Systems Engineer – Functional Safety Engineer

Yoh Services LLC; Allen Park (MI); On-site; USD 96,000 - 124,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Prescription, Dental & Vision

401K Retirement Savings Plan

Life & Disability Insurance

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Direct Deposit & weekly epayroll

Referral Bonus Programs

Certification and training opportuni­t

HR & Privacy Programs

Job summary

Yoh, a Day & Zimmermann company, is seeking a Systems Engineer – Functional Safety Engineer in Michigan. The role focuses on ISO 26262-based safety analysis for vehicle features, including safety requirements and architectures, with collaboration across hardware and software teams.

The candidate will lead functional safety for multiple features, develop design verification plans with V&V, and work hands-on to validate safety concepts during prototype integration and testing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Computer Engineering or related field.
• 3+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Experience in production applications of vehicle domains (motion, body controls, infotainment).
• Experience writing safety requirements to meet ISO 26262 or similar standards.
• Strong record in system safety related to software design and development.
• Experience with systems engineering methods applied to complex software systems (FMEA, FTA, DFA, attack tree).
• Experience in safety-critical software development processes.
• Strong systems engineering fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Functional Safety for a handful of features in the vehicle.
• Develop safety requirements, architecture, and behavior diagrams per ISO 26262.
• Collaborate with V&V teams to develop and execute the Design Verification Plan.
• Get hands-on with the product and validate designs in action.
• Support prototype integration & test milestones with triage & root-cause analysis.
• Coordinate with software, hardware, bring-up, and testing teams.
• Assist project management in allocating resources for safety processes.

Skills

ISO 26262

FMEA

FTA

DFA

Safety requirements

Systems engineering

C (basic)

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Computer Engineering

Job description

Systems Engineer – Functional Safety Engineer

As a functional safety engineer, you will provide analysis of features in Electrical Vehicle (such as cruise control, low beams, etc.), based on analysis you will come up with safety requirements, and work with hardware and software teams to realize those requirements. Work will not involve programming but will require a basic understanding of C and a good understanding of hardware/software systems.

What you’ll do:

• Lead the Functional Safety for a handful of features in the vehicle.
• Develop safety requirements, architecture, and behavior diagrams that align with the ISO 26262 standard.
• Work closely with the V&V teams to develop and execute the Design Verification Plan for respective features & functions.
• Get hands-on with the product and see the designs in action!
• Support early prototype integration & test milestones, including hands-on triage & root cause analysis to further improve requirements & designs. Partner closely with software, hardware, bring-up, & testing teams.
• Work with project management to develop, document, and allocate various teams’ resources for the initiation and implementation of systems & safety processes and improvements.

Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Computer Engineering, or a related field
• 3+ years of relevant industry experience
• Experience working in production applications of vehicle domains like vehicle motion, body controls, in-vehicle infotainment, etc.
• Experience writing safety requirements to meet ISO 26262 or similar standards
• Strong record working in the field of system safety as it relates to software design and development.
• Practical experience with systems engineering methods applied to complex software systems, including systematic system or software analysis (e.g. FMEA, FTA, DFA, attack tree analysis)
• Experience in safety-critical software development processes
• Strong systems engineering fundamentals

Nice to have but not Required:

• Expertise in software development
• RTOS

Estimated Min Rate: $70.00

Estimated Max Rate: $90.00

What’s In It for You?

Benefit eligibility is in accordance with applicable laws and client requirements. Benefits include:

• Medical, Prescription, Dental & Vision Benefits (for employees working 20+ hours per week)
• Health Savings Account (HSA) (for employees working 20+ hours per week)
• Life & Disability Insurance (for employees working 20+ hours per week)
• MetLife Voluntary Benefits
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 401K Retirement Savings Plan
• Direct Deposit & weekly epayroll
• Referral Bonus Programs
• Certification and training opportunities

Note: Any pay ranges displayed are estimations. Actual pay is determined by an applicant's experience, technical expertise, and other qualifications as listed in the job description. All qualified applicants are welcome to apply.

Yoh, a Day & Zimmermann company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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