Senior Project Engineer Autonomous Vehicle Safety

  • Navistar
  • Lisle, Illinois
  • Full Time
Position Overview

The technologies of future transportation solutions will include increasing levels of automation, connectivity, electrification, and customer services which is currently revolutionizing our vehicles. We need passionate, innovative, and talented people to drive our developments and success in this evolution.

International Motors Autonomous Systems and Safety team is responsible for developing and defining our Vehicle systems behavior, the definition of the Safety Case with the alignment to legal standard and best practices, and Autonomous and Control center concept design. Our concepts and requirements are guided by customer, legal, technical standards, or internal specifications for mechanical, electrical, and software elements of defined systems.

Senior Project Engineer Autonomous Vehicle Safety is part of the Systems and Safety Engineering team establishing and developing vehicle systems with a special focus on supporting Autonomous technology development in automotive engineering. This position will work closely with the global team, product owner, component groups, software engineering teams and validation group during product lifecycle.

This role involves supporting the global development process by actively participating in key flow meetings, including PI planning and spring Planning and delivering assigned tasks as outlined in the sprint planning sessions.

Responsibilities
  • Represent vehicle functional safety standards in the product definition and safety case approach:
    • ISO 26262 (functional safety for automotive).
    • SOTIF (ISO/PAS 21448) Safety of the Intended Functionality.
    • ASIL (Automotive Safety Integrity Levels) classification.
  • Gather and define product demands including safety artifacts, safe operation documentation, safety driver training materials
  • Coordinate safety concept sign-off with local and global stakeholders
  • Collect and include architecture demands, principles, and requirements to support desired system functionality
  • Analyze dependencies and interactions in complex automotive and autonomous vehicle systems
  • Development of appropriate documentation to support system development process
  • Collaborate with vehicle systems and cybersecurity engineers to align safety and security into system design
  • Collaborate with program team and product owner to support program goals and develop standard processes and approaches to ensure deliverables are on-time
  • Lead / participate in issue resolution activities during development, validation, and vehicle launch
  • Work in a team and contribute to the continuous improvement activities through participation in Lean projects, Internationals design standards, process improvements etc
  • Problem solving and implementing solutions into the functional safety concept
Minimum Requirements
  • Bachelors degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology or Computer Science
  • At least 12 years of experience in product design/development or new technologies and/or computer science experience
  • At least 2 years of experience leading new technologies or specialized technologies

OR

  • Masters degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology or Computer Science
  • At least 8 years of experience in product design/development or new technologies and/or computer science experience
  • At least 2 years of experience leading new technologies or specialized technologies

OR

  • PhD in Engineering, Engineering Technology or Computer Science
  • At least 5 years of experience in product design/development or new technologies or specialized technologies and/or computer science experience
  • At least 2 years of experience leading new technologies or specialized technologies
Additional Requirements
  • Qualified candidates, excluding current employees, must be legally authorized on an unrestricted basis (US Citizen, Legal Permanent Resident, Refugee or Asylee) to be employed in the United States. We do not anticipate providing employment related work sponsorship for this position (e.g., H-1B status)
Desired Skills
  • Bachelors degree (or above) in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related Engineering

    • Certified Functional Safety Expert (CFSE).

    • ISO 26262 training courses or TUV certification.

  • Hardware/Software integration activities across multiple component or system development teams
  • Experience with Systems Engineering fundamentals, including requirements definition and verification and validation techniques.
  • Experience with Agile/Scrum/SAFe
  • Experience with systems decomposition
  • Experience with concept design, use case definition, data analysis, root cause analysis and driving KPIs
  • Direct or coordinated software development experience
  • Experience with some Engineering tool such as MatLab, MS Visio, INCA calibration tool and Software configuration management tools
  • Familiarity with Vehicle Electronics, Autonomous Electronics (Radar, Lidar, Camera, Autonomous processor, etc..)
  • Data/modeling techniques
  • Ability to learn fast, and to take ownership of assigned activities, stories, epics
  • Strong collaboration and leadership skills
  • Ability to communicate something very complex to different audiences
  • Ability to deal with ambiguity
  • Ability to look at challenges holistically with a creative mindset to resolve system challenges and constraints
  • Direct Experience with automotive Industries specifically with OEMs or Tier1 Suppliers
  • Familiarity with engineering and quality design and development methodologies: (8D, FMEA, FTA DVP&R)
  • Familiarity with modeling, statistics and probability theory
  • Familiarity with various AI-driven vision techniques and sensor processing
Benefits and Compensation

We provide a competitive total rewards package which ensures job satisfaction both on and off the job. We offer market-based compensation, health benefits, 401(k) match, tuition assistance, EAP, legal insurance, an employee discount program, and more.

For this position, the expected salary range will be commensurate with the candidates applicable skills, knowledge and experience.

You can learn more about our comprehensive benefits package at

Company Overview ABOUT TRATON With its brands Scania, MAN, International, and Volkswagen Truck & Bus, TRATON SE is the parent and holding company of the TRATON GROUP and one of the worlds leading commercial vehicle manufacturers. The Groups product portfolio comprises trucks, buses, and light-duty commercial vehicles. Transforming Transportation Together. For a sustainable world.: this intention underlines the Companys ambition to have a lasting and sustainable impact on the commercial vehicle business and on the Groups commercial growth.

ABOUT INTERNATIONAL From a one-man company built on the world-changing invention of the McCormick reaper in 1831, to the 15,000-person-strong company we are today,few companies can lay claim to a history like International. Based in Lisle, Illinois, International Motors, LLC* creates solutions that deliver greater uptime and productivity to our customers throughout the full operation of our commercial vehicles. We build International trucks and engines and IC Bus school and commercial buses that are as tough and as smart as the people who drive them. We also develop Fleetrite aftermarket parts. In everything we do, our vision is to accelerate the impact of sustainable mobility to create the cleaner, safer world we all deserve. As of 2021, we joined Scania, MAN and Volkswagen Truck & Bus in TRATON GROUP, a global champion of the truck and transport services industry. To learn more, visit www.International.com.

*International Motors, LLC is d/b/a International Motors USA in Illinois, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio, Texas, and Utah.

EEO Statement

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.

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Job ID: 477701696
Originally Posted on: 5/19/2025

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