SMS Lead

About this role

<div class="content-intro"><p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">May Mobility is transforming cities through autonomous technology to create a safer, greener, more accessible world. Based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, May develops and deploys autonomous vehicles (AVs) powered by our innovative Multi-Policy Decision Making (MPDM) technology that literally reimagines the way AVs think.</span><br><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Our vehicles do more than just drive themselves - they provide value to communities, bridge public transit gaps and move people where they need to go safely, easily and with a lot more fun. We’re building the world’s best autonomy system to reimagine transit by minimizing congestion, expanding access and encouraging better land use in order to foster more green, vibrant and livable spaces. Since our founding in 2017, we’ve given more than 500,000 autonomous rides to real people around the globe. And we’re just getting started. We’re hiring people who share our passion for building the future, today, solving real-world problems and seeing the impact of their work. Join us.</span></p></div><p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Job Summary</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">May Mobility is building the future of safe, reliable autonomous transportation. As the SMS Lead, you will own and operate the company’s Safety Management System — the program backbone that governs how safety objectives are set, how safety performance is measured, how incidents are tracked and learned from, and how a safety culture is sustained across the organization. This is a dedicated SMS program role: hazard identification and risk assessment are owned by our Risk Management Lead, and safety case development sits with our Safety Case Lead. Your mandate is to make the SMS itself work — as a living, auditable, regulation-aligned system that ties those functions together.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">You will anchor the SMS in ICAO Doc 9859’s four-pillar structure and ensure obligations flowing from UN ECE R157 and UL 4600 are reflected in our program-level documentation and governance. If you are energized by building and running rigorous safety programs — not just writing documents but making them real — this role is for you.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Essential Responsibilities</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>SMS Program Ownership</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Own the end-to-end lifecycle of the May Mobility Safety Management System, including the Safety Policy (MM-SMS-POL-001) and all subordinate SMS procedures, work instructions, forms, and records.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Maintain alignment of the SMS structure with the ICAO Doc 9859 four-pillar framework (Safety Policy & Objectives, Safety Risk Management, Safety Assurance, Safety Promotion) and map regulatory obligations from UN ECE R157 and UL 4600 into the SMS document hierarchy.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Own the SMS document control process: version management, review cycles, approval workflows, and controlled distribution.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Drive annual SMS reviews and gap analyses; track open findings and corrective actions through to closure.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Safety Performance Monitoring & Measurement</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Establish and maintain the company’s Safety Performance Monitoring & Measurement (SPMM) program, including definition of safety performance indicators (SPIs) and safety performance targets (SPTs) across lagging and leading dimensions.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Collect, analyze, and report safety performance data on a recurring cadence; surface trends, anomalies, and systemic issues to safety leadership.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Maintain the Safety Review Board (SRB) reporting package; produce executive-level safety dashboards and periodic safety reports.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Interface with the Risk Management Lead and Safety Case Lead to ensure SMS performance data informs risk register updates and safety case evidence.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Incident Reporting & Investigation Coordination</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Track the company’s safety occurrence reporting and investigation coordination process; ensure incidents, near-misses, and hazard reports are captured, triaged, and routed to the appropriate functional owner.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Maintain the occurrence database and ensure investigation closure records are complete and traceable within the…