SOTIF Expert - System of Systems (all genders)

Join us as a SOTIF Expert (all genders) in our SOTIF team and help shape the future of autonomous mobility!

Join an international team working on one of the most exciting and demanding challenges in the automotive industry: bringing automated driving into series production. Together with colleagues from technical development and cross-functional teams, you will contribute to the development of the ID. Buzz AD (Autonomous Driving).

A crucial phase in the development of highly automated vehicles is ensuring safety with respect to behavioral safety (SOTIF). The relevant standard ISO 21448 requires continuous advancement of processes and technologies. These must be implemented, assessed, and refined in close collaboration with technical development teams and external partners.

In this role, you will identify, implement, and evaluate SOTIF-relevant safety processes, methods and artefacts. You will also develop and assess new technologies and methodologies to analyze and validate the safety of the entire autonomous driving operation—from the product safety perspective through to the operational aspects of on-road deployment.

What you will do

• Identify and develop essential process steps, methods and tools incl. milestones to enable SOTIF release recommendation for automated driving systems.
• Define requirements necessary to achieve behavioral safety.
• Evaluate SOTIF artefacts in collaboration with system experts, software development teams, and test specialists.
• Develop a comprehensive V&V (Verification & Validation) strategy for SOTIF, and define and assess relevant test requirements, metrics, and strategies for system- and component-level testing.
• Execution of SOTIF test campaigns in the verification and validation phase.
• Assess and support the end-to-end SOTIF process leading to a SOTIF release recommendation.

What will help you to fulfil your role

• Expertise in safety assurance and safety standards for autonomous systems (ISO 21448, ISO 26262, ISO 3450x, UL 4600, ISO 5083, …)
• Requirements engineering
• Creation and maintenance of scenario and triggering condition catalogues for testing
• Strong experience in V&V or test management for automated driving, robotics, or ADAS
• Software engineering, development, and testing
• Statistics, testing methodologies, and simulation environments
• Ability to communicate complex topics clearly and confidently to engineering teams, management, and safety stakeholders.
• Strong analytical skills, a structured mindset, and a high sense of quality.
• Fluent English skills; German skills are highly beneficial.

We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds — even if you don’t meet every requirement. If you’re excited about the role and MOIA’s mission, we’d love to hear from you!

Our benefits in a nutshell

• Competitive salary (including bonus)
• Hybrid work setup: Work from home or one of our offices - you and your team decide how often to meet, blending flexibility with collaboration!
• Flexible working hours and the possibility of flexible work arrangements depending on your needs (parenting, care work, volunteering, etc.)
• Budget and monthly expense allowance for home office setup
• Possibility of remote work from outside Germany for up to 6 weeks per year from over 35 countries - learn more in our blog !
• Public transport ticket (fully subsidized "Deutschlandticket") for commuting and travelling throughout Germany and discount on MOIA rides
• Subsidized fitness club membership or bike leasing
• Learning environment with continuous learning days, job rotation, trainings and workshops, coaching, conferences, books, and language classes
• Mental health support, 1:1 sessions with external professionals and mental unload workshops
• 30 vacation days, sabbatical and unpaid leave option
• Relocation support with service provider (visa, administration, etc.)
• Dog-friendly offices

For student & internship positions, we have an adjusted set of benefits. You can find them here .

Be who you are!

We are a member of Charta der Vielfalt and are dedicated to actively fostering a workplace that celebrates and promotes diversity in various aspects such as age, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, physical or cognitive ability, and ethnicity. At MOIA, we embrace a culture where people are accepted, respected, valued, appreciated, and included.

In our commitment to promoting diversity and inclusivity, we regularly provide unconscious bias training to all our employees. Furthermore, we continuously strive to enhance our hiring process by ensuring a diverse hiring panel.

How we work

At MOIA, our teams are typically distributed across our office locations and collaborate in a hybrid setup. We work together both remotely and on site, choosing the mode of collaboration that fits the context, the work at hand, and each team’s rhythm.

Spending time together in our offices is an important part of how we stay connected, build trust, and …