safety case claims
Derive functional safety concepts and technical safety concepts from HARA outputs
Allocate safety requirements to perception, prediction, planning, actuation, and fallback components
Own and manage the UL 4600 and ISO 26262 safety plan and launch schedule
Identify AI/ML-specific safety risks and define architectural mitigations such as runtime monitors, confidence thresholds, and safe fallback behaviors
Collaborate with development teams across the safety plan to ensure on-time delivery of mature work products
Create, maintain, and review HARA, FSC, TSC, FTA, FMEA, SPFM/LFM, PMHF, and DFA safety work products
Extend safety analyses to ML component failure modes and ODD boundary conditions for L4 autonomous operation
Communicate with stakeholders to define technical, system, and safety requirements
Explain functional safety concepts to non-safety engineers
Plan and complete functional safety confirmation measures, audits, and assessments
Clarify and document ambiguous requirements and challenges
Communicate technical concepts, root cause analyses, challenges, solutions, and data-backed results
Work with technical and non-technical teams across software and hardware development, integration, testing, and validation

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline
7+ years of related work experience
At least 3 years in autonomous vehicle or advanced robotics system architecture
Demonstrable exposure to AI/ML safety challenges in safety-critical applications
Strong working knowledge and ability to apply HARA, FMEA, FTA, FMEDA, DFA, SOTIF (ISO 21448), AI safety risk assessment, and UL 4600 CAE safety case construction
Requirements capture and traceability
Safety metrics definition
System architecture decomposition and interface definition across AV subsystems
Understanding of software and hardware development life cycles, integration processes, and test/validation complexity
Ability to clarify and document fuzzy requirements and challenges
Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly and concisely, including root cause analysis and data-backed results
Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical people and teams
High level of initiative and activation; willingness to take on challenges beyond core responsibilities when needed
Standard office working conditions, including prolonged sitting, standing, and computer use
Minimal travel required: 1%-10%

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive healthcare suite including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability plans
Domestic partners residing together at least one year are eligible to participate in healthcare plans
Health Savings and Flexible Spending Healthcare and Dependent Care Accounts
Rich retirement benefits, including an immediately vested employer safe harbor match
Generous paid parental leave
Phased return to work
Flexible vacation policy
Paid company holidays
Total Wellness Program providing numerous resources for overall wellbeing