Functional Safety V & V Senior Engineer

What you'll do...

You will assist teams in the development and execution of functional safety V&V strategies and their work products to develop a comprehensive Safety Case.

You will work with Ford Connected Vehicle Software and Product Data Integrity, and supplier engineering teams to identify safety related process and work product gaps and recommend best practice solutions.

You will develop a FuSa V&V capability maturity plan working with engineering stakeholders.

You will report to the Director of the Office of Functional Safety Assurance (OFSA).

We have two roles within this posting.

Key difference with Role 1:
Focus on AI tools and software

Key difference with Role 2:
Focus on verification and validation plans, methods, tools, and results.

In this role you will ensure FuSa best practices, based on ISO-26262, ISO-21448, ISO-24089 standards and Fords internal guidelines, are applied consistently in the verification and validation of embedded software across the full range of vehicles and systems.

You'll have...

* FuSa Technical Leadership:
Apply, demonstrate and champion best in class methods, tools, practices to ensure embedded software achieves safety.

* FuSa Software V&V Health Dashboard Ownership:
Lead the development of the FuSa Software Health Dashboard for the enterprise, including its metrics and criteria for maturity. Develop AI enhanced tracking and analytic tools to determine status and priority actions.

* Cross-functional collaboration:

Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including product engineering, program management, validation and verification, software, hardware, design, integration, quality, and architecture to drive maturity of enterprise FuSa Health metrics.

* FuSa Software related escapes:
Apply system engineering, risk analysis, trouble shooting and root cause analysis methods to find software related issues and close the loop to process, methods and tools gaps.

* Alignment of FuSa and Quality Assurance:
Align and exploit synergies with SQA where this helps drive FuSa maturity.

* Continuous improvement:
Drive continuous improvement initiatives to optimize software development and deployment processes, tools, and methodologies, enhancing effectiveness.

* Communication:
Provide consistent health status, insights, risks and opportunities to executive leadership and stakeholders.

You'll have...

* FuSa Technical Leadership:
Apply, demonstrate and champion best in class methods, tools, practices to ensure embedded software achieves safety.

* FuSa Software V&V Health Dashboard Ownership:
Lead the development of the FuSa Software Health Dashboard for the enterprise, including its metrics and criteria for maturity. Develop AI enhanced tracking and analytic tools to determine status and priority actions.

* Cross-functional collaboration:

Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including product engineering, program management, validation and verification, software, hardware, design, integration, quality, and architecture to drive maturity of enterprise FuSa Health metrics.

* FuSa Software related escapes:
Apply system engineering, risk analysis, trouble shooting and root cause analysis methods to find software related issues and close the loop to process, methods and tools gaps.

* Alignment of FuSa and Quality Assurance:
Align and exploit synergies with SQA where this helps drive FuSa maturity.

* Continuous improvement:
Drive continuous improvement initiatives to optimize software development and deployment processes, tools, and methodologies, enhancing effectiveness.

* Communication:
Provide consistent health status, insights, risks and opportunities to executive leadership and stakeholders.