Munich Hybrid

FERNRIDE is hiring a Staff Systems Engineer - System Safety

About the Role

Lead the development and implementation of system safety strategies for complex autonomous vehicle platforms, ensuring adherence to industry safety standards and regulatory requirements throughout the product lifecycle.

Responsibilities

  • Define and manage system safety goals and requirements for vehicle automation systems
  • Conduct hazard analysis and risk assessments to identify potential failure modes
  • Develop safety concepts and architectural solutions to mitigate identified risks
  • Support functional safety audits and certification processes
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate safety into system design
  • Create and maintain safety documentation including FMEAs, DFMEAs, and safety cases
  • Ensure compliance with ISO 26262 and other relevant safety standards
  • Lead safety reviews and technical assessments across development phases
  • Evaluate system-level safety performance through testing and simulation
  • Guide safety validation strategies for hardware and software components
  • Interface with external safety auditors and regulatory bodies
  • Support root cause analysis for safety-related incidents or test failures
  • Maintain traceability between safety requirements and system implementation
  • Advise on safety implications of design changes and system updates
  • Mentor junior engineers in safety engineering best practices
  • Drive continuous improvement in safety processes and tools

Compensation

Competitive salary and benefits package

Work Arrangement

Hybrid work model with flexible scheduling options

Team

Collaborative engineering team focused on autonomous driving systems development

Why This Role Matters

  • Autonomous vehicle systems require rigorous safety engineering to ensure public trust and operational reliability. This role directly shapes how safety is embedded into the core architecture of self-driving technology, influencing both product design and regulatory compliance.
  • You will play a central role in certifying systems that operate without human drivers, making technical decisions that impact real-world safety outcomes.

Our Technology Approach

  • We build modular, scalable autonomy systems that integrate with various vehicle platforms. Safety is designed in from the earliest concept stages, using formal methods and iterative validation.
  • Our architecture emphasizes redundancy, fault tolerance, and clear safety boundaries to support deployment in complex urban environments.

Available for qualified candidates

About company
FERNRIDE
At FERNRIDE, we believe in a future where robotics unlocks human potential to create a better world. Yet today, humans still perform repetitive, risky tasks to keep our world running. These jobs, essential yet unattractive, should be performed by robots, which still fall short. We are on a mission to change that and transform critical industries through human-centric automation. FERNRIDE delivers a comprehensive ground autonomy platform to offer scalable automation solutions across industries. They span from container terminals and yard operations via defence logistics to open-road trucking. By combining AI-powered autonomy with human oversight and modular, vehicle-agnostic hardware, we enable businesses and defence organizations to harness the full potential of automation, driving efficiency and safety. FERNRIDE was founded in 2019 following 10 years of research at the Technical University of Munich and currently has 50 employees. We are setting the standard for autonomous logistics and advancing Europe’s technological sovereignty by delivering the first-ever fully certified autonomous trucking system in Europe in 2025.
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Job Details
Department Quantum Systems Land Domain
Category other
Posted 3 days ago