Overview As Senior Process Architect, you will define and govern DriveOS's canonical process model to enable scalable, risk-based development across safety-critical domains. You will align engineering, quality, program management, functional safety, and cybersecurity to ensure reproducible, evidence-based product development. You'll translate lifecycle expectations and standards into practical workflows, templates, and guidance, helping teams deliver governance-anchored per-variant development. This role offers meaningful impact by reducing risk and cycle time through AI-assisted processes while maintaining traceability and accountability. You'll collaborate with global teams to mature processes and,
Compensation / Benefits Responsibilities- Lead DriveOS process architecture across engineering, program management, quality, functional safety, and cybersecurity
- Develop and govern a risk-based tailoring framework with variant applicability, decision rights, acceptance criteria, and traceable approvals
- Establish process maturity, release-readiness, and quality-gate criteria to surface risk early and support first-pass acceptance
- Translate lifecycle expectations and applicable industry standards into workflows, templates, guidance, and mentorship for development teams
- Partner with domain leads, program managers, assessors, and tool owners to align plans, evidence, dependencies, and handoffs across product variants
- Convert recurring defects, assessment observations, and release takeaways into durable improvements to the common process, measurements, and training
- Drive process automation and AI-assisted workflows to reduce risk, rework, or cycle time while preserving governance and traceability
- Serve as an independent technical authority for process coherence and efficiency, raising gaps with clear product impact, accountable owner, recovery plan, and date
Key requirements- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in engineering, computer science, systems engineering, quality, or a related field
- 15+ years of experience in automotive or other safety-critical product development, including process architecture, engineering quality, systems engineering, or technical program leadership
- Deep understanding of Automotive SPICE and how base practices translate into effective engineering behavior and assessable evidence
- Strong understanding of the software and systems development lifecycle (requirements, architecture, implementation, verification, validation, configuration, change, and release management)
- Hands-on experience with automotive functional safety, cybersecurity, and AI/ML safety requirements, including ISO 26262, ISO/SAE 21434, and ISO 8800
- Proven track record building risk-based tailoring, establishing quality gates, and balancing compliance with program realities in complex, multi-variant environments
- Excellent written communication, facilitation, and influence skills; able to make process requirements actionable for engineers and decision-ready for senior leaders
- Experience using data, workflow tooling, and AI-assisted capabilities to improve engineering processes without weakening accountability or traceability
- Excellent written communication
- Facilitation
- Influence
- Automotive SPICE
- ISO 26262
- ISO/SAE 21434
