Functional Safety Engineer
Ford Motor Company
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- Location
- Dearborn, MI
- Job type
- Full time
- Posted
- Oct 16
- 3 days ago
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About the company
Ford Motor Company
Automotive · 10,001+ employees
What you'll do
- Apply ISO 26262 principles, methods, and tools to base steering and assigned vehicle motion activities from concept through production.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to develop complete and traceable Functional Safety work products supporting safe and robust system design.
What you need
- Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Two or more years of experience engineering software-enabled, electrical/electronic, mechanical, systems, controls, or embedded vehicle systems.
- Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams in a dynamic product development environment.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to document technical analysis clearly and concisely.
- Experience with ISO 26262 and Functional Safety work products for steering, chassis, brakes, powertrain, vehicle motion, controls, or other safety-related automotive systems.
- Working knowledge of steering system architecture, electric power-assisted steering, steering controls, braking, propulsion or driveline systems, vehicle motion controls, sensors, actuators, electrical/electronic hardware, embedded software, mechanical interfaces, or vehicle dynamics.
- Experience using requirements management, traceability, FMEA/FTA, MBSE, SysML, calibration, test, or engineering analysis tools.
- Demonstrated leadership through technical projects, professional experience, internships, research, student organizations, or cross-functional team activities.
- Ability to simplify complex technical topics, drive alignment, and influence decisions through data, structured analysis, and clear communication.
- Interest in the automotive industry and in developing safe, innovative, and customer-focused vehicle technologies.
- Owns steering and vehicle motion safety deliverables with strong attention to technical quality, timing, assumptions, interfaces, dependencies, and traceability.
- Understands steering behavior, vehicle motion interactions, and system-level dependencies, and works collaboratively to resolve unclear ownership, interfaces, assumptions, and requirements.
- Engages steering foundation, vehicle motion, brakes, powertrain, feature, supplier, vehicle integration, and Functional Safety teams early to align decisions and close safety gaps.
- Continuously improves tools, templates, lessons learned, and methods to make steering and vehicle motion Functional Safety execution more efficient, reusable, and scalable.
Key skills
ISO 26262 principles
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The Functional Safety Engineer will be part of a Product Development team responsible for applying ISO 26262 principles, methods, and tools to base steering and assigned vehicle motion activities from concept through production. The role partners with steering foundation, vehicle motion controls, brakes, powertrain, hardware, software, electrical architecture, vehicle integration, supplier, feature, and program teams to develop complete and traceable Functional Safety work products that support safe and robust system design.