Technical Specialist, Functional Safety Engineer

The role

This person will lead the development of functional safety system requirements and functional decomposition for automotive systems. They will work with cross-functional teams to define safety concepts and support validation tests.

What you will do

• Lead the development of functional safety system requirements and functional decomposition for automotive systems.
• Review and approve HARA, Functional Safety Requirements, Technical Safety Requirements, Validation tests.
• Contribute to the definition and/or confirmation of the architecture in the vehicle from the perspective of functional safety.
• Review and approve Development Interface Agreement and other necessary Functional Safety documents for suppliers and other external partners.
• Lead development of functional safety processes and tools.
• Oversee the program Functional safety readiness process and metrics.
• Lead development of SOTIF requirements for autonomous driving and core subsystems.
• Define the functional safety concept for the system, hardware, and software according to ISO 26262 standards.
• Collaborate with hardware, software, design, and validation engineers to ensure design meets safety requirements.
• Contribute to the decision making at various levels of management driven by systems knowledge and develop detailed requirements.

Required qualifications

• Extensive in-depth knowledge of ISO 26262 and experience developing and delivering the major work products of a functional safety program.
• One year or more of experience performing SOTIF analysis and developing associated work products.
• Proven track record of successes managing Functional Safety analyses of a system or product.
• Experience supporting external/third-party reviews of functional safety work products.
• Understanding of the product safety responsibility share between supplier and OEM.
• Experience with functional safety tools (e.g. Medini, APIS IQ) and requirements management tools (e.g. Jama).
• Excellent writing, verbal and organization skills.
• BS minimum in an engineering discipline such as computer science, electrical, electronic or mechatronics engineering.
• A minimum of 8 years of work experience as a functional safety engineer or related role.

Nice to have

• Experience working in an Agile development environment and using related tools.
• Knowledge of CMMI and Automotive Spice and their role in delivering a quality product.
• Experience developing and delivering embedded system hardware and/or software.
• Advanced degrees

Benefits

• mentorship
• career growth opportunities
• comprehensive benefits

Before you apply

• All candidates selected for employment will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment drug screening as a condition of hire.

About the company

ALTEN Technology USA is an engineering company with 3,000+ experts across North America. It is part of the global ALTEN Group with 57,000+ engineers in 30 countries.