Senior Safety Engineer – HW Architecture

Job Description

Work Arrangement

This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to Milford MI or Warren MI (Preferred) three times per week or other frequency dictated by the business.

Company Vehicle: Upon successful completion of a motor vehicle report review you will be eligible to participate in a company vehicle evaluation program through which you will be assigned a General Motors vehicle to drive and evaluate. Note: program participants are required to purchase/lease a qualifying GM vehicle every four years unless one of a limited number of exceptions applies.

The Role

Lead a functional safety team to perform safety activities across vehicle safetycritical architectures (HW architecture ECU subcomponent level). Train and develop engineers in functional safety analysis and provide technical leadership. Interface with various GM engineering disciplines and suppliers to implement GM system safety processes.

Electronic Control Units (ECUs) in high Automotive Safety Integrity Level (ASIL) applications are growing in the global automotive market. We seek a creative and energetic Senior Safety Engineer to lead safety analysis of GM Hardware Architecture Designs and develop internal analysis procedures for buildtoprint (B2P) ECU designs under GMs Design First initiative. This role supports System Safety Case development for ECUs within Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) electrical architecture technologies crucial for GMs vision of Zero Crashes Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion.

The ideal candidate will drive innovation facilitate communication and inspire the team. Leadership qualities business intuition strategic problemsolving high learning agility and a commitment to innovation are essential.

What Youll Do

• Develop HW architecture safety strategies.

• Drive necessary HW design modifications from safety analysis.

• Maintain safety concepts requirements and architectures at system and hardware levels.

• Perform FMEDA FTA and ASIL decomposition.

• Lead hazard and risk assessments safety goal identification and ASIL determination.

• Define and review diagnostic coverage strategies hardware safety mechanisms and faulttolerant designs.

• Develop ECU safety strategies balancing system safety with feature availability and performance.

• Promote GM values and customerfocused decisions.

• Provide technical leadership and mentorship.

• Perform complex analysis and plan test/development programs.

• Communicate and consult with engineering departments and customers.

• Lead and participate in System Safety GSSLT ECU HW Change Control Board and ECU safety analysis Peer Review forums.

• Stay updated on new technologies and safety analysis techniques.

This job may be eligible for relocation benefits

Additional Job Description

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

• 8 years of engineering experience in product development with safetycritical systems ECUs or electronic circuit safety analysis.

• Bachelors degree in Mechanical Electrical Aerospace Engineering Physics Computer Science or related field.

• Experience in electronic circuit/software design analysis development validation.

• Knowledge of safetycritical embedded controls in automotive or other industries.

• Understanding of semiconductor physics structures models and failure mechanisms.

• Leadership and project management experience.

• Familiarity with ISO 26262 or other functional safety standards (IEC 61508 IEC 62304 DO178C).

• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time domestic and international.

What Will Give You A Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)

• 10 years of engineering experience in product development with safetycritical systems ECUs or electronic circuit safety analysis.

• Masters degree.

• Familiarity with safety analysis tools and standards (Mentor/Cadence Isograph Medini Fault Tree Siemens SN29500 IEC 62380).

• Experience with safety diagnostic monitors.

• Knowledge of machine learning simulation methods and data acquisition.

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About GM

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Why Join Us

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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.

Diversity Information

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