Senior Engineer - Powertrain Functional Safety

About Fisker Inc.  

California-based Fisker Inc. is revolutionizing the automotive industry by developing the most emotionally desirable and eco-friendly electric vehicles on Earth. Passionately driven by a vision of a clean future for all, the company is on a mission to become the No. 1 e-mobility service provider with the world’s most sustainable vehicles. To learn more, visit www.FiskerInc.com – and enjoy exclusive content across Fisker’s social media channels: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn. Download the revolutionary new Fisker mobile app from the App Store or Google Play store. 

Role Overview

At the heart of Fisker’s visionary product lies a state of the art powertrain – and you can play a central role in its delivery. We are looking for an experienced EV systems functional safety engineer to ensure that our powertrain complies with the latest ISO 26262 functional safety standard. You will develop functional safety work products and manage suppliers to meet FSRs and safety goals across the powertrain system while working with vehicle level safety engineers to deliver the complete powertrain system safety architecture and analysis. Fisker is a fast-moving technologically-focused startup, and in this context you will need considerable flexibility and adaptability to deal with the rapidly-developing requirements at the leading edge of EV powertrain implementation.

Responsibilities

  • Your primary task is to ensure that all Fisker products embody powertrain and thermal systems that comply with industry best practice in Functional Safety compliance
  • You will be responsible for overseeing the functional safety requirements for powertrain and thermal components on Fisker vehicles
  • · You will be expected to supervise and/or execute the compilation of:
    • Item Definitions
    • The Powertrain HARA
    • Definition of Safety Goals
    • Reviewing Technical Safety Concepts from suppliers
    • Functional Safety Requirements (at a Powertrain System and Component level)
  • You will cooperate closely with and support the work of the Complete Vehicle functional safety activity
  • You will maintain strategic awareness of the current state-of-the-art in Functional Safety topics and offer guidance to Fisker on their implications for Fisker products and processes

Skills and Experience

  • Detailed knowledge of the functional safety development process and work products according to ISO 26262 standard
  • Experience creating HARA, FSC, FSRs and FTA and decomposition of safety goals across ECUs
  • Understanding of HW and SW safety requirements and implementation including FMEA and SW safety algorithms
  • Familiarity with safety testing including HW & SW unit verification, system testing and safety validation
  • Experience with requirements management tracking and ALM tools (for example using DOORS, Polarion or JAMA)
  • Experience developing functional safety work products with OEM on production intent program
  • Knowledge of software structure and development from requirements derivation to software validation
  • Familiarity with powertrain diagnostics implementation
  • Experience of effective supplier interaction
  • Good analytical and problem solving skills

Qualifications

  • 5+ years relevant professional experience
  • BS or MS in electrical, mechanical engineering or related engineering discipline

Requirements

Fisker Group Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment at Fisker Group Inc. is governed based on merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status. Applicants wishing to view a copy of Fisker Group Inc. Affirmative Action Plan for veterans and individuals with disabilities, or applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application/interview process should notify the Human Resources Department at hr@fiskerinc.com.

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