Senior Staff Safety Engineer, Product Safety & Vehicle Compliance (Homologation)
- Lead homologation and compliance strategy for Aurora’s autonomous Class 8 trucks, ensuring readiness for both U.S. and international deployment
- Monitor, interpret, and anticipate changes in FMCSA, NHTSA, UNECE, SAE, ISO, and other regulatory frameworks to inform design and deployment decisions
- Own compliance programs end-to-end: from requirement and policy development, traceability, and verification through to audit readiness and third-party certification
- Conduct and support audits and investigations, both internal and external, ensuring robust corrective actions and continuous improvement
- Develop and maintain compliance reporting and archival systems, establishing a single source of truth for regulatory evidence
- Partner cross-functionally with engineering, operations, legal, government relations, and OEM partners to embed safety and compliance into product lifecycle and deployment strategy
- Act as Aurora’s subject-matter expert and external representative with regulators, industry coalitions, and standards bodies, shaping the future of AV safety standards
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Science, or related technical field
- 10+ years in compliance, regulatory, or systems engineering roles
- Expert knowledge of automotive and autonomous vehicle regulatory codes and standards
- Direct experience with homologation, type approval, or certification of light-duty or commercial/heavy-duty vehicles
- Proven experience with non-functional requirements, root-cause analysis, and corrective action planning
- Exceptional communication skills; able to convey complex regulatory concepts to engineers, legal counsel, executives, and external stakeholders
- Proven ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and represent the company externally with regulators, standards bodies, or industry coalitions
- Advanced degree in a relevant technical or regulatory discipline
- Strong systems engineering skills, including requirements management, safety materials development, and compliance traceability
- Direct experience with Autonomous Vehicle (AV) or Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) compliance, standards, or certification.
- Familiarity with the safety challenges of machine learning (ML) based systems
- Exposure to international homologation and type approval processes (e.g. UNECE frameworks)
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