CareerPlan

Senior Functional Safety Engineer

Ann ArborFull-time$153k–$184k2026-11-10

Core

Lead architecture development, safety assessments, risk analyses, and safety improvements for autonomous trucking software to ensure Functional Safety and SOTIF targets are met.

Role type

Senior IC functional safety engineer (autonomous systems)

Builds

Safety-critical software for automated trucks

Domain

Autonomous trucking, functional safety, systems engineering

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

ISO 26262, ISO 21448 (SOTIF), HARA, FMEA, STPA, FTA, fault tolerant time interval (FTTI) analysis, inductive and deductive safety analysis, safety case development, safety performance indicators

Preferred skills

Agile software development life cycle, statistical methods for safety data, critical thinking, problem-solving

Technologies

ISO 26262, ISO 21448, HARA, FMEA, STPA, FTA

Responsibilities

Identify and evaluate hazards related to Functional Safety and SOTIF; perform hazard analysis and risk assessment (HARA); analyze Fault Tolerant Time Interval (FTTI); conduct inductive and deductive safety analyses; contribute to Safety Case development; establish alignment on safety processes; conduct reviews of safety artifacts

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC