Functional Safety / Systems Engineer (Automotive)

Teklabs Inc; Dearborn (MI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Teklabs Inc. seeks an automotive Functional Safety / Systems Engineer to advance safety across Body, Steering, ADAS, and other embedded vehicle systems. You will lead safety analyses, requirements decomposition, traceability, and MBSE activities using SysML models.

You will collaborate with software, hardware, validation, cybersecurity, and cross-functional teams through the feature lifecycle, supporting reviews and evidence-based closure of actions with clear rationale.

Qualifications

• ISO 26262 experience including hazard analysis and safety requirements development.
• Systems engineering and MBSE with requirements decomposition and SysML modeling.
• Collaboration with software, hardware, validation, cybersecurity, and cross-functional teams.

Skills

Functional Safety

ISO 26262

HARA

FSC/TSC

SRS

FTA

FMEA

Requirements Engineering

MBSE

SysML

System Architecture

Traceability

Python

Automotive Embedded Systems

Validation

Cross-Functional Engineering

Tools

MagicDraw/Cameo

GitHub

DOORS

Polarion

Jira

Job description

Functional Safety / Systems Engineer (Automotive)

Job Type: Full-Time Permanent Role

Summary:

Seeking an automotive Functional Safety / Systems Engineer with experience across Body, Steering, ADAS, and other embedded vehicle systems.

Key Requirements:

• Strong ISO 26262 Functional Safety experience, including HARA, FSC/TSC, SRS, FTA, FMEA, safety requirements, traceability, safety analysis, and compliance evidence.
• Strong systems engineering / MBSE background with requirements decomposition, feature use cases, system architecture, boundary analysis, SysML models, validation planning, and issue/root-cause resolution.
• Experience collaborating with Feature Systems Engineers, software, hardware, validation, cybersecurity, and cross-functional engineering teams throughout the feature development lifecycle.
• Hands‑on experience with MagicDraw/Cameo or equivalent MBSE tools, GitHub, DOORS/Polarion/Jira or similar engineering platforms, plus Python scripting/automation for analysis, validation, data handling, or workflow efficiency.
• Ability to support Functional Safety reviews, technical requirements, Gherkin scenarios, requirements traceability, validation activities, dashboards/automation, and closure of engineering actions with clear evidence and rationale.
• Automotive embedded systems experience, preferably across Body, Steering, ADAS, braking, or chassis systems.

Core Skill Focus:

• Functional Safety
• ISO 26262
• HARA
• FSC/TSC
• SRS
• FTA
• FMEA
• Requirements Engineering
• MBSE
• SysML
• System Architecture
• Traceability
• Python
• Automotive Embedded Systems
• Validation
• Cross-Functional Engineering