FUSA TEST ENGINEER - J35955450

Caresoft Global Limited; Coventry; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy in automotive and aerospace is hiring a Functional Safety Validation Engineer in Coventry to manage safety verification activities in compliance with ISO26262. Ideal candidates will hold a relevant degree and have a solid understanding of safety standards to oversee testing and validation tasks.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate safety-related verification activities.
• Ensure ISO26262 compliance across projects.
• Derive and execute test cases related to system requirements.

Skills

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

Education

Degree or relevant equivalent experience preferred

Job description

Job Title:Functional Safety Validation Engineer

Location:Whitley, Coventry

Rate:£33.88ph via an Umbrella Company (Inside IR35) or£25.26ph PAYE

Employment Type: Contract (31.03.2026)

Hours: Standard 40 Hours Per Week

Reference:J35955450

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 26262-6.12) 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.
  

Additional Information:

This role is INSIDE IR35

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