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About the role
The Director, System Safety leads May Mobility's day-to-day product safety function — driving the L4 safety case, the Driver-Out (DO) gated deployment plan with strategic ride-hail partners, and the Safety Management System (SMS) build-out. Reporting to the VP, Safety & Validation, the role manages a multi-disciplinary team across systems and programs, test execution, and safety risk and process.
What they're looking for
- L4 Safety Case Architecture: Owns the safety case end-to-end — including ML-aware analysis (ISO 21448, ISO 8800). Has personally contributed to an L4 safety case, not only reviewed one
- People Leadership: Has managed managers or has managed a team of senior ICs and is ready to step up to manager-of-managers. Track record of hiring under ambiguity and onboarding leaders into existing programs
- Operational Bias to Closure: Pulls plans through gates. Comfortable in a startup pace where the safety org is being built in parallel with commercial deployment, including across multiple time zones
- Communication: Demonstrated ability to communicate, present and influence credibly and efficiently at all levels of the organization, including executive and C-level
- 8+ years in product or system safety engineering, with 3+ years on L3+ AV or comparable hard-tech safety programs (aviation, rail, robotics)
- BA/BS degree in engineering, computer science, or a related technical field, advanced degree preferred
More about this role
May Mobility is transforming cities through autonomous technology to create a safer, greener, more accessible world. Based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, May develops and deploys autonomous vehicles (AVs) powered by our innovative Multi-Policy Decision Making (MPDM) technology that literally reimagines the way AVs think.
Our vehicles do more than just drive themselves - they provide value to communities, bridge public transit gaps and move people where they need to go safely, easily and with a lot more fun. We’re building the world’s best autonomy system to reimagine transit by minimizing congestion, expanding access and encouraging better land use in order to foster more green, vibrant and livable spaces. Since our founding in 2017, we’ve given more than 500,000 autonomous rides to real people around the globe. And we’re just getting started. We’re hiring people who share our passion for building the future, today, solving real-world problems and seeing the impact of their work. Join us.
The Director, System Safety leads May Mobility's day-to-day product safety function — driving the L4 safety case, the Driver-Out (DO) gated deployment plan with strategic ride-hail partners, and the...
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