Systems Safety Engineer

FEV Group; Auburn Hills (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

FEV Group in Auburn Hills, MI, is seeking a System Safety Engineer to ensure the safety and reliability of automotive systems across the lifecycle.

You will identify hazards, perform risk assessments, and develop mitigations aligned with MIL-STD-882E, ISO 26262, DO-178C/DO-254, and ARP standards, collaborating with suppliers to verify safety evidence.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of systems safety engineering experience; preferably 5+ years.
• Bachelor level degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science or Computer Engineering.
• Knowledge of MIL-STD-882E and/or ISO 26262.
• Working knowledge of DO-178C, DO-254, ARP4761 and ARP4754 desirable.
• Perform and support safety analysis at system, subsystem, and component levels.
• Experience performing FMEA/FMECA; FMEDA experience preferred.
• US Citizen or Green Card Holder.

Responsibilities

• Align hazards and safety-significant functions to implementing systems, subsystems, hardware, software, and communications.
• Develop and maintain traceability between hazards, safety requirements, design elements, mitigations, and verification evidence.
• Support identification and classification of Safety Significant Functions (SSF) and implementing items.
• Support development and management of Software Control Categories (SCC) and Software Criticality Indices (SwCI).
• Support maturation and maintenance of FHA and Hazard Tracking System (HTS) as vehicle design evolves.
• Evaluate system architecture and proposed design controls against hazards and required risk reduction.
• Work with third‑party suppliers to review and assess safety‑case evidence and supplier arguments.
• Identify gaps between supplier safety evidence and vehicle‑level safety requirements.

Skills

System safety engineering

FMEA/FMECA/FMEDA

Hazard analysis

Risk assessment

Education

B.S. in Electrical/Mechanical/CS/CE

Tools

MIL-STD-882E

ISO 26262

ARP4761/ARP4754

DO-178C/DO-254

Job description

Description

The System Safety Engineer ensures the safety and reliability of complex systems by identifying hazards, assessing risks, and implementing mitigation strategies throughout the system lifecycle.

• Align identified hazards and safety-significant functions to the implementing systems, subsystems, hardware, software, and communications.
• Develop and maintain traceability between hazards, safety requirements, design elements, mitigations, and verification evidence.
• Support identification and classification of Safety Significant Functions (SSF) and implementing items.
• Support development and management of Software Control Categories (SCC) and Software Criticality Indices (SwCI).
• Support maturation and maintenance of the FHA and Hazard Tracking System (HTS) as the vehicle design evolves.
• Evaluate system architecture and proposed design controls against identified hazards and required risk reduction.
• Work with third‑party suppliers to review and assess safety‑case evidence and determine whether supplier safety arguments, analyses, assumptions, and constraints adequately address the safety responsibilities of the supplied component or subsystem.
• Identify gaps between supplier safety evidence and vehicle‑level safety requirements.

Requirements

• 3-5 years of systems safety engineering experience required. Preferably 5 years or more.
• B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering.
• Knowledge and experience with the processes, work products, and analysis methods of MIL-STD-882E and/or ISO 26262.
• Working knowledge of DO-178C, DO-254, ARP4761 and ARP4754 desirable.
• Perform and support safety analysis at the system, subsystem, and component levels.
• Experience performing FMEA/FMECA; FMEDA experience preferred.
• US Citizen or Green Card Holder