Benedikt Walter
System Engineering and Safety @ Torc
- Role
- Staff Systems Engineer Torc Robotics Sotif Professional Autonomous Driving Safety & Compliance at Torc Robotics
- Location
- Union Hall, VA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Benedikt Walter
Requirements Engineering: • Introduced requirements engineering process, designed training and supported 100+ developers which lead to increase of SW requirements from to within 6 months• Assured compliance for functional safety and ISO26262 by process definition, introduction to developers, support of developers for work product creation and successfully passing ISO26262 auditTest Manager:• Developed test concept and introduced process for in-house software development. Defined test plan, strategy for HIL setup (HIL, Simulation), integration to CI/CD pipeline. Assured requirements coverage and successful execution of tests for in-house SW, which lead to successful release of software to customers, and assured process compliance by passing all process audits.SW-Release Management:• Defined and introduced SW release process for core component (IDC) of L2-system including release planning, release sign-off documentation and release sign-off meeting which lead to successful customer release of IDC comp. of L2-System including its HW, Frame-SW & functional in-house SWADAS Certification Management:• Assured type approval (certification) for L2- & L3-system (ALKS) by defining gatekeeper process for SW changes after initial type approval. Introduction and assurance of project compliance with SUMS
Experience
Staff Systems Engineer Torc Robotics Sotif Professional Autonomous Driving Safety & Compliance
Dec 2024 — Present · Blacksburg, VA, US
Executive Governance: Orchestrate and lead the Product Safety Committee, a high-level governance body enabling Torc Leadership to review, deliberate, and vote on critical safety and compliance topics.Strategic Planning: Author and maintain the Safety Roadmap, a strategic framework that aligns safety milestones with the broader corporate Technology Roadmap to ensure safety-critical development meets long-term deployment goals.Traffic Law Compliance & Framework Design: Developing a comprehensive Safety Rulebook that defines and resolves priorities between safety, regulatory compliance, and performance requirements during operational conflicts.Industry Standardization: Contributing technical expertise in the Automated Vehicle Safety Consortium (AVSC) working groups to multiple AVSC initiatives, including- AVSC Best Practice for Assessment of ADS-DV Safety Case Claims Supported by Evidence (CSE): Published October 2025- AVSC Best Practice for ADS-DV Immediate Post-Crash Behaviors and Interactions: Published March 2025.
Education
North Carolina State University
Foreign Exchange, Aerospace Engineering
2011 — 2012
University of Stuttgart
PhD, Systems Engineering
2015 — 2020
University of Stuttgart
Master of Science (MSc), Aerospace Engineering
2014 — 2015
University of Stuttgart
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Aerospace Engineering
2009 — 2014
Skills
- English
- French
- Spanish
- Cad
- Java
- C++
- Python
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
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