Systems Engineer IV

TekWissen ®; Southfield (MI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

TekWissen seeks a Technical Specialist, Functional Safety Engineer to lead ISO 26262 activities for automotive systems. You will develop safety requirements, lead hazard analyses, and validate safety concepts with cross-functional teams.

The role requires strong writing and communication skills, experience with safety tools (Medini, Jama), and a track record of delivering safety analyses in an OEM/Tier1 environment.

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of ISO 26262 and major safety work products.
• 1+ year of SOTIF analysis experience and related artifacts.
• Proven track record of successfully delivering functional safety analyses to improve safety.
• Experience supporting external reviews of functional safety work products.
• Ability to communicate technical issues clearly to all business levels.
• Experience with safety tools and requirements management tools.
• Advocate for safety across hardware and software development.
• Excellent writing, verbal, and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of functional safety system requirements and decomposition.
• Review and approve HARA, safety requirements, and validation tests.
• Collaborate to define architecture from a functional safety perspective.
• Oversee FS documents for suppliers and partners.
• Drive development of FS processes and tools.
• Oversee program FS readiness metrics.
• Lead SOTIF requirements for autonomous driving.
• Define functional safety concepts for system, hardware, and software.
• Coordinate with hardware, software, design and validation engineers.
• Develop hazard analysis and safety concepts with cross-functional teams.
• Support FS validation tests and interface definitions.
• Operate in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with minimal oversight.

Skills

ISO 26262

SOTIF analysis

Functional Safety

Safety concept

Hazard analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical writing

Education

BS in Engineering ( EE / CS / Mechatronics )

8+ years functional safety experience

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Medini

APIS IQ

Jama

Job description

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. This Client is an American multinational semiconductor company based in Austin, that develops computer processors and related technologies for business and consumer markets. Global company that specializes in manufacturing semiconductor devices used in computer processing. The company also produces flash memories, graphics processors, motherboard chip sets, and a variety of components used in consumer electronics goods.

Job Description

• We are currently seeking a Technical Specialist, Functional Safety Engineer. This position requires experienced professionals with hands-on experience in functional safety engineering in the context of ISO 26262 at an OEM or Tier 1.
• Our ideal candidate exhibits a can-do attitude and approaches his or her work with vigor and determination. Candidates will be expected to demonstrate excellence in their respective fields, to possess the ability to learn quickly and to strive for perfection within a fast-paced environment.

The Role

• 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.

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.

Advantageous

• Experience working in an Agile development environment and using related tools
• Knowledge of CMMI and Automotive Spice and their role in delivering a quality product
• Experience developing and delivering embedded system hardware and/or software

Education

• BS minimum in an engineering discipline such as computer science, electrical, electronic or mechatronics engineering.
• A minimum of 8 years of work experience as a functional safety engineer or related role.
• Advanced degrees preferred.

TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.