Automotive Functional Safety Engineer

  • Peabody
  • Tuv Sud America, Inc.
Automotive Functional Safety Engineer Your tasks

Position Summary

TUV SUD has been working with top automotive OEMs and suppliers globally and has been at the cutting edge of vehicle testing for over 100 years. In the era of highly automated driving, we can draw on our extensive experience in testing and benchmarking of advanced driver assistance systems. This position will expand our automotive business in the USA by operational execution of highly automated driving projects (technical advice/training, technical support, approval/assessments).

Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

Act as a Functional Safety Engineer in the field of connected and automated vehicles by:

Reviewing, analyzing, and discussing functional safety and technical safety concepts and requirements according to relevant standards during essential project phases of the customers (concept, product development, verification & validation)

Perform Confirmation and verification reviews independently based on ISO 26262 standards.

Perform audits/assessments of safety processes and related safety management processes for clients seeking compliance with standards in functional safety and related fields, including ISO 26262, ISO 21448, UL 4600, and other similar standards relevant to systems and safety engineering.

Collaborate with engineers, project managers, global teams, and customers on Functional Safety and relevant other safety standards

Manage external partners to ensure compliance across all parts of the vehicle system.

Advise clients regarding the system specification and development while following applicable technical standards as well as standards on quality, safety, etc. This includes technical advice in developing safety cases, creating safety management plans and workflows, and guiding processes and technical designs for our customers.

Focuses on customer satisfaction, account growth and expansion of services provided, and sustaining customer loyalty for a group of key customers.

Acts as a project manager if required and responds effectively to urgent and sensitive customer issues.

Support technical sales activities in the field of Functional Safety, Safety of The Intended Functionality (SOTIF), and holistic safety aspects of autonomous driving products.

Your qualifications

Bachelor's degree in applied physics, Informatics, or Electrical, Mechanical, Computer, or Systems Engineering; focusing on automotive application is a plus.

Minimum 2-3 years of professional experience with ISO 26262, and preferably experience in Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and/or Autonomous Driving (AD).

Experience with further safety standards relating to automotive and other industries is a plus (e.g., ISO 21448, UL 4600, IEC 61508, ISO 13849, ISO 9001, etc.).

Experience/knowledge in the field of Automotive Cybersecurity (ISO/SAE 21434) is a plus.

Practical project management and work experience in the automotive sector

Confident dealing with external and internal contact persons

Good comprehension, critical and analytical thinking

Independent, structured, and result-oriented way of working

Team player with good communication skills

Willingness to travel

Additional Information

Equal Opportunity Employer - Disability and Veteran

TUV SUD America, Inc. is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, marital status, genetics, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status and those laws, directives, and regulations of Federal, State, and Local governing bodies or agencies. We participate in the E-Verify Employment Verification Program.

For more information on applicable equal employment regulations, please refer to the following:

Details Benefits

Paid vacation time

Competitive compensation

Retirement savings plans

Structured professional development

Long-term-service awards

Wellness benefits

Home office

Family care benefits

Employee events

Sick leave

Flexible working hours

Employment type

Full time / regular

Work model

hybrid

Job location

Home Office, Auburn Hills

Country

United States

Job category

Sales, Customer Services & Training Management

Required experience

Professionals 3 - 5 years of experience

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At TUV SUD we are passionate about technology. Innovations impact our daily lives in countless ways, and we are dedicated to being a part of that progress. We test, we audit, we inspect, we advise. We never stop challenging ourselves for the safety of society and its people. We breathe technology, we strive for professional excellence, and we leave a mark. We take the future into our hands. We are TUV SUD.

Established more than 150 years ago in Germany, TUV SUD is a leading global provider of technical services with more than 28,000 highly skilled employees across 1,000 offices worldwide. For over 30 years, throughout 33 locations, it is TUV SUD America's priority to create a safer future. To protect people, property and the environment from technology-related risks; we drive consumer protection, digital transformation, sustainable development, and urbanization.

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