Senior Functional Safety Engineer - Automotive (Hybrid)

Capgemini Engineering; Vila Nova de Gaia; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and life insurance

Referral program with bonuses

Hybrid work

Great office locations

Job summary

Capgemini Engineering is seeking an experienced Functional Safety engineer for automotive systems in a hybrid capacity. You will contribute to safety concept development, perform FSA activities and guide the safety architecture across systems, hardware and software teams.

The role requires deep ISO 26262 knowledge, hands-on experience with safety analyses, and a strong foundation in UML/SysML design. The position supports national and international projects within Capgemini’s engineering network.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of experience in Functional Safety in the automotive industry.
• Strong knowledge of E/E architectures and automotive technologies.
• Proven expertise in ISO 26262 Part 3 and Part 4.
• Experience with system safety engineering activities (HARA, FSC, TSC, Safety Goals).
• Solid understanding of ASPICE lifecycle processes.
• System architectural design using UML and SysML.
• Hands-on experience with safety analysis methods (FTA, FMEA, DFA, CCA, FFI).

Responsibilities

• Contribute to Item Definition, HARA, Safety Goals, FSC and TSC development.
• Define and derive FSR/TSR.
• Support System, Hardware, and Software teams in safety requirements elicitation and ISO 26262 alignment.
• Perform system-level safety analyses (FTA, FMEA, DFA, CCA, cascading failures, FFI).
• Design and specify safety mechanisms including redundancy, monitoring, diagnostics, plausibility checks, degraded modes, fault reactions, safe states and communication protection.
• Define safety verification strategies for FSC, TSC, and system architecture work products.
• Provide guidelines and best practices for safety concept and system architecture design per ISO 26262 Parts 3 and 4.
• Conduct formal reviews and inspections of safety concepts and system architecture deliverables.

Skills

Functional Safety

ISO 26262

ASPICE

UML

SysML

FTA/FMEA

Tools

UML

SysML

Job description

Capgemini Engineering is seeking an experienced Functional Safety engineer for automotive systems in a hybrid capacity. You will contribute to safety concept development, perform FSA activities and guide the safety architecture across systems, hardware and software teams.

The role requires deep ISO 26262 knowledge, hands-on experience with safety analyses, and a strong foundation in UML/SysML design. The position supports national and international projects within Capgemini’s engineering network.