System Safety Engineer

About the role

As a System Safety Engineer, you will help build the safety organization for driverless autonomous vehicle operations. You will look at the full socio-technical system end to end, model its dependencies, identify operational risks, and support well-founded safety decisions using methods such as FTA, FMEA, STPA, and Bow-Tie analysis.

What you'll do

• Model the overall operational system — including vehicle, remote center, hub management, service, and development — as a system of systems, with a strong focus on risks at interfaces.
• Conduct systematic hazard identification and risk analysis at system level, using methods such as FTA, FMEA, STPA, HAZOP, and Bow-Tie.
• Review and assess safety evidence and argumentation structures, including safety cases, safety concepts, and HARA, as part of vehicle acceptance into fleet operations.
• Evaluate the safety impact of software releases and new operational configurations.
• Maintain the operational Risk Dossier, prepare Safety Risk Acceptability decisions, and track mitigations through to closure.

What you'll need

• Experience in safety-critical environments, such as functional safety, system safety, or operational safety in complex, software-driven systems, including autonomous vehicles, robotics, aviation, rail, or similar domains.
• Strong systems thinking and the ability to model interdisciplinary systems of systems and analyze their interactions.
• Hands-on experience with system-level safety analysis methods such as FTA, FMEA, STPA, HAZOP, or Bow-Tie — beyond component-level analysis.
• A structured, process-oriented mindset and strong attention to detail.
• The ability to balance safety, operational continuity, and regulatory expectations.
• A high sense of responsibility, integrity, and ownership for safety.
• Fluent English skills; German skills are beneficial.

Nice to have

• Understanding of Level 4 autonomous driving architectures, operational design domains, and human-machine interaction in operational contexts.
• Experience in operational safety, incident response, or fleet operations within a regulated environment.
• Experience supporting regulatory assessments, audits, or safety approvals.
• The ability to synthesize complex technical information into coherent safety arguments for both technical and non-technical audiences.

What they offer

• Competitive salary including bonus
• Hybrid work setup with flexibility to work from home or offices
• 30 vacation days, sabbatical and unpaid leave option
• Fully subsidized public transport ticket and MOIA ride discounts
• Learning environment with continuous learning days, trainings, coaching, and conferences
• Mental health support and 1:1 sessions with external professionals