Description
Work Arrangement
This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to Milford, MI or Warren, MI (Preferred) three times per week or other frequency dictated by the business.
The Role
Lead a functional safety team to perform safety activities across vehicle safety-critical architectures (HW architecture, ECU, sub-component level). Train and develop engineers in functional safety analysis and provide technical leadership. Interface with various GM engineering disciplines and suppliers to implement GM system safety processes.
Electronic Control Units (ECUs) in high Automotive Safety Integrity Level (ASIL) applications are growing in the global automotive market. We seek a creative and energetic Senior Safety Engineer to lead safety analysis of GM Hardware Architecture Designs and develop internal analysis procedures for build-to-print (B2P) ECU designs under GM's Design First initiative. This role supports System Safety Case development for ECUs within Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) electrical architecture technologies, crucial for GM's vision of Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions, and Zero Congestion.
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The ideal candidate will drive innovation, facilitate communication, and inspire the team. Leadership qualities, business intuition, strategic problem-solving, high learning agility, and a commitment to innovation are essential.
What You'll Do
- Develop HW architecture safety strategies.
- Drive necessary HW design modifications from safety analysis.
- Maintain safety concepts, requirements, and architectures at system and hardware levels.
- Perform FMEDA, FTA, and ASIL decomposition.
- Lead hazard and risk assessments, safety goal identification, and ASIL determination.
- Define and review diagnostic coverage strategies, hardware safety mechanisms, and fault-tolerant designs.
- Develop ECU safety strategies balancing system safety with feature availability and performance.
- Promote GM values and customer-focused decisions.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship.
- Perform complex analysis and plan test/development programs.
- Communicate and consult with engineering departments and customers.
- Lead and participate in System Safety GSSLT, ECU HW Change Control Board, and ECU safety analysis Peer Review forums.
- Stay updated on new technologies and safety analysis techniques.
This job may be eligible for relocation benefits
Additional Description
Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)
- 8+ years of engineering experience in product development with safety-critical systems, ECUs, or electronic circuit safety analysis.
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, or related field.
- Experience in electronic circuit/software design, analysis, development, validation.
- Knowledge of safety-critical embedded controls in automotive or other industries.
- Understanding of semiconductor physics, structures, models, and failure mechanisms.
- Leadership and project management experience.
- Familiarity with ISO 26262 or other functional safety standards (IEC 61508, IEC 62304, DO-178C).
- Ability to travel up to 10% of the time, domestic and international.
What Will Give You A Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)
- 10+ years of engineering experience in product development with safety-critical systems, ECUs, or electronic circuit safety analysis.
- Master's degree.
- Familiarity with safety analysis tools and standards (Mentor/Cadence, Isograph, Medini, Fault Tree +, Siemens SN29500, IEC 62380).
- Experience with safety diagnostic monitors.
- Knowledge of machine learning, simulation methods, and data acquisition.
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