Functional Safety Architect​/Safety Engineer; FuSa – PT VSC

Overview

Expleo is a trusted partner for end-to-end, integrated engineering, quality services and management consulting for digital transformation. We help businesses harness unrelenting technological change to successfully deliver innovations that will help them gain a competitive advantage and improve the everyday lives of people around the globe.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Functional Safety Architect / Safety Engineer (FuSa) to support the development of advanced automotive electrical and electronic systems within a high-performance engineering environment.

This role focuses on the implementation and delivery of Functional Safety activities across electrified propulsion and vehicle control systems, ensuring compliance with ISO 26262 throughout the full safety lifecycle. The successful candidate will play a key role in developing safety concepts, deriving safety requirements, supporting system architecture activities, and guiding cross-functional teams through safety-driven development processes.

The position is ideally suited to an engineer with strong experience in automotive Functional Safety, embedded systems, and electrified powertrain or vehicle control systems.

• Lead and support Functional Safety activities across vehicle systems and embedded electronic control systems.
• Provide technical guidance on ISO 26262 compliance across:
  • System level
  • Hardware level
  • Software level
  • Production and operational safety activities
• Contribute hands‑on to Functional Safety work products in accordance with ISO 26262 Parts 4, 5, and 6.
• Support development and implementation of safety lifecycle processes and best practices.

• Perform safety analysis and derive:
  • Functional Safety Requirements (FSR)
  • Technical Safety Requirements (TSR)
  • Hardware Safety Requirements (HSR)
  • Software Safety Requirements (SSR)
• Develop:
  • Functional Safety Concepts (FSC)
  • Technical Safety Concepts (TSC)
• Support Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment (HARA) activities.
• Define safety mechanisms and monitoring concepts for embedded automotive systems.
• Develop function monitoring strategies aligned to industry safety standards and architectures.

• Support System Architects in defining robust system architectures for electrified and embedded vehicle systems.
• Collaborate with software and hardware architecture teams to ensure safety requirements are fully integrated into product design.
• Support creation of detailed product requirement and mechanisation documentation.
• Evaluate stakeholder and customer requirements and translate them into safety‑compliant system definitions.

• Support generation of safety compliance verification and validation plans.
• Collaborate with verification teams to ensure traceability between hazards, safety goals, requirements, and test activities.
• Participate in safety audits, assessments, and gap analysis activities.
• Support generation and maintenance of safety case documentation and compliance evidence.

• Work closely with:
  • Systems Engineering teams
  • Software and Hardware teams
  • Verification & Validation teams
  • Vehicle integration teams
  • External suppliers and global engineering stakeholders
• Support issue resolution and technical reviews relating to safety compliance and system behaviour.
• Mentor and guide junior engineers in Functional Safety processes and methodologies where required.

• Degree or equivalent experience in Automotive Engineering, Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Strong understanding of automotive embedded systems and safety‑critical development processes.
• Functional Safety certification or ISO 26262 training is advantageous.

• Strong experience applying ISO 26262 across automotive embedded systems and safety‑critical development programmes.
• Proven capability developing and managing:
  • HARA
  • Functional Safety Concepts (FSC)
  • Technical Safety Concepts (TSC)
  • Functional, Technical, Hardware, and Software Safety Requirements (FSR/TSR/HSR/SSR)
  • Safety verification and validation…