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 artifacts. You will also develop and assess new technologies and methodologies to analyze and validate the safety of automated driving software systems and their functional components

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 fulfill 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 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 solve complex problems. At the same time, we value flexibility and give teams and individuals autonomy to shape their ways of working, with everyone having the freedom to organise their routines in a way that aligns with their work and their team’s needs.

If you’d like to learn more about how we work, visit our blog for insights into our culture and hiring process, or follow us on Instagram for a look behind the scenes at MOIA.

Who we are

At MOIA we’re reimagining the future of mobility – safe, autonomous and tailored to the needs of cities and their people. As a tech company with more than 400 employees, we build mobility solutions that truly move cities forward.

We launched our ridepooling service in Hamburg in 2019 and have been part of the city’s public transport system since 2023. Since launch, we have transported over 12 million passengers. Currently, MOIA is evolving from a mobility provider to a tech provider offering a scalable and safe turnkey solution for autonomous driving.

With office locations in Berlin and Hamburg, our diverse and international team comprising more than 60 nationalities works together toward that shared mission.

MOIA is more than a technology provider – we are a partner to cities and public transport operators committed to creating more livable spaces and delivering mobility solutions that are reliable, safe and comfortable.

Your application to MOIA

We value authenticity and personal insights in your application responses. While AI tools can be useful, we encourage you to answer the following questions based on your own experiences and understanding. This helps us keep a human touch and better evaluate your unique perspective and match for the role.

To reinforce an unbiased screening process, we kindly ask you not to include your picture, age, address, or any other details unrelated to your qualifications and suitability for the role. Additionally, we anonymize applications during the initial review phase by removing personally identifiable information. This ensures that our evaluation focuses solely on your skills, experience, and potential – supporting a fair and inclusive hiring experience for all candidates.

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