Job statistics for Functional Safety Engineer
- Same-title openings
- 29
- Days open
- 2 days
- Estimated salary
- $118,000
- Based on Mid-level seniority, the Automotive industry and United States market rates.
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Vaspire Technologies
Functional Safety Engineer
Focus
Functional safety
Location
Lake Orion, MI
Posted
Oct 22, 2026
Source
LinkedIn
Standards
ISO 26262
Job description
The Senior serves as the technical owner for work products and is responsible for leading the technical execution of ISO 26262 functional safety activities throughout the product development lifecycle for high-voltage lithium-ion battery systems at Client company .This position develops and maintains the technical safety deliverables and evidence required to support compliant product development. The Senior Functional Safety Engineer works closely with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, suppliers, and customers to ensure Functional Safety requirements are effectively defined, implemented, verified, and maintained throughout the development lifecycle.
- 6+ yrs experience in Automotive Functional Safety
- Prepared Design document, BOM, Test plans, Component Selection and Cost Optimization (VAVE).
- Functional Safety Analysis (FuSA) using ISO26262 std performing DFMEA, , DFA, FTA (Tool- Ansys Medini& MS Excel).
- Analysis of WCCA (Worst Case Circuit Analysis) using Mathcad and MS Excel.
- High level block diagram, Schematic capture, BOM), PCB Layout design & guidelines
- Involved in Hardware Design, Testing & Development (End-End Product Development)
Having good hands-on experience:
- Hardware Software interface specification [HSIS]
- Hardware Safety life cycle activities [ISO26262-Part5]
- Hardware safety requirements specification
- Hardware Architectural Definition and Safety Analysis
- Hardware module design and work product creation
- Evaluation of hardware architectural metrics [FIT]
- Hardware safety analyses [FMEDA, DFMEA]
- Hardware circuit analysis and design recommendations