Functional Safety Engineer

Ford is strengthening its core Functional Safety capability to support base steering and broader vehicle motion systems across vehicle programs.

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.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support ISO 26262 Functional Safety activities for new and carry-over base steering and assigned vehicle motion systems across applicable vehicle programs.
• Develop, maintain, and deliver Functional Safety work products for steering and vehicle motion, including item definitions, hazard analysis and risk assessments, safety goals, functional and technical safety concepts, safety requirements, verification evidence, and safety case inputs.
• Analyze steering and vehicle motion functions to address loss, unintended, degraded, delayed, or incorrect assist, actuation, coordination, and control behavior.
• Partner with steering foundation, vehicle motion controls, brakes, powertrain, software, hardware, electrical/electronic architecture, mechanical, vehicle integration, test, feature, program, and supplier teams to define safety mechanisms and support safe design decisions.
• Allocate and trace Functional Safety requirements across vehicle motion features, vehicle, system, subsystem, hardware, software, and supplier interfaces.
• Perform or support safety analyses such as FMEA, FTA, dependent failure analysis, interface analysis, and freedom-from-interference assessment.
• Support confirmation reviews, technical reviews, verification planning, test evidence assessment, anomaly resolution, change impact analysis, and closure of Functional Safety actions.
• Apply Ford Functional Safety processes, methods, tools, and training to ensure consistent execution and milestone-based delivery.
• Use MBSE, SysML, requirements management, and model-based analysis practices where appropriate.
• Communicate safety assumptions, technical conclusions, risks, dependencies, and decisions clearly to stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 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.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.