At Lyft, our mission is to improve people’s lives with the world’s best transportation. To do this, we start with our own community by creating an open, inclusive, and diverse organization.

We care deeply about delivering the best transportation experience; this means the best experience for the passenger and the best experience for the driver. We believe this quality of service can only be achieved with a deep understanding of our world, our cities, our streets… how they evolve, how they breathe. We embrace the powerful positive impact autonomous transportation will bring to our everyday lives and with our ambition, we will become a leader in the development and operation of such vehicles. Thanks to our network, with hundreds of millions of rides every year, we have the means to make autonomy a safe reality. As a member of Level 5, you will have the opportunity to develop and deploy tomorrow’s hardware & software solutions and thereby revolutionize transportation. 

Responsibilities:

• Be an active participant in autonomous vehicle and software development, working closely with both hardware and software teams in supporting functionality definition from a safety perspective
• Be the point contact to external vendors on the development of ASIL compliant devices
• Help define safety goals and develop the safety cases for the autonomous vehicle and software
• Derive technical safety requirements based on defined safety goals for the autonomous vehicle and software
• Drive the Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment for the autonomous vehicle/software
• Support FMEDA, DFMEA, FTA and DFA technical work products to ensure that ASIL metrics are being met
• Define safety testing requirements for both hardware and software, working closely with the internal testing team to ensure correct implementation

Experience:

• Functional Safety, Electrical Engineering, Product Development Engineering, or Quality/Reliability Engineering background
• Experience in using the ISO 26262 or the IEC 61508 standards (other applicable safety standards such as DO-254, ISO 60601, IEC 62304 may apply)
• Technical experience in creating HARA, FMEDA, DFMEA and FTA work products
• Experience with either vendor, automotive-tier 1 or automotive-OEM technical collaborations
• Understanding of FIT estimate derivation based on SN29500, IEC 62380 or equivalent standards
• Proven time management skills and a respect of deadlines
• Experience with software tools for HARA, FMEDA, DFMEA and FTA work products
• Experience in data analysis (script writing to extract data, experience with JMP or other statistical analysis tool)
• Hardware or software experience but not necessarily a deep expert in either
• Proactive approach to troubleshooting problems - demonstrating taking responsibility of fixing issues

Benefits:

• Great medical, dental, and vision insurance optionsIn addition to 11 observed holidays, salaried team members have unlimited paid time off, hourly team members have 15 days paid time off
• 401(k) plan to help save for your future
• 18 weeks of paid parental leave. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible
• Pre-tax commuter benefits
• Lyft Pink -  Lyft team members get an exclusive opportunity to test new benefits of our Ridership Program

Lyft is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that proudly pursues and hires a diverse workforce. Lyft does not make hiring or employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion or religious belief, ethnic or national origin, nationality, sex, gender, gender-identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws or prohibited by Company policy. Lyft also strives for a healthy and safe workplace and strictly prohibits harassment of any kind. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and other similar state laws and local ordinances, and its internal policy, Lyft will also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.