Job Description

Purpose of the Role:

• This position is responsible for Management of safety requirements, Implement Functional safety according to safety plan and strive for continuous improvement in the adherence of safety process.
• This position is critical for meeting global standard guideline for functional safety ISO 26262 and meeting the timeline of EV powertrain software defined vehicle projects.

Job Responsibilities:

• Perform HARA analysis, derive safety goals and requirements based on system architecture, operational scenarios, and potential hazards.
• Develop safety concepts and safety mechanisms to achieve required ASIL levels for HPC platforms, service-oriented middleware applications, features and services.
• Support and provide inputs for development of service-oriented middleware, features and services to ensure functional safety compliance of all middleware components, application, features and services.
• Implement functional safety mechanisms in service-oriented middleware, features and services and validate safety-critical functionalities against failures. Recommendation and implementation of relevant functional safety mechanisms
• Shall be responsible for developing V&V plan for robust testing of safety measures implemented for HPC. Shall be responsible for defining safety testing scope, goals, methods and robust test cases, perform testing and provide testing reports.
• Ensure adherence of security to ISO 26262.
• Maintain the safety plan work products on many features within the BU simultaneously.
• Responsible for implementation of FS activities in the development phases of the safety lifecycle
• Ability to work on many features within the BU simultaneously.
• Update the CoCs, BU-Department Heads & FSM on the Program schedule & actions taken.
• Escalate major risk issues that needs immediate corrective action by the senior management
• Support to supplier audits.

Desired Candidate Profile:

• Candidate can be Bachelor or Master in Electronics/Electrical Engineering with minimum 4-9 years of experience in functional safety.
• Thorough understanding of the safety lifecycle
• Practical experience on 2-3 different modules (like BMS, Motor Control, Powertrain etc.). Preferable to have experience in functional safety for SDV.
• Trained on ISO 26262.
• Experience in HARA and safety integrity level (SIL) determination, derive safety goals and requirements based on system architecture, operational scenarios, and potential hazards,
• Develop safety concepts and safety mechanisms to achieve required ASIL levels.
• Deep understanding and experience of relevant function safety mechanisms.
• Experience in safety architecture design, verification, and validation of safety-critical systems.
• Experience in handling safety critical projects.
• Must have understanding and experience with embedded system design development, testing of software and system architectures, Embedded controller and microprocessors and its architectures, RTOS, understanding of lockstep cores.
• Must have understanding of service-oriented middleware, its software components, BSP, POSIX based OS, Linux OS, concepts like hypervisor and containerization to derive ASIL, safety goals and safety mechanism in the given context.
• Understanding of hardware development process, hardware components, knowledge of hardware failures and causes to determine safety goals and requirements.
• Knowledge of software defined vehicles, Domain knowledge of Automotive domain, Electric vehicle and its aggregates, Electronics with Embedded domain.
• Knowledge on RCA, 8D processes is an added advantage.

Competencies & Desired Level (As per Competency Framework):

• EV Powertrain Embedded Software Design & Development- Desired Level- 3
• EV PT Embedded systems and software Architect- Desired Level- 3
• EV Powertrain Controller Hardware Design & Development - Desired Level- 1
• EV Powertrain System Engineering - Desired Level- 2
• Vehicle Virtualizations including Plant Modelling and XiL testing - Desired Level- 2
• Functional Safety - Desired Level-2
• In vehicle Network Design including UDS, OTA & Cyber Security - Desired Level-2
• EV Powertrain Controllers Application Software Design & Development - Desired Level- 2