Senior System Software Engineer

Position:

Systems Engineer 4 – Functional Safety Engineer

Location:

Southfield, MI

Work Arrangement:

100% Onsite

Contract:

September 21, 2026 – December 31, 2026

Extension:

Potential 12-month contract

Schedule:

Monday–Friday, 40 hours/week; potential overtime

Travel:

No expected travel

Industry:

Automotive OEM / Tier 1

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced

Functional Safety Engineer

to support automotive systems engineering and functional safety development. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with

ISO 26262

,

SOTIF

, and the development of functional safety work products for automotive systems.

This role will work closely with hardware, software, systems, validation, and supplier teams to ensure automotive products meet functional safety requirements and support safety-related development activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development of functional safety system requirements and functional decomposition for automotive systems.

• Review and approve

  HARA, Functional Safety Requirements, Technical Safety Requirements, and validation tests

  .

• Contribute to vehicle architecture definition and confirmation from a functional safety perspective.

• Review and approve

  Development Interface Agreements

  and other functional safety documents for suppliers and external partners.

• Lead the development of functional safety processes, tools, readiness activities, and metrics.

• Lead development of

  SOTIF requirements

  for autonomous driving and core vehicle subsystems.

• Define functional safety concepts for systems, hardware, and software according to

  ISO 26262

  .

• Collaborate with hardware, software, design, and validation engineers to ensure designs meet safety requirements.

• Support hazard analysis, safety concept development, and functional safety validation testing.

• Work with suppliers and internal teams to define functional safety interfaces and responsibilities.

• Provide technical guidance and communicate safety-related issues and solutions to engineering and management teams.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience

  as a Functional Safety Engineer or related role.

• Bachelor's degree in

  Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Mechatronics, or a related engineering discipline

  .

• Extensive knowledge of

  ISO 26262

  and experience developing major functional safety work products.

• 1+ year of experience performing SOTIF analysis

  and developing associated work products.

• Proven experience leading functional safety analyses for automotive systems or products.

• Experience supporting external or third-party reviews of functional safety work products.

• Understanding of

  OEM and supplier functional safety responsibilities

  .

• Experience with functional safety tools such as

  Medini or APIS IQ

  .

• Experience with requirements management tools such as

  Jama

  .

• Strong understanding of automotive systems, safety requirements, and hardware/software development.

• Excellent written, verbal, organizational, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in an

  Agile development environment

  .

• Knowledge of

  CMMI and Automotive SPICE (ASPICE)

  .

• Experience developing embedded system hardware and/or software.

• Advanced degree in an engineering discipline.

Functional Safety Engineer / Functional Safety Architect

with

8+ years of automotive OEM or Tier 1 experience

, strong

ISO 26262 + SOTIF

expertise, hands-on

HARA / FSR / TSR / FSC

experience, and proficiency with

Medini/APIS IQ and Jama

.