- Robot type
- Autonomous Vehicle
- Location
- Ann ArborMichiganUSA
- Job type
- Hardware
- Posted
- Oct 30, 2026
- Salary
- $153,200–$183,800 a year
Functional Safety Manager
Job description
This role is responsible for driving the execution framework that enables the safe, scalable deployment of autonomous capabilities across multiple platforms and operational domains. As autonomy systems increase in complexity, this position ensures that safety, systems engineering, validation, and operational readiness activities are planned, integrated, and executed with the rigor required for safety-critical systems.
Working across engineering, functional safety, systems engineering, autonomy, hardware, software, and operations, the Functional Safety Manager provides the structure, governance, and visibility needed to deliver safety-critical capabilities from concept through deployment.
Job responsibilities
- Lead planning and execution of safety-critical initiatives across the autonomous vehicle lifecycle, ensuring alignment between product roadmaps, safety goals, and deployment milestones.
- Establish and maintain traceability between hazards, safety requirements, system requirements, verification activities, validation evidence, and release decisions.
- Coordinate cross-functional safety activities including hazard analysis, safety assessments, safety case development, and operational readiness reviews.
- Drive integrated verification and validation planning across simulation, test environments, closed-course testing, and field operations to support evidence-based deployment decisions.
- Manage program risks, technical dependencies, and change impacts across systems, software, hardware, perception, localization, controls, and operational teams.
- Monitor safety and program metrics, proactively identifying issues that could impact system performance, safety objectives, regulatory compliance, or delivery commitments.
- Facilitate executive reviews and technical governance forums, providing clear visibility into program health, residual risk, and safety readiness.
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