Senior Functional Safety Engineer

Pentangle Tech Services | P5 Group; Johnson Creek (WI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology services firm in the United States is seeking a Safety Engineer to oversee cross-functional teams and ensure compliance with safety standards. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience with ISO 26262 and related frameworks, including strong skills in system analysis and safety documentation generation. Responsibilities include performing audits, providing technical leadership, and collaborating with stakeholders to uphold safety processes. This position offers a strategic role in shaping safety practices within automotive software development.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience working with ISO 26262 standard & ISO 19014.
• Demonstrated experience in certifying or assessing automotive software.
• Good knowledge on ISO 21448 / SOTIF.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safety standards and processes.
• Collaborate with stakeholders for safety analysis.
• Interface with quality management and external manufacturers.

Skills

Safety Engineering

ISO 26262

Technical leadership

System analysis

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Overview

He / She will be responsible for ensuring that a cross-functional team that interacting between multiple teams / engineers to generate the safety work products EV/ AD. He/ She shall participate in system analysis like HARA, FSC, TSC, FRS, TSR, FMEA, FTA, DFA, STPA etc and validate the deliverables of supplier w.r.t to safety requirements, including ASIL targets, decomposition strategies, and any other deliverables. Shall be responsible for generation and compilation of safety documentation and confirmation measures as per ISO 26262 & ISO-19014 standards.

Responsibilities

• Expected -
• Project and technical leadership to ensure safety standards and its processes
• Perform audit, confirmation review and technical assessment of different system modules, evaluate and identify gaps, then suggest implementation and validation solutions
• Collaborate with different stakeholder to drive Safety Analysis and perform technical assessment according to the applicable standards and processes
• Provide technical leadership for team and bridge necessary gaps on system understanding on Safety process, Safety culture
• Interface with quality management (QMS), cybersecurity, and operational safety
• Engage with external manufacturers and suppliers to ensure compliance
• Participate and interact with safety assessors to facilitate the assessment activities

Qualifications

• Required -
• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Safety Engineering
• 5+ years’ experience working with ISO 26262 standard & ISO 19014
• Demonstrated experience in certifying or assessment of automotive software (preferred autonomous)
• Good to have knowledge on ISO 21448 / SOTIF
• Demonstrated practical experience on HARA, FSC, TSC, FSR/TSR, DFMEA, SFMEA, FMEDA, FTA, STPA, reliability estimation, and root cause analysis
• Demonstrated experience in ISO audit, ISO Technical assessment of deliverables, Tools & Component Qualification
• Have good knowledge on system safety project and/or safety critical software from concept to validation
• Defining and documenting safety lifecycle processes for complex safety critical systems, including safety plans, safety requirements, specifications, assessments, etc.