Job Description

Job Title: Sr. Functional Safety Engineer - Automotive

Location: Johnson Creek, WI, United States

Employment Type: Full-Time

Position Summary

The Senior Functional Safety Engineer will be responsible for leading and ensuring functional safety compliance across complex EV and Autonomous Driving (AD) systems. This role involves close collaboration with cross-functional teams, suppliers, and external assessors to generate, review, and validate functional safety work products in accordance with ISO 26262 and ISO 19014 standards. The engineer will provide technical and project leadership to drive safety culture, ensure process adherence, and deliver compliant safety documentation throughout the product lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide project and technical leadership to ensure compliance with functional safety standards and processes for EV and AD systems.
• Lead and participate in system safety analyses, including HARA, FSC, TSC, FSR/TSR, DFMEA, SFMEA, FMEDA, FTA, STPA, DFA, and reliability analyses.
• Review, validate, and approve supplier functional safety deliverables, including ASIL targets, decomposition strategies, and safety concepts.
• Generate, compile, and maintain functional safety documentation and confirmation measures as per ISO 26262 and ISO 19014 requirements.
• Perform audits, confirmation reviews, and technical assessments of system modules; identify gaps and recommend implementation and validation solutions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to drive safety analysis and ensure alignment with applicable standards and organizational processes.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineering teams, strengthening system understanding, safety processes, and safety culture.
• Interface with Quality Management Systems (QMS), cybersecurity, and operational safety teams to ensure holistic safety compliance.
• Engage with external manufacturers and suppliers to ensure functional safety compliance across the supply chain.
• Participate in and support functional safety assessments, including interactions with internal and external safety assessors.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Safety Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience working with ISO 26262 and ISO 19014 standards.
• Demonstrated experience in certification or assessment of automotive software systems (experience with autonomous systems preferred).
• Strong practical experience with functional safety analyses such as HARA, FSC, TSC, FSR/TSR, DFMEA, SFMEA, FMEDA, FTA, STPA, reliability estimation, and root cause analysis.
• Proven experience conducting ISO audits, technical assessments of safety deliverables, and tools and component qualification.
• In-depth knowledge of system safety projects and/or safety-critical software development from concept through validation.
• Experience defining and documenting safety lifecycle processes, including safety plans, safety requirements, specifications, and assessments.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to work across multidisciplinary and geographically distributed teams.

Preferred / Nice-to-Have Skills

• Knowledge of ISO 21448 (SOTIF).
• Experience in EV and/or Autonomous Driving (AD) system development environments.

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