Job statistics for Staff Functional Safety Engineer
- Days open
- 58 days
- Expected tenure
- 3.9 years
- Salary
- $146,520–$276,600
- As stated in the posting.
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Current safety team78 tracked professionals
- By function
- 57 engineering, 21 senior / lead
- By level
- 50 senior
- Hiring now
- 4 open safety roles on FSTalent, including this one
Counts of functional safety professionals FSTalent tracks at Ford Motor Company and roles it is hiring for. It is a sample of public profiles, not the full headcount.
- Aalap Narvekar — Functional Safety Systems and Hardware Design Engineer
- Abhishek Shivkumar — Functional Safety Engineer
- Akhilesh Surabhi — Functional Safety Systems Engineer
- Alexander Crean — Functional Safety Technical Expert
- Ali B — xEV Functional Safety Software Engineer
- Andrea Maurer — PTME/BME Safety Manager
- Andy Hsia — Active Safety Engineer
- Anish Lakshmanappa — Functional Safety Calibration Engineer
- Ankita Vyas — Senior Technical Program Manager FuSa and Cybersecurity
- Archana Mallya — Controls System Safety Engineer
- Ashish Keshri — Functional Safety Engineer
- Aubry Robison — Electrified Vehicle Fuctional Safety Software & Systems Engineer
- Austin Moore — Systems Safety Engineer
- Avhidipta Mondal — Functional Safety Engineer
- Bharath Sadashivaiah — ADAS Functional Safety Engineer
- Bhargav Bandari — Staff Functional Safety Engineer
- Cathy Geng — Program Regulatory Compliance and Safety Engineer
- Chethan N — Senior Functional Safety Platform Software Engineer
- Dan Negrin — Functional Safety Engineer
- Darlene Yaldo Shamoun — Functional Safety Manager/ADAS
- David Kondru — ADAS Functional Safety Systems Engineer
- David Mazza — Functional Safety Engineer
- Davud Kucukarslan — Electrified Powertrain Functional Safety Controls Supervisor
- Dimple Padharia — Propulsion Functional Safety Software Engineer
- Dinesh Kesavan — Functional Safety Engineer
- Elvia Trujillo — Powertrain Functional Safety Supervisor
- Emily Fredette — Functional Safety and Systems Engineer
- Faranak Asadi — Senior Safety Investigator - Automotive Safety Office
- Genildo Vasconcelos — Functional Safety Supervisor (ISO 26262)
- George Walley — Systems & Functional Safety Supervisor, Systems Architecture & Analysis team, Ford ADAS Autonomy
- Gurunath V — Sr. Manager Vehicle Safety Compliance
- Hari N — Senior Functional Safety Engineer
- Hashem Kassem — Functional Safety Software Engineer
- Heba Daraiseh — Regulatory Compliance Safety Engineer
- Hina Noor — Functional Safety Engineer
- Ian Bell — Functional Safety Calibration Engineer – ICE and Electrified Vehicles
- Indu K — Functional Safety Engineer
- Jacob Bell — Automotive Safety Office Functional Embedded Lead - ADAS
- Jason Storey — Functional Safety and Cybersecurity Supervisor
- Jeffrey Tumavitch — Transmission and Driveline Functional Safety Supervisor
- John Czoykowski — Functional Safety Core Engineer
- Juliane Kosinskimefe — Environmental and Safety Compliance Engineering and Automotive Safety Engineering
- Krithi Kadambari — Functional Safety Systems Engineer
- Kyle Post — Systems Engineering and Functional Safety
- Levasseur Tellis — Manager, Autonomous Vehicles (AV) System Safety
- Lizbeth Morales Martínez — xEV Functional Safety Engineer
- Lowell Kubik — Functional Safety Engineer
- Mahesh Kanyal — Functional Safety
- Maia Johnson — Functional Safety Supervisor
- Manasi P — Senior Safety Investigation Lead
- Mark Kohls — Vehicle Safety and Compliance Integration
- Mathew Boesch — Technical Expert, Controls and Functional Safety
- Matthew Knabel — Core Functional Safety Engineer
- Melissa Kurz — Functional Safety Engineer
- Michael Martin — Core Functional Safety Engineer
- Narayana Swamy — ADAS Functional Safety Software Architect
- Nicolas Cogen — Supervisor Zonal Platform Security and Safety
- Pavan N — Safety Research Engineer (CAE)
- Rajshekar Reddy — System Safety Engineer
- Ravindranath Kallalli Hanumanthappa — Functional Safety Systems Engineer
- Rene W — ADAS Functional Safety
- Richard Ludwig — Systems Functional Safety Engineer
- Sahar Hojjatinia — Functional Safety Engineer
- Saikumar Karlapati — Functional safety calibration
- Sainath S — Active Safety System Validation Engineer
- Sameer Bellubbi — System and Functional Safety
- Sarra Yako — Global Safety & Compliance Manager - ADAS & Electrical Systems
- Satish Rayarapu — Senior Manager - ADAS Functional Safety and Sensor Software
- Shanmugaraj Sivakumaran — Functional Safety Engineer
- Sharif Hasan — Lead xEV Functional Safety Calibration Engineer
- Syed A — PM, Functional Safety (SYNC)
- Tobi Ogunyoye — Vehicle Safety Regulatory Program Manager
- Vaibhav Deshmukh — Senior Manager, Systems Engineering and Safety
- Vaishnavi Raju — Functional Safety Engineer
- Varun I — Code Functional Safety Engineer
- Vignesh Balachandran — ADAS Application Functional Safety Engineer (AFSE)
- Vindhya Vasini Cheemalakonda — Functional Safety Engineer
- Yin Xiaofeng — Functional safety
Median tenure at company3.7 years
Median time employees have been at Ford Motor Company, from its LinkedIn company page (as of 2026-09).
