Functional Safety Engineer III

Jobtailor; Auburn (MO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Auburn, MO seeks a Functional Safety Engineer to develop and implement ISO 26262-based safety concepts for automotive products, including brake and steering systems. You will lead DFMEA and FTA analyses and coordinate safety activities across teams to meet system requirements.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in a related engineering field and at least four years of experience in design or safety analysis, with strong emphasis on functional safety methods and requirements

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Automotive/Electrical/Computer).
• 4 years of relevant experience in design or safety analysis.
• 4 years of experience with functional safety analysis.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement functional safety concepts in automotive products (brake and steering).
• Lead DFMEA, FTA, and other safety analyses to meet safety goals.
• Define test requirements and ensure requirement traceability.
• Apply ISO 26262 standards to product development and safety activities.
• Coordinate safety activities across subsystem and component groups.

Skills

DFMEA

FTA

ISO 26262

Functional safety

Requirements traceability

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Requirements tools

Job description

• Responsible for supporting the organization in developing and implementing functional safety concepts in the company’s automotive products, including brake and steering systems.
• Lead DFMEA (Design Failure Mode & Effect Analysis), FTA (Fault Tree Analysis), and other safety related analysis.
• Develop requirement traceability and test requirements and define the test requirements to satisfy safety goals.
• Apply ISO 26262 safety standards to automotive product development.
• Manage customer technical requirements through requirements tools.
• Make high level trade-offs to optimize system architecture.
• Perform design and safety analysis of systems to assess performance to requirements.
• Generate subsystem and component allocations to meet system level requirements.
• Be a technical representative to automotive customers for systems safety requirements.
• Coordinate systems safety technical activities among subsystem and component groups to meet system requirements.
• Read and understand microprocessors and other IC datasheets and apply them to safety concepts.
• Develop safety requirements for software and hardware design engineers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign academic equivalent in Automotive Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 4 years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation including Design Engineer or related experience.
• 4 years of experience with functional safety analysis.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in developing and implementing functional safety concepts in automotive products, with a strong focus on applying ISO 26262 standards and conducting safety analyses such as DFMEA and FTA. Capable of managing technical requirements and coordinating safety activities across teams to ensure compliance with system-level requirements.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Functional Safety Analysis
• ISO 26262 Standards
• DFMEA
• FTA
• Automotive Engineering

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Design Failure Mode & Effect Analysis
• Fault Tree Analysis
• Requirement Traceability
• Test Requirements Development
• System Architecture Optimization
• Safety Requirements Development
• Microprocessor Understanding
• Safety Concept Application

Industry Keywords

• Automotive Products
• Brake Systems
• Steering Systems
• Safety Goals
• Subsystem Allocations

Tools & Technologies

• Requirements Tools