Role Summary

The Functional Safety Engineer supports the development of functional safety concepts for conventional automotive and new mobility E/E architectures for pre-development ativities and serial production programs. He/she provides assistance to the program teams in delivering the work products of the safety case in compliance with best practices and ISO 26262.

The Functional Safety Engineer is responsible for supporting the development team in the definition and creation of full E/E architecture and their products which fulfil functional safety requirements. Working from industry, internal and customer specifications, the Functional Safety Engineer not only performs, but is responsible for guiding engineering activities as it pertains to functional safety. This individual will independently plan the safety activities of a project, carry out work assignments and depending on experience, serve as the technical authority regarding functional safety. These activities shall begin during the concept phase of a project and extend through the serial development phase to the end of production.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide guidance and support to the program teams in the development of their work products per the safety case in compliance with ISO 26262.
• Support the Functional Safety Manager in the development of the Development Interface Agreement (DIA) with the responsible party (e.g., internal pre-development lead, external: customer).
• Develop and own the functional safety program plan in collaboration with the Program Manager.
• Provide guidance to the program team in the development and usage of Magna group functional safety processes, templates, and guidelines.
• Support the software tools qualification process in support of the program in collaboration with the Quality team.
• Provide coaching to the program teams in the interpretation of the relevant clauses of ISO 26262; solicit support from the Functional Safety Manager in this area as necessary

Key Responsibilities (Continued)

• Track the program’s functional safety issues and drives for their closure.
• Support the Functional Managers with the verification reviews of the work products per GPEP and ISO 26262.
• Support the Functional Safety Manager in carrying out the Confirmation Measures per ISO 26262 (Confirmation Reviews, Safety Audit, and Safety Assessment)
• Provide coaching to the program’s suppliers in functional safety; solicit support from the Functional Manager in this area as necessary.
• Provide assessment of the program status in terms of functional safety to the Functional Safety Manager.
• Perform work assignments as a highly competent Functional Safety Engineer, requiring independent design, implementation and testing of the control software components.
• Support development of safe and secure systems according to ISO26262 and ISO/SAE 21434.
• Create safety & security plans to plan and track safety and, where appropriate, cybersecurity activities within projects.
• Work with project teams to provide information about the progress of work products and special tasks.
• Working with the Functional Safety Manager and Technical Specialists ensure compliance with the relevant safety and security standards.
• Support functional safety audits and assessments.
• Moderate and create an internal preliminary hazard analysis and risk assessment.
• Support product concept development from a Functional Safety perspective (Item Definition, HARA, functional safety concept), aligning safety requirements between OEM and suppliers.
• Analysis and evaluation of special customer-relevant security requirements.
• Support the safety development on the system, Hardware and Software level (develop safety requirements, support related departments).

Education/Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering/ Systems Engineering/ Electrical Engineering/ Computer Science or equivalent (Master’s preferred)
• 5+ years’ relevant product and or technology experience regarding the responsibility/ activities (listed above) for automotive electronics serial development projects (mandatory).

Qualifications

• Functional understanding of complex mechatronic systems.
• Knowledge of the ISO 26262 and the IEC 61508 standards required.
• Functional Safety certification with independent agency to at least Functional Safety Professional / Level 2
• Knowledge of cyber security (ISO / SAE 21434) is desirable.
• Knowledge of Automotive SPICE (ISO 15504) is desirable.
• Knowledge of Software and Hardware development processes required.
• Skills for understanding and analysis of complex mechatronic systems strongly preferred.
• IBM Jazz / Doors NG strongly preferred.
• Requirements management / ALM skills strongly preferred.
• Medini analyze skills preferred.
• Moderation and problem-solving techniques.
• Working knowledge in computer-based software; strong organizational/communication skills, and ability to work with others in a team environment
• Must be able to travel domestically and internationally on an occasional basis
• Valid driver’s license

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