Senior Functional Safety Engineer

We are looking for a driven and collaborative Senior Functional Safety Engineer to join and be a core part of our team. As the Senior Functional Safety Engineer you will be responsible for leading functional safety activities to high ASIL level compliance for nominated projects. You will work closely with internal software engineering teams, Functional Safety and Systems Engineers as well as wider engineering team and customer representatives. You'll apply your expertise in systems engineering to our new software delivery projects, ensuring we meet and exceed our customers' functional safety requirements. This role is for a 2 year fixed term period.

About YASA: YASA, a Mercedes Benz group company, is leading the way in EV Motor Revolution with our patented and unique Axial Flux Technology. Our motor is more powerful, lighter, and smaller than our competitors. Our spirit of innovation drives us to continually explore and test new technologies, a mindset that exists from early-stage R&D projects through to manufacturing optimisation. We stay true to the freedom and flexibility that drove our success as a start-up, alongside having the stability, security, and roadmap of an established organisation.

What You'll Do:

• Ensure requirements of ISO 26262 are fully met for the project.
• Review existing safety case work products & generate new work products and associated documentation in line with relevant standards.
• Maintain traceability of requirements through v-cycle.
• Support development of processes for functional safety and ensure alignment with other relevant business processes and standards including: ISO 9001 / Automotive SPICE / IATF TS 16949.
• Facilitate robust engineering process across the team e.g. DFMEA, FTA to enable compliant product.
• Work closely with firmware team to ensure best practice is followed and the product meets defined safety goals.
• Lead activities related to external review and audit of process.
• Support general product safety activities.
• Co-ordinate approaches with colleagues within YASA and other divisions of Mercedes Benz group.
• Support any systems engineering tasks as required by the project.
• Occasional travel to customer sites.

To succeed in this role, we believe you'll need:

• Strong knowledge of ISO26262 with experience of delivery of FuSa in automotive production programmes throughout the V-cycle.
• Experience of systems engineering processes and requirements management.
• Experience with Automotive SPICE standards implementation.
• Education to degree level or equivalent or proven industry experience.
• Experience in managing functional safety delivery at a project level.
• Experience with requirement management (or ALM) tools (codeBeamer preferred).
• Experienced in the use of FuSa tools (Ansys Medini preferred).
• Experienced in the use of DFMEA tools (APIS preferred).
• Strong communication skills (written and verbal) & good collaboration skills.

Though not expected, it would be very beneficial if you have:

• A firmware/electronic engineering background.
• Project management including use of PM tools such as MS Project.
• Experience of model based embedded software development (e.g. Matlab/ Simulink).
• IATF 16949 implementation.

Our mission is to lead the design and delivery of the best electric motor technology available. We believe that diversity of thought, and experience is a key driver of innovation. Research shows that while men apply to jobs if they meet ~60% of criteria, women and those in traditionally underrepresented groups tend to only apply if they check all boxes. So if you think you have what it takes but don’t meet every single point, please still get in touch. We’d love to have an initial chat and see if you could add value.

Discretionary bonus, Private medical plan with Bupa, 4 x death in service. Strictly no recruitment agencies / Apply now for immediate consideration.