Senior Safety Process Engineer

At General Motors, our product teams are redefining mobility. Through a human- centered design process, we create vehicles and experiences that are designed not just to be seen, but to be felt. We’re turning today’s impossible into tomorrow’s standard —from breakthrough hardware and battery systems to intuitive design, intelligent software, and next-generation safety and entertainment features.   Every day, our products move millions of people as we aim to make driving safer, smarter, and more connected, shaping the future of transportation on a global scale.   Remote – This role requires the employee to be onsite at least one week a month. The primary work location may be remote with one week a month in person at the General Motors Global Technical Center in Warren, MI.

Overview    As a Senior Safety Process Engineer – AMR Design  within the Autonomous Robotics Center (ARC), you will lead development of safety architecture for autonomous mobile robotics products and drive its implementation across the product development lifecycle.   In this role, you will serve as a senior technical leader for product safety, working closely with software, controls, electrical, product and program engineering teams to ensure safety is designed into the product from concept through validation and certification. You will help define safety strategies, answer complex safety-related technical questions, guide engineering decisions, and build the documentation, processes, and evidence needed to support third-party NRTL certification.   What You’ll Do   Lead the development and maintenance of the product safety architecture for autonomous mobile robot systems, including safety concepts, safety requirements, and key safety assumptions   Partner with cross-functional product teams to integrate safety-by-design principles into system architecture, detailed design, interfaces, and implementation decisions across hardware and software   Serve as a primary technical resource for safety-related questions from the product team, helping resolve issues related to safety functions, risk reduction measures, standards interpretation, and safe operation of AMRs and robotics   Own and drive core safety work products such as hazard analyses, risk assessments, safety requirement specifications, fault analyses, performance level calculations, safety validation strategies, and related technical documentation   Lead safety reviews, architecture reviews, and design reviews to identify gaps, assess technical risk, and drive closure of safety-related issues  Guide development teams in the implementation of safety requirements and confirm that design intent aligns with applicable safety standards, internal requirements, and certification objectives   Prepare documentation packages, evidence sets, and engineering processes required to support third-party certification and compliance activities   Support discussions with internal stakeholders to support efficient certification planning, technical discussions, issue resolution, and audit readiness   Review safety-related technical content including electrical architectures, wiring diagrams, interface definitions, safety functions, validation results, and change impacts   Define and strengthen product safety processes, documentation discipline, traceability practices, and governance mechanisms across the development lifecycle   Support verification and validation planning to demonstrate that safety requirements are fully implemented and that systems achieve targeted safety performance   Mentor engineers and influence cross-functional teams in robotics and automation safety and general functional safety practices  Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)   Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics, or a related technical field  Significant