Senior Functional Safety Engineer

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.

• 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

• 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.