Senior Hardware Safety Engineer - ECU

Job Description

Hybrid: This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to Milford MI or Warren MI three times a week at minimum.

The Ideal Candidate:

Electronic Control Units (ECUs) used in high Automotive Safety Integrity Level (ASIL) applications continue to be an area of growth in the global automotive market. Our team is looking for a creative and highly energetic Senior Safety Engineer who can perform ECU circuit level Functional Safety analysis work and assist in developing our internal analysis approach and procedures for buildtoprint (B2P) ECU designs as part of General Motors Design First initiative. This electronics circuit level safety analysis will be in support of the overall System Safety Case development for ECUs within the Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) electrical architecture technologies that are critical in achieving GMs Vision of Zero Crashes Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion.

The ideal candidate will drive innovation facilitate effective communication and inspire enthusiasm within the team. We expect you to demonstrate leadership qualities actively champion change possess keen business intuition and strategically address systemic challenges. You should also exhibit high learning agility the ability to navigate ambiguity and complexity and a commitment to pushing the boundaries of innovation while challenging the status quo.

The Role:

Safety is truly in your hands as your passion for safe mobility will be key in ensuring the functional safety of our inhouse developed buildtoprint ECUs for our latest vehicle architecture. In this role you are expected to have a high level of technical proficiency to perform various ECU subcomponent and circuit level Functional Safety analysis tasks that supports various SDV ECUs and provide mentoring to more junior engineers. This team will function in the capacity of performing the required Functional Safety analysis within an ECU design responsible organization where work products will be delivered to the System Functional Safety organization to meet the overall system safety case and safety goals of the ECU. This team will interface across various GM engineering disciplines as well as external engineering entities to obtain needed information for the required safety analysis work.

What Youll Do:

• Near term support identification and coordination of deliverables from a 3rd Party safety analysis provider to obtain required ECU circuit level safety analysis on SDV ECUs to meet project technical and timing expectations until long term state attained.
• Long term support process development identification of pertinent training and building team capability to perform ECU circuit level safety analysis hazard identification and risk mitigations using qualitative and quantitative methods on a multitude of B2P ECUs.
• Support ECU Safety strategy development and deploy safety strategies that balance overall System Safety with feature availability & performance
• Perform ECU circuit level safety analysis using various software analysis & documentation tools in the following areas:
  • DFMEA (Design Failure Mode Effects Analysis)
  • FIT (Failures In Time)
  • FMEDA (Failure Modes Effects and Diagnostic Analysis)
  • FTA (Fault Tree Analysis)
• Drive ECU subcomponent and/or circuit level design modifications determined necessary from the safety analysis work performed.
• Support development of new and/or revise existing technical safety related requirements for ECU CTRS (Component Technical Requirements Specification).
• Actively lead participate and contribute in System Safety GSSLT (Global Subsystem Leadership Team) ECU HW Change Control Board and ECU safety analysis Peer Review forums.
• Stay abreast of new technologies and safety analysis techniques.
• Domestic and/or international travel as required (minimal 10 max).

Additional Job Description

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications):

• 5 years engineering experience in product development with safety critical systems ECUs or electronic circuit safety analysis.
• Bachelors of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering Electrical Engineering Aerospace Engineering Physics Computer Science or another related Engineering degree.
• Electronic Circuit and/or Software design analysis development validation experience.
• Deep knowledge of safety critical embedded controls with at least one automotive subsystem or experience with a complex safety system in other industries.
• Good knowledge of Semiconductor physics structures fundamentals models and failure mechanisms.
• Demonstrated leadership and project management of complex technical projects.
• Ability to provide technical leadership and mentorship to diverse global teams.
• Indepth familiarity with ISO 26262 or other functional safety standards such as IEC 61508 IEC 62304 or DO178C.

What Will Give You A Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications):

• 7 years engineering experience in product development with safety critical systems ECUs or electronic circuit safety analysis.
• Masters Degree in Engineering or related field
• Familiarity with safety analysis tools techniques and standards:
  • Mentor or Cadence tool suit used in electronics design
  • Platoe1ns or other analysis/documentation tool for DFMEA
  • Isograph Medini Fault Tree or other analysis tool for FMEDA / FTA
  • Siemens SN29500 IEC 62380 or other reliability standards for FIT rate analysis
  • Emerging safety standards such as ISO 21448 and UL 4600
• Experience working with safety diagnostic monitors.
• Machine learning simulation methods and data acquisition.

This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.

About GM

Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better safer and more equitable for all.

Why Join Us

We aspire to be the most inclusive company in the world. We believe we all must make a choice every day individually and collectively to drive meaningful change through our words our deeds and our culture. Our Work Appropriately philosophy supports our foundation of inclusion and provides employees the flexibility to work where they can have the greatest impact on achieving our goals dependent on role needs. Every day we want every employee no matter their background ethnicity preferences or location to feel they belong to one General Motors team.

Benefits Overview

The goal of the General Motors total rewards program is to support the health and wellbeing of you and your family. Our comprehensive compensation plan incudes the following benefits in addition to many others:
Paid time off including vacation days holidays and parental leave for mothers fathers and adoptive parents;
Healthcare (including a triple tax advantaged health savings account and wellness incentive) dental vision and life insurance plans to cover you and your family;
Company and matching contributions to 401K savings plan to help you save for retirement;
Global recognition program for peers and leaders to recognize and be recognized for results and behaviors that reflect our company values;
Tuition assistance and student loan refinancing;
Discount on GM vehicles for you your family and friends.

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