Senior Systems Safety Engineer - AD/ADAS Systems

Job description

**About Woven by Toyota** [Woven by Toyota](https://woven.toyota/en) is enabling Toyota’s once-in-a-century transformation into a mobility company. Inspired by a legacy of innovating for the benefit of others, our mission is to challenge the current state of mobility through human-centric innovation — expanding what “mobility” means and how it serves society. Our work centers on four pillars: AD/ADAS, our autonomous driving and advanced driver assist technologies; Arene, our software development platform for software-defined vehicles; Woven City, a test course for mobility; and Cloud & AI, the digital infrastructure powering our collaborative foundation. Business-critical functions empower these teams to execute, and together, we’re working toward one bold goal: a world with zero accidents and enhanced well-being for all. ========================================================================= ### TEAM Product Integrity We are the first-line of defense for safety + security + quality of AD/ADAS software at Woven by Toyota. Partnering with feature, systems, safety, cybersecurity and machine-learning teams, we turn prototypes into production-intent, standards-compliant software that can be trusted on public roads. Our mandate flows directly from Woven’s commitment to “zero accidents and enhanced well-being for all. ” ### WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR? A systems-minded safety engineer who can turn safety goals into a concrete, verifiable design that ships. You thrive at the intersection of system architecture and implementation: allocating safety requirements, defining technical safety concepts, and ensuring the right mechanisms, monitors, and validations exist in software to meet safety targets. This is a senior individual contributor role with deep hands-on engagement across AD/ADAS feature teams, Systems Engineering, V&V, and ML Safety. You bring rigor, traceability, and practical judgment to make our internal product demonstrably safe for mass production. ### RESPONSIBILITIES Description of the responsibility that this position will be in charge of - Allocate safety requirements (system → software component) with clear interfaces, state machines, timing/resource budgets, and acceptance criteria - Define and guide implementation of safety mechanisms (e.g., diagnostics, redundancy, watchdogs, plausibility checks, safety envelope monitors, degraded modes/safe states) and ensure their effectiveness is verified - Partner with V&V to design safety verification strategies (unit/integration/system/HIL/vehicle), derive objective pass/fail criteria and safety KPIs, and ensure evidence completeness for the Safety Case - Contribute evidence and risk assessments to the Safety Case and present rationale/evidence to internal/external stakeholders and auditors - Lead/participate in analyses (FMEA/FMEDA, FTA, interface hazard reviews, resource/timing analyses) and feed findings into design updates and confirmation measures - Collaborate tightly with Safety Architecture (for HARA/goal setting/ASIL decomposition), Systems Engineering (for architecture cohesion and ICDs), ML Safety (for data/ODD/monitoring strategies), and Cybersecurity (for safety–security co-engineering) - Drive change impact analysis for CRs, deviations, and waivers to preserve safety intent and traceability across releases - Conduct focused reviews on requirements, designs, and test plans to close gaps quickly ### MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS, EE, ME or related discipline - 5+ years in safety-critical automotive or aerospace systems in a production environment - Demonstrated ownership of technical safety concepts and requirement allocations that went to production ECUs - Deep, practical experience with ISO 26262 (esp. Parts 3–6) and familiarity with SOTIF (ISO 21448) - Hands-on collaboration with V&V, including HIL/vehicle test design, coverage tactics, and KPI definition - Working knowledge of embedded software fundamentals (C/C++ reading proficiency, Python for analysis/prototyping), and common automotive interfaces (CAN, SOME/IP) - Excellent cross-functional communication, influence, and documentation skills ### NICE TO HAVES - Experience with assurance cases and/or risk management - Functional Safety Professional or AI Safety Professional certification (TUV/UL or equivalent) - Experience in in-vehicle functional safety (ISO 26262) - ASPICE Process Expert / Provisional Assessor or equivalent - Japanese language proficiency or experience working with Japanese OEM/Tier-1 partners