Senior Principal Software Safety expert / Assessor

Growth For Impact; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,200,000 - 5,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Growth For Impact seeks an experienced leader to drive ISO26262 Functional Safety assessments for software products and push safety innovations in Safety SW. You will evangelize a safety culture across the organization and engage with management and customers, with travel as needed.

The role requires 12+ years in embedded systems, strong leadership, and excellent communication skills to align technical and business stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in embedded systems and software development.
• Experience in safety requirements, architecture, and design.
• Strong technical leadership influencing diverse stakeholders.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Familiarity with ISO26262 safety assessments desirable.

Responsibilities

• Perform ISO26262 Functional Safety assessments for software products.
• Drive innovation topics for Safety SW.
• Maintain and evangelize the Functional Safety culture across the org.
• Travel domestically and internationally as required.

Skills

Technical leadership

Stakeholder alignment

Effective communication

Ambiguity tolerance

Safety culture evangelism

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science

Job description

ROLE

• – Perform the ISO26262 Functional Safety assessments for Software products
• – Drive cutting‑edge innovation topics for Safety SW
• – Maintain and enhance the safety culture within the company; evangelize the Functional Safety approach across organizational boundaries and with management
• – Travel domestically and internationally as required

REQUIREMENTS

• – Demonstrated strong technical leadership with the ability to influence, persuade, and drive alignment across diverse stakeholders
• – Comfortable working with ambiguity inherent in implementing new technologies and complex Functional Safety products
• – Proven capability to engage and enroll both technical and business stakeholders, including internal engineering teams and external customers
• – Excellent verbal and written communication skills for effective interaction with technical contributors, business leaders, customers, and executive management
• – 12+ years of experience in embedded systems and software development
• – Experience in software requirements, architecture, and design for safety products
• – Good understanding of responsibility sharing between supplier and OEM with respect to product safety
• – Recognized as a technical leader in previous experiences
• – Desirable: driven or involved in safety assessment, confirmation reviews, verification reviews
• – Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science with 12+ years of industry experience