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Senior Functional Safety Engineer (ISO 26262, Consulting)

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StageDirectory listedStandardsISO 26262 · ISO 21448 · ISO/SAE 21434IndustryAutomotiveSenioritySeniorRegionMichigan, USSource year2026Role familyConsultingSegmentOtherEmploymentFull-timeEmployerEmployer profile
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Role summary

The organization is seeking a Expert with strong embedded software, electronic system, and safety development experience. The ideal candidate has hands-on product development experience and deep expertise in , allowing them to use their expertise to train, advise, and support customers developing safety-critical systems.

This role includes creating and reviewing functional safety work products for a wide range of technologies, including electrified vehicle platforms, ADAS and automated driving systems, battery management systems, power electronics, industrial automation equipment, aerospace, and other complex safety-related applications.

While the primary focus of this role is automotive functional safety, familiarity with related standards such as (), , ISO 42001, , IEC 62508 is beneficial.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the development and review of functional safety work products in compliance with and related standards.
  • Create or support activities focused on Parts 2/3/4/6
  • Develop safety concepts and architectures for vehicle systems, electronic components, and software-controlled features.
  • Define and decompose safety requirements based on system, hardware, and software architectures.
  • Perform safety analyses including , FTA, DFA, STPA, and related methods.
  • Support safety case development and evidence-based safety argumentation.
  • Perform technical reviews, confirmation measures, compliance assessments, and safety evaluations.
  • Lead technical workshops, training sessions, and safety gap assessments.
  • Serve as a trusted technical advisor to customers, leading technical discussions and providing guidance on safety development activities.
  • Support safety-related activities across embedded software, hardware, and system development efforts.
  • Limited travel may be required to support client engagements, workshops, and assessments.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
  • 5+ years of experience in automotive functional safety.
  • Strong working knowledge of and the functional safety lifecycle.
  • Hands-on experience in embedded software, electronic system, hardware, or product development.
  • Experience developing functional safety work products, including , safety concepts, safety requirements, , and FTA.
  • Ability to independently lead technical discussions with customers and engineering teams.
  • Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.

The organization has been pioneering change since 1894 and we’re still leading the way. From day one, we’ve blazed a trail protecting the planet and everyone on it. Our teams have influenced billions of products, plus services, software offerings and more. We break things, burn things and blow things up. All in the name of safety science.

This is more than a job. It’s a calling. A passion to use our expertise and play our part in creating a more secure, sustainable world today — and tomorrow. As a member of our safety science community, you’ll use your ideas, your energy and your ambition to innovate, challenge and ultimately, help create a safer world.

Everyone here is unique. But we’re also a global community, working together to help create a safer world. Join the organization and you can connect with the brightest minds in the business, all bringing their distinct perspectives and diverse backgrounds together to deliver real change.

Empowering our customers to keep the world safe means thinking ahead. It means investing in training and empowering our people to learn and innovate. At the organization, we help build a better future — one where everyone benefits.

Join the organization to be at the center of safety.

Applications must be received by 2/23/27

Nice to have

  • Experience with ADAS, automated driving systems, chassis systems, battery management systems, or electrified vehicle platforms.
  • Experience supporting functional safety assessments, audits, or safety case development.
  • Familiarity with (), ISO/PAS 8800, ISO 42001, , IEC 62508 or similar safety standards.
  • Consulting or customer-facing engineering experience.

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