Functional Safety Validation Engineer

Zoo Grips; Coventry; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the automotive sector seeks a Functional Safety Validation Engineer for a 12-month contract in Coventry, with responsibilities including functional safety verification of battery management controls software. Candidates should have a strong grasp of ISO26262 standards and relevant educational background or experience.

Qualifications

• Technical knowledge of ISO26262 [Part 6]/[Parts 4&5] is critical.
• Degree or equivalent experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate activities to deliver safety-related verification activities.
• Create and execute test cases based on system requirements.
• Ensure compliance with ISO26262 standards.

Skills

Technical knowledge of ISO26262

Education

Degree or relevant equivalent experience

Job description

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Our OEM Client based in Coventry, is searching for a Functional Safety Validation Engineer to join their team, Inside IR35. This is a 12-month contract position initially until 31st March 2026, with the potential for further extensions.

Umbrella Pay Rate: Up to £33.64 per hour.

Duties

• This function is responsible for the functional safety verification of battery management controls software.
  
  

Level

• A Specialist Professional (P4) is a recognized subject matter expert in job area typically obtained through advanced education and work experience.
  
  

Responsibilities Typically Include

• Understand and co-ordinate activities between all Stakeholders in order to deliver safety-related verification activities.
• Ensure common approach and common technical solutions where possible across all projects.
• Ensure that ISO26262 [Part 6]/[Parts 4&5] are satisfied.
• Problems faced are difficult and often complex.
  
  

Tasks Include

• Using requirements to derive test cases.
• Write test cases in gherkin (BDD) and stored within X-Ray, a subset of JIRA.
• Execute manual test cases on HiL Rigs (Dspace, vector or NI) and create test report.
• Create defect tickets for software failures or other issues faced.
  
  

The Test Case Author Shall

• Create the tests based on the system requirements (reviewed, approved, and baselined), considering the requirements verification criteria.
• Take into consideration the test methods and the methods for deriving the tests (according to ISO) before test creation, mentioning them in the test.
• Provide detailed test description (test purpose) in natural language form pre-conditions test flow or test sequence post-conditions evaluation criteria link between the tests and the system requirements.
• Assure the consistency (through a report - traceability report) between tests and requirements, evaluate the eventual existence of suspect flags (indication that the test must be updated due to requirement change).
• Store the generated report under version control (object under review).
• Freeze (baseline) the content of the test.
• Inform the Review Stakeholders to proceed the review activity (automatic notifications through state change – e.g. Review)
  
  

Skills

• Technical knowledge of ISO26262 [Part 6]/[Parts 4&5].
  
  

Education

• Degree or relevant equivalent experience preferred.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Quality Assurance

• Industries

  Construction

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