Senior Program Manager (Vehicle Regulatory & Safety Requirements)

The role

The Senior Program Manager analyzes domestic and international vehicle regulations, safety assessment protocols, and international standards. This person translates these into technical requirements for vehicle systems and software development across AD/ADAS, IVI, and SDV OS.

What you will do

• Investigate and analyze automotive regulations and technical regulatory trends in major markets like Korea, Europe, and North America.
• Identify and manage regulations and international standards applied to AD/ADAS, IVI, SDV OS, and vehicle software platforms.
• Analyze application targets, implementation timing, technical requirements, and certification/assessment standards by country and market.
• Identify applicable regulations and certification scopes based on product functions, launch countries, and mass production schedules.
• Establish project-specific response plans by checking regulation revision cycles, implementation dates, and transitional provisions.
• Translate regulations into product/system requirements and verification criteria.
• Derive and define technical specifications at the system and software levels by analyzing vehicle regulations and safety assessment standards.
• Review assessment standards for autonomous driving safety, driver assistance functions, HMI, and vehicle software safety and security.
• Define verification methods and evidence for each requirement and manage compliance verification activities.
• Ensure traceability between regulation clauses, technical requirements, system design, and verification items.

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in ADAS/autonomous driving technical planning or PM involving vehicle regulations, certification, or regulatory response in the automotive industry.
• Practical experience in at least one regulatory framework and compliance demonstration procedure such as UNECE regulations, domestic automotive safety standards, or US FMVSS.
• Experience translating regulatory clauses into product/system requirements, verification criteria, or certification outputs.
• Experience reviewing compliance with development/verification organizations and managing response schedules and results for unmet items.
• Experience coordinating technical issues and submission materials with OEM regulatory/certification organizations, approval authorities, or testing agencies.
• Ability to read and apply English regulations and technical documents to summarize application scope and core requirements.

Nice to have

• Experience in applying or responding to approvals for ADAS/autonomous driving regulations such as UN R171 (DCAS), UN R157 (ALKS), or UN R79.
• Experience in responding to Euro NCAP or KNCAP ADAS and driver monitoring evaluations.
• Experience in responding to UN R155/UN R156 or collaborating with development processes based on ISO/SAE 21434 or ISO 24089.
• Experience in reviewing approval impacts due to vehicle SW changes, approval extensions, or maintaining compliance after mass production.
• Experience monitoring WP.29/GRVA regulatory discussions, participating in industry consultative bodies, or ISO/SAE standardization.
• Experience conducting technical discussions and document reviews in English with overseas OEMs, approval authorities, or testing agencies.

Benefits

• Preferential treatment for persons eligible for national merit or employment protection under relevant laws.
• Preferential treatment for registered persons with disabilities in accordance with the Act on Employment Promotion and Vocational Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities.

Before you apply

• A 3-month probationary period may apply.
• Do not include prohibited information such as resident registration number, family relations, marital status, salary, photo, physical conditions, or hometown in the application.
• Employment may be canceled if false information is discovered in the application.
• Reputation checks may be conducted after the interview process with the applicant's consent.

About the company

42dot develops autonomous driving, vehicle infotainment (IVI), SDV OS, and next-generation vehicle software platforms to lead the Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) era.