General Motors · 1 day ago
ECU Hardware Safety Analysis Engineer
Milford, MI
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expGeneral Motors is committed to leading the change towards a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions, and Zero Congestion. They are seeking an ECU Hardware Safety Analysis Engineer to ensure the functional safety of in-house developed ECUs, perform safety analysis, and mentor junior engineers in the process.
AutomotiveElectric VehicleInformation ServicesManufacturingTransportation
Hiring Manager
Joy K.
Responsibilities
Near term – coordinate deliverables from a 3rd Party safety analysis provider to obtain required ECU circuit level safety analysis on SDV ECUs to meet project technical and timing expectations until long term state attained
Long term – support process development, identification of pertinent training and building team capability to perform ECU circuit level safety analysis, hazard identification and risk mitigations using qualitative and quantitative methods on a multitude of ECUs
Support ECU Safety strategy development and deploy safety strategies that balance overall System Safety with feature availability & performance
Perform ECU circuit level safety analysis using various software analysis & documentation tools in the following areas:
+ DFMEA (Design Failure Mode Effects Analysis)
+ FIT (Failures In Time)
+ FMEDA (Failure Modes, Effects and Diagnostic Analysis)
+ FTA (Fault Tree Analysis)
Drive ECU, sub-component and/or circuit level design modifications determined necessary from the safety analysis work performed
Support development of new and/or revise existing technical safety related requirements for ECU CTRS (Component Technical Requirements Specification)
Actively lead, participate and contribute in System Safety GSSLT (Global Subsystem Leadership Team), ECU HW Change Control Board and ECU safety analysis Peer Review forums
Stay abreast of new technologies and safety analysis techniques
Domestic and/or international travel as required (minimal, 10% max)
Qualification
Required
5+ years engineering experience in product development with safety critical systems, ECUs or electronic circuit safety analysis
Bachelors of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, or another related Engineering degree
Electronic Circuit and/or Software design, analysis, development, validation experience
Deep knowledge of safety critical embedded controls with at least one automotive subsystem or experience with a complex safety system in other industries
Good knowledge of Semiconductor physics, structures, fundamentals, models and failure mechanisms
Demonstrated leadership and project management of complex technical projects
Ability to provide technical leadership and mentorship to diverse global teams
In-depth familiarity with ISO 26262 or other functional safety standards such as IEC 61508, IEC 62304, or DO-178C
Preferred
7+ years engineering experience in product development with safety critical systems, ECUs or electronic circuit safety analysis
Master's Degree in Engineering or related field
Familiarity with safety analysis tools, techniques and standards: Mentor or Cadence tool suite used in electronics design, Medini or Plato-e1ns or other analysis/documentation tool for DFMEA, Medini, Isograph, Fault Tree + or other analysis tool for FMEDA / FTA, Siemens SN29500, IEC 62380 or other reliability standards for FIT rate analysis, Emerging safety standards such as ISO 21448 and UL 4600
Experience working with Telematics / Connectivity ECUs
Knowledge of electronics sub-component mechanical design integration within ECUs as it relates to circuit implementation reliability and failure mechanisms
Familiarity with common safety mechanisms implemented in Automotive ECU's
Machine learning, simulation methods and data acquisition
Company
General Motors
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