System Safety Engineer (all genders)

Join us as a System Safety Engineer (all genders) to strengthen our Safety Operations team for autonomous vehicle programs.

At MOIA, we are shaping the future of autonomous mobility. As we move towards driverless SAE Level 4 operations in public traffic, safety becomes even more deeply embedded in the way we design, operate, and continuously improve our services.

With the safety driver no longer part of the operational setup, risks increasingly emerge from the interaction of complex systems: the autonomous driving stack, remote operations, hub infrastructure, service processes, and the people working with them.

As a System Safety Engineer, you will help build the safety organization for driverless autonomous vehicle operations. You will look at the full socio-technical system end to end, model its dependencies, identify operational risks, and support well-founded safety decisions using methods such as FTA, FMEA, STPA, and Bow-Tie analysis.

What you will do

• Model the overall operational system — including vehicle, remote center, hub management, service, and development — as a system of systems, with a strong focus on risks at interfaces.
• Conduct systematic hazard identification and risk analysis at system level, using methods such as FTA, FMEA, STPA, HAZOP, and Bow-Tie.
• Review and assess safety evidence and argumentation structures, including safety cases, safety concepts, and HARA, as part of vehicle acceptance into fleet operations.
• Evaluate the safety impact of software releases and new operational configurations.
• Maintain the operational Risk Dossier, prepare Safety Risk Acceptability decisions, and track mitigations through to closure.

What will help you to fulfill your role 

Must-haves:

• Experience in safety-critical environments, such as functional safety, system safety, or operational safety in complex, software-driven systems, including autonomous vehicles, robotics, aviation, rail, or similar domains.
• Strong systems thinking and the ability to model interdisciplinary systems of systems and analyze their interactions.
• Hands-on experience with system-level safety analysis methods such as FTA, FMEA, STPA, HAZOP, or Bow-Tie — beyond component-level analysis.
• A structured, process-oriented mindset and strong attention to detail.
• The ability to balance safety, operational continuity, and regulatory expectations.
• A high sense of responsibility, integrity, and ownership for safety.
• Fluent English skills, German skills are beneficial

Nice-to-have

• Understanding of Level 4 autonomous driving architectures, operational design domains, and human-machine interaction in operational contexts.
• Experience in operational safety, incident response, or fleet operations within a regulated environment.
• Experience supporting regulatory assessments, audits, or safety approvals.
• The ability to synthesize complex technical information into coherent safety arguments for both technical and non-technical audiences.

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.