ADAS Functional Safety Engineer

Ford Motor • Dearborn, MI

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Ford Motor Company is seeking an ADAS Functional Safety Engineer for its Product Development team in Dearborn, Michigan. This hybrid position combines work from home with work at the Dearborn site, and employees must live within a reasonable commuting distance. The engineer will lead development and integration of Functional Safety (FuSa) work products for future vehicle program applications involving Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS).

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• At least 4 years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation.
• At least 4 years of functional safety experience applying ISO 26262-3, -4, -5, -6, and -7 standards to an Autonomous EV GoKart or ADAS project.
• At least 2 years of functional safety experience implementing ISO 26262-9 and -10, completing safety analysis using qualitative and quantitative methods for an Autonomous EV GoKart or ADAS project.
• At least 1 year of experience in embedded hardware or software design.
• At least 1 year of experience developing a Functional Safety Technical Concept in Microsoft Word.
• At least 1 year of experience developing verification and validation methods for safety products in Microsoft Excel.
• At least 1 year of experience with Agile Product Development Process.
• At least 1 year of experience developing boundary diagrams in Visio.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States; employment eligibility will be verified at hire.
• Must live within a reasonable commuting distance of the Dearborn worksite.

Responsibilities

• Lead FuSa systems safety development, including the System Safety Concept, technical safety requirements (TSRs), and verification and acceptance criteria for next-generation microcontroller and microprocessor designs.
• Cascade TSRs to hardware and software elements and maintain traceability from system and feature TSRs to hardware and software requirements.
• Support development of interface specifications, FMEAs, FTAs, robustness-focused design, and dependent fault analysis for safety-related functions and features.
• Assess sensing-system performance requirements relative to ASIL-rated features and ensure the sensor performance envelope meets functional safety requirements for the vehicle application.
• Support identification of vehicle-application-specific hazards and Safety Goals, including associated ASIL ratings for ADAS features.
• Ensure successful application of the functional safety process for ADAS features on forward-model vehicle programs.
• Coordinate with feature development engineers on functional safety design verification plans and feature-level performance.
• Support sign-off of feature-level performance for a vehicle with respect to functional safety.
• Support development of the safety case using ISO 26262 safety analysis methodologies.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage.
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new-parent ramp-up programs, and subsidized backup childcare.
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, and management leases.
• Tuition assistance.
• Employee resource groups.
• Paid time off for individual and team community service.
• Paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day.
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level