Sr. Engineering Manager (Functional Safety & Product Cybersecurity)

Polaris Inc.•Novi, MI

5d•$155,000 - $195,000

About The Position

Polaris is seeking a leader to guide and grow its multi-site Functional Safety and Product Cybersecurity organization. The role partners with Chief Engineers, product teams, technical experts, and business leaders to expand organizational capability and product coverage, and to shape pragmatic, risk-based approaches that meet applicable regulatory obligations while balancing customer value, engineering complexity, cost, and development speed. The position advances Foundational Safety & Quality through engineering judgment, clear decisions, and practices tailored to powersports products. The manager leads organizational development and execution, including hiring, coaching, performance management, resource and succession planning, and capability development. They translate technical strategy into priorities and plans, improve safety and cybersecurity methods, tools, automation, governance, measures, and coverage, and build alignment across engineering, business, quality, compliance, legal, supply chain, and leadership stakeholders. The role integrates Functional Safety and Product Cybersecurity throughout the product lifecycle through early architecture and program input, resource prioritization, issue resolution, and escalation. It ensures appropriate application of ISO 26262, ISO/SAE 21434, and applicable regulations, while managing plans, budgets, commitments, support, roadmaps, and measures. The position is not eligible for sponsorship.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Computer, Systems, or Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in product development, embedded systems, systems, software, electronics, Functional Safety, Product Cybersecurity, or a related engineering discipline.
Minimum of 5 years leading teams or complex cross-functional initiatives.
Demonstrated success making and influencing risk-based decisions, translating technical risk for business leaders, developing talent, building capability, and leading change.
Practical experience applying Functional Safety and Product Cybersecurity methods, including hazard and risk analysis, requirements, architecture, standards, and risk treatment throughout the product lifecycle.
Former employees must be eligible for rehire; current employees must be in good standing.
The position is not eligible for sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

Experience with ISO 26262, ISO/SAE 21434, HARA, TARA, embedded or connected products, or safety-related industries.
Familiarity with secure product development, requirements management, ASPICE, AUTOSAR, DevSecOps, or comparable approaches.
Experience building or scaling engineering capability is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead, develop, and grow the Functional Safety and Product Cybersecurity organization across sites and engineering disciplines.
Own hiring, coaching, performance management, resource planning, succession planning, and organizational capability development.
Partner with Chief Engineers and technical experts to translate technical strategy into clear priorities, plans, and execution.
Improve risk-based, fit-for-purpose safety and cybersecurity approaches aligned with Polaris products, customers, markets, production scale, and operating conditions.
Balance safety and cybersecurity risk, regulatory requirements, customer value, complexity, cost, and speed when guiding engineering and business decisions.
Improve methods, tools, automation, governance, measures, and product coverage while maintaining an appropriate balance of rigor and efficiency.
Build alignment across product engineering, business units, systems, electrical, software, validation, quality, compliance, legal, supply chain, and senior leadership.
Translate complex product safety and cybersecurity risks into clear engineering and business decisions, distinguishing required actions, meaningful risk reduction, and proportionate responses.
Integrate Functional Safety and Product Cybersecurity throughout the product lifecycle by prioritizing resources, providing early architecture and program input, and driving issue resolution and escalation.
Ensure appropriate application of ISO 26262, ISO/SAE 21434, and applicable regulatory requirements.
Manage plans, budgets, commitments, support, roadmaps, and measures.

Benefits

Competitive compensation, including a market-leading profit-sharing plan.
Company contributions to the Employee Stock Ownership Plan and discounted employee stock purchases.
Generous matching contribution to 401(k).
Financial wellness education and consultation.
Health, dental, and vision insurance.
Wellness programs.
Paid time off.
Gym and personal training reimbursement.
Life insurance and disability offerings.
Paid volunteer time off through Polaris Gives.