Senior Safety Engineer – HW Architecture
| Company | General Motors |
|---|---|
| Location | Milford Charter Twp, MI, USA, Warren, MI, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- 8+ years of engineering experience in product development with safety-critical systems, ECUs, or electronic circuit safety analysis.
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, or related field.
- Experience in electronic circuit/software design, analysis, development, validation.
- Knowledge of safety-critical 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, DO-178C).
- Ability to travel up to 10% of the time, domestic and international.
Responsibilities
- 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 fault-tolerant designs.
- Develop ECU safety strategies balancing system safety with feature availability and performance.
- Promote GM values and customer-focused 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.
Preferred Qualifications
- 10+ years of engineering experience in product development with safety-critical systems, ECUs, or electronic circuit safety analysis.
- Master’s 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.