Staff Functional Safety Engineer
Job description
About the role
In this position...
As a Staff , you will be responsible for ensuring the safety of complex electronic control features. You will lead the end-to-end safety lifecycle from initial concept through production, ensuring full compliance with ISO 26262.
This role requires a unique blend of deep hardware-level analytical rigor, system-level architectural thinking, and the leadership presence to drive a robust safety culture across cross-functional engineering teams.
You will be responsible for defining the safety architecture, steering technical design decisions, and ensuring program readiness through rigorous quantitative risk assessment and the implementation of advanced fail-operational strategies.
What you'll do...
- Lead and execute end-to-end functional safety analyses, including , , and FTA, to identify potential hazards and quantitatively assess safety risks across the autonomous system.
- Define and manage the comprehensive set of functional safety requirements and safety concepts that govern system architecture and design choices.
- Lead the development and assessment of full safety cases for A- D products, managing the lifecycle from initial concept to production.
- Collaborate with system and hardware design engineers to develop and document hardware-level functional safety requirements and decompose module-level requirements into ECU-level requirements.
- Derive and verify technical safety concepts and hardware metrics, including PMHF (Probability Metric for Hardware Failure), SPFM, and LFM, to meet ISO 26262 Part 5 and Part 11 requirements.
- Oversee and optimize the program safety readiness process and metrics.
- Serve as a core safety expert in cross-functional design reviews and technical discussions, ensuring safety goals are met effectively throughout the development lifecycle.
- Champion and promote a robust safety culture and the continuous improvement of the safety program across the engineering organization.
- Identify and provide training, coaching, and mentoring to peers and junior engineers to establish technical best practices.
You'll have...
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Physical Sciences, or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
- Minimum of 4+ years of functional safety engineering experience in safety-critical systems within the automotive, aerospace, or industrial sectors.
- Deep expertise in the application and assessment of ISO 26262:2018 and familiarity with ISO 21448 (SOTIF).
- Extensive experience leading and performing complex safety analyses (HARA, FMEA, FTA, DFA, STPA) for autonomous or highly complex E/E systems.
- Strong understanding of failure mode analysis for complex electrical designs, ASICs, and advanced electrical circuits.
- Demonstrated technical project management skills with the ability to manage multiple parallel, cross-functional safety-critical projects.
- Deep understanding of embedded control system development, embedded software, and verification and validation () processes.
- Background in data science and statistics with a focus on analyzing performance for quantitative risk reduction and safety assessment.
- Proven leadership experience working with external partners, suppliers, and regulatory bodies or auditors.
- Excellent communication skills with a track record of leading technical meetings with leadership teams and providing mentorship to engineering peers.
As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills?
Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
- Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
- Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
- Established and active employee resource groups
- A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
This position is a leadership level 6 and ranges from $146,,600.
Pay and benefits
For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/LL6
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We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world -- together. At Ford, we’re all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves?
Ford’s Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design (EVDD) team is charged with delivering the company’s vision of a fully electric transportation future. EVDD is customer-obsessed, entrepreneurial, and data-driven and is dedicated to delivering industry-leading customer experience for electric vehicle buyers and owners. You’ll join an agile team of doers pioneering our EV future by working collaboratively, staying focused on only what matters, and delivering excellence day in and day out. Join us to make positive change by helping build a better world where every person is free to move and pursue their dreams.
You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!
Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
Tuition assistance
Paid time off for individual and team community service
Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.
Visa sponsorship is available for this position.
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This position is hybrid. Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite four or more days per week. #UEV