Staff Systems Engineer - Propulsion and Chassis Safety

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Role

Own safety monitoring requirements and architecture across propulsion, braking, and chassis. Work closely with functional safety to ensure timely fault detection, robust diagnostics, and compliant safe behaviours to ISO 26262.

Responsibilities

• Define item definitions, safety goals, and safety monitoring architecture across ECUs, sensors, and actuators

• Design monitoring algorithms and plausibility checks (residuals, observers, change detection) with defined thresholds, FTTI budgets, and safe states

• Specify diagnostic signals, fault escalation paths, and integration with ECU fault manager, UDS/OBD, and limp or fail operational strategies

• Lead HARA, derive and maintain FSC and technical safety requirements, contribute to ASIL decomposition and safety case evidence

• Guide verification and validation across concept, SIL, HIL, vehicle; drive trade offs on detection latency, performance, and cost

• Coordinate cross functional triage, root cause analysis, and corrective actions for safety related issues

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Mechanical, Mechatronics, Electrical, or related

• 10+ years in automotive systems or controls for propulsion or chassis

• Strong knowledge of vehicle dynamics, torque and brake systems, and diagnostic monitoring methods

• Hands on with ISO 26262 work products (HARA, FSC, TSRs) and toolchains (SysML, DOORS or Polarion)

• Proficient in Python or C or C++ for prototype monitors, data analysis, and test benches

Base Salary Range $120K-$250 USD