Senior Functional Safety Engineer - Automotive

INVENSITY GmbH; Detroit (MI); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Model: 2 remote days/week

Vacation and personal/sick leave

Retirement plans

Job summary

INVENSITY GmbH is expanding its Detroit team to deliver high-impact functional safety projects. You will lead safety activities across the product lifecycle, conduct rigorous safety analyses, and drive safety concepts and documentation.

You will partner with multidisciplinary teams, mentor engineers, and support client discussions while promoting a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field (Master's preferred).
• 5–7 years of functional safety engineering experience, automotive or safety-critical environments.
• Strong knowledge of ISO 26262 and lifecycle processes.
• Experience conducting safety analyses: HARA, FMEA, FTA, FMEDA.
• Experience developing safety concepts, requirements, and documentation.
• Understanding of systems engineering, V-model, and HW/SW lifecycles.
• Experience with safety-related development tools and requirements management systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage functional safety activities per ISO 26262 and other standards.
• Conduct and review safety analyses (HARA, FMEA, FTA, FMEDA).
• Develop and maintain safety concepts, requirements, and safety cases.
• Define safety plans, verification strategies, and processes.
• Support integration of safety requirements into system, hardware, and software development.
• Act as technical contact for clients, leading safety discussions and reviews.
• Mentor junior engineers and consultants; contribute to knowledge sharing.

Skills

ISO 26262

HARA

FMEA

FTA

FMEDA

DOORS

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systems engineering

V-model

safety analyses

client communication

mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Master's degree preferred

Tools

DOORS

Jama

Job description

INVENSITY GmbH is expanding its Detroit team to deliver high-impact functional safety projects. You will lead safety activities across the product lifecycle, conduct rigorous safety analyses, and drive safety concepts and documentation.

You will partner with multidisciplinary teams, mentor engineers, and support client discussions while promoting a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement.