Job Details

An American electric vehicle manufacturing company is actively looking for a detail-oriented Senior Functional Safety Engineer to join their team. This is a 6-month CT role with potential for extension. It is 100% onsite at their Tustin, CA location and is Monday-Friday 1st shift.

If you have an adventurous spirit and are hardwired with curiosity this is the perfect company to be a part of. They have a great company culture, exciting technology and endless opportunities for learning and growth. As the Functional Safety Engineer one will be responsible for ensuring compliance with ISO 26262 across vehicle programs.

Required Skills & Experience

• Degree education in Electrical/Electronic or Mechanical (or similar)
• Over 5 years of experience within the automotive industry (or equivalent), ideally OEM or Tier 1 working within functional safety
• Good interpersonal and communication skills with a high level of integrity
• Experience working within a cross-functional team
• Proven knowledge of ISO 26262 and experience applying within an OEM or Tier 1
• Good working knowledge of vehicle system functionality and electro/mechanical control strategy
• Ability to report to Sr management and report accurate information in a clear and concise manner

What You Will Be Doing

Daily Responsibilities:

• Perform vehicle level HARA and generate safety goals as well as perform DFMEA and FTA analysis
• Represent the functional safety team working alongside the engineering departments to provide technical consult, guidance and approval as part of internal and external development activities
• Work with the vehicle and system architecture teams to derive functional safety requirements and technical requirements from derived safety goals
• Provide independent peer review and approval of functional safety activities including technical review and resolution
• Provide a single point of contact for specific departments to ensure compliance throughout the functional safety lifecycle
• Co-ordinate cross-functional engineering teams to achieve their deliverables
• Work with the vehicle engineering, systems engineering and component engineering teams to progress the functional safety deliverables

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US on a full-time basis now and in the future.