Functional Safety Manager

Responsibilities:

• Tailor the safety life-cycle (determine the necessary activities) for the development of safety-critical components and systems according to the safety plan.
• Coordinate and coach the development design engineers in Functional Safety requirements such as safety analysis activities (S-FMEAs, FTAs, FMEDAs, safety hazard analysis etc.)
• Negotiate our clients responsibilities and deliverables with customers through a development interface agreement (DIA). 
• Develop project specific safety concepts and documentation for systems, hardware and software.
• Create and trace the required specifications.
• Ensure team members have appropriate function- specific training.
• Participate as needed in our clients Quality Management System, including audits.
• Monitor the adherence to functional safety standards; escalate safety non-conformances and support resolution.
• Actively contribute to the creation and improvement of our clients global functional safety culture.

Requirements:

• Bachelor‘s degree in engineering
• 5+ years of experience in the development of systems. Good understanding of development processes for hardware and software (electronics, software, or mechanical).
• Knowledge and functional experience with standards for functional safety (e.g. IEC 61508, ISO 25119, ISO 19014, ISO 13849, ISO 26262, etc.).
• Experience with quality assurance, writing and managing requirements (including traceability and requirements management tools).
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to work effectively with superiors, peers, suppliers and customers.
• Strong presentation skills - Ability to clearly present design concepts to customers, managers and peers verbally and using formal presentations
• Able to meet tight deadlines and work to targets.
• Strong personal and professional ethical values and integrity.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office programs (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel)
• Fluent in English

Additional desirable skills and experience: 

• Experience with JAMA and JIRA
• Electrical, electronics, software, mechanical, or controls engineering experience
• Knowledge of the heavy vehicle, off-road, and motorcycle industries
• Proficient knowledge of electrical circuits, microelectronic assembly, statistical methods, process control fundamentals and product test processes