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Staff Functional Safety Engineer

Long Beach, CA, United States💼 Full-time💰 $146,520–$276,600🗓 2026-08-26 → 2026-09-12

Core

Ensuring safety of complex electronic control features and leading the end-to-end safety lifecycle from concept to production for electric vehicles.

Role type

Staff Functional Safety Engineer (Automotive)

Builds

Safety cases and safety architectures for ASIL A-D products in autonomous and highly complex E/E systems.

Domain

Automotive / Functional Safety / ISO 26262

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

ISO 26262:2018 application, HARA, FMEA, FTA, DFA, STPA, PMHF, SPFM, LFM, embedded control system development, quantitative risk assessment, technical project management, cross-functional leadership, data science and statistics for safety assessment

Preferred skills

ISO 21448 (SOTIF) familiarity, ASIC design understanding, external partner/regulatory body management, mentorship

Technologies

ISO 26262, ISO 21448, HARA, FMEA, FTA, DFA, STPA, PMHF, SPFM, LFM

Responsibilities

Lead and execute end-to-end functional safety analyses (HARA, FMEA, FTA), define and manage functional safety requirements and safety concepts, develop and assess full safety cases for ASIL A-D products, collaborate on hardware-level safety requirements, derive and verify technical safety concepts and hardware metrics, oversee program safety readiness process, serve as core safety expert in design reviews, champion safety culture and continuous improvement, provide training and mentoring to peers and junior engineers

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities

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