Product Functional Safety Engineer

Pentangle Tech Services | P5 Group; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Pentangle Tech Services | P5 Group is seeking a senior candidate to lead functional safety activities for the Electrolyzers business. You will develop safety studies, perform SIL calculations, and drive risk assessments with cross-functional teams.

The role requires CFSP/CFSE certification or equivalent experience, strong documentation skills, and the ability to coordinate safety lifecycle activities with suppliers and customers.

Qualifications

• University degree in Electrical/Electronic/Mechatronics Engineering required.
• CFSP or CFSE certification preferred with hands-on functional safety experience.
• Experience with IEC 61511/61508 safety standards and risk assessment methods.
• Ability to perform HAZOP and risk assessments and to document results.
• Strong communication, documentation, and project management fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Support cross-functional teams on functional safety across the electrolyzers lifecycle.
• Work with process, instrument and control systems owners on safety and process requirements.
• Develop functional safety documentation (FSMP, SCN, SRS).
• Conduct SIL calculations and LOPA-based risk reduction analyses.
• Lead or participate in HAZOP/HAZID and risk assessment workshops.
• Review work products for functional safety and participate in technical reviews.
• Support audits, continuous improvement, and safety lifecycle planning.

Skills

CFSP/CFSE

Functional safety

HAZOP

FMEA/FTA

IEC 61511

IEC 61508

Project mgmt

Teamwork

Education

Electrical/Electronic/Mechatronics Engineering degree

Job description

Job Description

• Support cross-functional teams on functional safety matters across the entire Electrolyzers business cycle.
• Work with process, instrument & and control systems owners to address functional safety and process requirements.
• Develop and maintain functional safety documentation like functional safety management plan FSMP, safety control narrative SCN, safety requirements specifications SRS.
• Develop functional safety studies resulted in the description of SIFs, PFDs values & SIL levels and the associated RRF, safe states, demand modes, and bypass theory resulted in creation of safety requirement specifications SRS.
• Perform as a key participant in HAZOP/HAZID and Risk Assessment workshops.
• Perform safety analysis and SIL calculations. Carry out SIL determination through application of LOPA methodology and determine target SIL. Identify hazards and quantify risks resulted in risk reduction factor RRF, maintaining the concept of ALARP).
• Perform SIL verification and calculate for and specify SIFs’ PFD & HFT architecture to confirm whether the classified SIFs in the current architecture meet the required/target SILs.
• Review and approve work products from a functional safety perspective and participate at technical reviews and workshops.
• Conduct / carry out functional safety audits, assessments, and support third-party audits and assessments.
• Support the development of best practice procedures for functional safety activities.
• Provide input on changes affecting functional safety, including the Impact Analysis.
• Provide integrity and enforce appropriate standards in a time critical environment.
• Keep status trackers up to date, showing status of all responsible projects.
• Analyse and verify system requirements and interface definitions from a functional safety perspective.
• Act as single point of accountability for specific project delivery in the Functional Safety team and provide input, as required, to projects carried out by the project teams.
• Support the planning and follow-up of activities of the safety lifecycle.
• Cooperate with the project manager, developers, and customers. Liaise with suppliers to ensure achievement of safety requirements.
• Interact with system/feature owners and project/program teams to advise and review documentation.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Support cross-functional teams on functional safety matters across the entire Electrolyzers business cycle.
• Work with process, instrument & and control systems owners to address functional safety and process requirements.
• Develop and maintain functional safety documentation like functional safety management plan FSMP, safety control narrative SCN, safety requirements specifications SRS.
• Develop functional safety studies resulted in the description of SIFs, PFDs values & SIL levels and the associated RRF, safe states, demand modes, and bypass theory resulted in creation of safety requirement specifications SRS.
• Perform as a key participant in HAZOP/HAZID and Risk Assessment workshops.
• Perform safety analysis and SIL calculations. Carry out SIL determination through application of LOPA methodology and determine target SIL. Identify hazards and quantify risks resulted in risk reduction factor RRF, maintaining the concept of ALARP).
• Perform SIL verification and calculate for and specify SIFs’ PFD & HFT architecture to confirm whether the classified SIFs in the current architecture meet the required/target SILs.
• Review and approve work products from a functional safety perspective and participate at technical reviews and workshops.
• Conduct / carry out functional safety audits, assessments, and support third-party audits and assessments.
• Support the development of best practice procedures for functional safety activities.
• Provide input on changes affecting functional safety, including the Impact Analysis.
• Provide integrity and enforce appropriate standards in a time critical environment.
• Keep status trackers up to date, showing status of all responsible projects.Analyse and verify system requirements and interface definitions from a functional safety perspective.
• Act as single point of accountability for specific project delivery in the Functional Safety team and provide input, as required, to projects carried out by the uh. questions.
• Support the planning and follow-up of activities of the safety lifecycle.
• Cooperate with the project manager, developers, and customers. Liaise with suppliers to ensure achievement of safety requirements.
• Interact with system/feature owners and project/program teams to advise and review documentation.

Ideal Experience

• University degree in Electrical/Electronic/Mechatronics Engineering.
• Evidence of CFSP or CFSE certification and demonstrate experience thereof.
• Previous industry experience in a functional safety role working in accordance with a relevant international standard (e.g., IEC 61511, IEC 61508).
• Previous industry experience in the HAZOP & Risk Assessment role working in accordance with a relevant international standard (e.g., OSHA PSM 1910.119 and IEC 61882).
• Knowledge of Safety Codes and standards in the Hydrogen or process industry.
• Maintaining and monitoring the gaps or limitations of a product line from a safety standpoint and developing plans to address them as part of the product roadmap.
• Ability to manage ambiguity and help with prioritization of work.
• Ability to generate formal documentation to a high professional standard.
• Strong customer-facing skills.
• Strong communication and technical reporting skills, including the ability to communicate with overseas suppliers.
• Ability to conduct and review Hazard Analysis & Risk Assessments (HARA), Fault Tree Analyses (FTA), Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) etc.
• Awareness of project management fundamentals.
• Excellent teamwork skills and a strong communicator with the ability to interact with various organizational stakeholders.
• Working closely with other platform leaders to define processes and tools for the Safety management of electrolyzers.
• Good time management skills and an ability to plan and organize both work activities and the resources required to execute said work activities.Able to apply previous lessons learned proactively.
• Self-motivated and able to motivate and inspire others.