Functional Safety Engineer @ ALTEN Technology

We’re ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company that provides solutions for engineering, technology, and product development projects. For decades, we’ve been helping our clients develop products that are changing the world, whether that’s by shaping the future of space exploration, saving lives with medical devices that set a new standard of care, or creating the fully autonomous electric taxi of tomorrow. Our team of more than 600 people works across industries including aerospace, medical devices and life sciences, unmanned systems and robotics, automotive OEM and tier 1 suppliers, commercial vehicle, electric vehicles, rail, and more. Our offices across the US have different industry focuses and engage with our clients in different ways, ranging from working on-site at client facilities to performing product development at our delivery centers.

ALTEN Group, our parent company, has been a leader in engineering and information technology for more than 30 years. ALTEN Group operates in 30 countries across Europe, North America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East and employs more than 36,000 people, 88% of whom are engineers. The company covers the whole development cycle and offers a choice of service levels, from technology consulting to complete project outsourcing.

When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you join a group of people passionate about collaborating to solve some of the world’s most technical engineering challenges. Our success is tied to taking care of our employees by building relationships and providing opportunities for mentorship and career growth. We offer comprehensive benefits for all full-time employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance; a 401(k) plan with employer matching; paid time off (PTO); paid parental leave; and mentorship to help you take your career to the next level. You don’t have to take our word for it that we are a great place to work—we were named on the 2023 Top Workplaces list thanks to feedback from our proud employees.

Responsibilities:

Identifies, plans, organizes, tracks, and documents all necessary FuSa activities within a project.
Ensures close co-operation with the R&D PTM (Project Technical Manager) and other FuSa resources locally, other customer sites and external contractors.
Acts as a mentor/guide for product development FuSa activities.
Organizes/prepares/track/supports/moderates FuSa activities and FuSa analysis.
Responsible for creating/leading Development Interface Agreement (DIA), Safety plan, TSC and Safety Case activities.
Ensures documentation of FuSa activities, establishes evidence of FuSa.
Negotiates and agrees with the Customer the scope and common understanding of the FuSa requirements.
Responsible for interfacing with customer and other stakeholders to ensure common understanding and agreement on FuSa implementation.
Defines, tracks and reports the functional safety KPI’s.
Defines and manage the safety verification & validation activities.
Ensures the scheduling the Safety RAISE reviews in his team.
Carries out design analysis to support the development of safety case arguments for safety related products.
Creates / Contributes as necessary (planned) to hazard and risk analyses, safety plan, functional and technical safety concept. Identifies FuSa requirements based on the Customer Requirements.
Ensures the integration of the FuSa activities in the developed project based on defined FuSa development plan.
Leads hazard and risk analyses (PHA) where necessary.
Supports the definition/specification of FuSa requirements for System/HW and SW architectures.
Collaborates with the design team for an effective technical solution, to achieve adequate robustness at System, HW and SW architectural level in compliance with ISO26262.
Prepares and assists to the Safety Assessment Reviews held by safety assessor.
Leads or participates to safety analysis processes (e.g. FMEAs, FTAs, FMEDA

Qualifications;

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering/Mechanical/Systems Engineering/Computer Engineering/Computer Science.
Minimum 3 years of hands-on experience in automotive product development (preferably in safety related products).
Experience with Products Development Life Cycle (Systems, Software).
Strong analytic and problem-solving skills.
Strong technical leadership, communication, planning and organization/control skills.
Experience of taking customer requirements to production

Preferred Qualification:

Master’s degree in electrical engineering/Systems Engineering/Computer Science.
Currently active FSCAE/AFSP certification preferred.
Experience in Software Quality and process

ALTEN Technology is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our Policy is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual’s age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status.