Lead ADAS Functional Safety Engineer - Hybrid

Ford-Motor-Company; Dearborn (MI); Hybrid; USD 97,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision and prescribed

Flexible family care days

Paid parental leave

Vehicle discount program

Tuition assistance

Paid time off and holidays

401(k) or equivalent retirement plan

Job summary

Ford Motor Company seeks a Senior Functional Safety Engineer for the ADAS team in hybrid work environments. You will lead safety work products for BlueCruise and Pro-Trailer Hitch, performing HARA, FSC, and TSC activities and producing DFMEA/FTA analyses per ISO 26262.

You will collaborate across systems, hardware, software, and V&V domains to ensure a robust safety case and successful verification and validation planning.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Aerospace, Mechanical, Systems, or Computer Engineering or related field.
• 5 years of experience in Functional Safety.
• 2+ years of Model Based Systems Engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and integration of Functional Safety work products on vehicle program applications for ADAS features like BlueCruise and Pro-Trailer Hitch Assist.
• Develop and maintain Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessments (HARA), Functional Safety Concepts (FSC), and Technical Safety Concepts (TSC).
• Produce safety analyses (DFMEA, FTA, DFA) per ISO 26262.
• Support Safety Verification & Validation planning at different system abstraction levels.
• Create test cases (DVP), execute them, and evaluate results.
• Contribute to safety audits and assessments.
• Collaborate with systems, hardware, software, and V&V teams to deliver a safe product.

Skills

Functional Safety

Hazard Analysis

Safety Concepts

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Aerospace, Mechanical, Systems, or Computer Engineering or related field

Tools

SysML / MagicDraw

Model Based Systems Engineering

Job description

Ford Motor Company seeks a Senior Functional Safety Engineer for the ADAS team in hybrid work environments. You will lead safety work products for BlueCruise and Pro-Trailer Hitch, performing HARA, FSC, and TSC activities and producing DFMEA/FTA analyses per ISO 26262.

You will collaborate across systems, hardware, software, and V&V domains to ensure a robust safety case and successful verification and validation planning.