Senior Functional Safety Systems Engineer (ISO 26262)

Akidev Corporation; Southfield (MI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Akidev Corporation is seeking a Technical Specialist, Functional Safety Engineer with hands‑on ISO 26262 experience to lead automotive safety workstreams. You will define safety concepts, supervise safety analyses, and ensure supplier interfaces meet safety requirements in a fast‑paced environment.

You will collaborate with hardware, software, design and validation teams, review safety documentation, and drive readiness metrics for the program. Advanced degrees are preferred.

Qualifications

• Extensive in‑depth knowledge of ISO 26262 and experience developing and delivering the major work products of a functional safety program.
• One year or more of experience performing SOTIF analysis and developing associated work products.
• Proven track record of successes, e.g. having successfully managed Functional Safety analyses of a system or product to make it safer.
• Experience supporting external/third‑party reviews of functional safety work products.
• Understanding of the product safety responsibility share between supplier and OEM and ability to articulate technical issues and solutions to all levels of the business, within and beyond the engineering communities.
• Experience with functional safety tools (e.g. Medini, APIS IQ) and requirements management tools (e.g. Jama).
• Drive to be an advocate for safety across all levels of hardware and software development.
• Excellent writing, verbal and organization skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of functional safety system requirements and functional decomposition for automotive systems.
• Review and approve HARA, Functional Safety Requirements, Technical Safety Requirements, Validation tests.
• Actively contribute to the definition and/or confirmation of the architecture in the vehicle from the perspective of functional safety.
• Review and approve Development Interface Agreement and other necessary Functional Safety documents for suppliers and other external partners.
• Lead development of functional safety processes and tools.
• Oversee the program Functional safety readiness process and metrics
• Lead development of SOTIF requirements for autonomous driving and core subsystems
• Define the functional safety concept for the system, hardware, and software according to ISO 26262 standards.
• Collaborate with hardware, software, design, and validation engineers to ensure design meets safety requirements.
• Contribute to the decision making at various levels of management driven by systems knowledge and develop detailed requirements.
• Work with cross‑functional teams to develop hazard analysis and safety concept
• Support functional safety validation tests.
• Work closely with internal teams and suppliers to define functional safety interfaces between project partners.
• Work in a fast‑paced, rapidly evolving environment with little direct oversight in a collaborative environment.

Skills

ISO 26262 knowledge

SOTIF analysis

Technical writing

Cross‑functional collaboration

Education

BS in engineering

Advanced degrees preferred

Tools

Medini

APIS IQ

Jama

Job description

Akidev Corporation is seeking a Technical Specialist, Functional Safety Engineer with hands‑on ISO 26262 experience to lead automotive safety workstreams. You will define safety concepts, supervise safety analyses, and ensure supplier interfaces meet safety requirements in a fast‑paced environment.

You will collaborate with hardware, software, design and validation teams, review safety documentation, and drive readiness metrics for the program. Advanced degrees are preferred.