Senior Functional Safety Manager

Job Description

Bosch Engineering North America is offering a professional role in our vehicle systems engineering team focusing on Electrified, Automated and Connected technologies.

Within the Bosch Group you will lead / establish collaboration across function (customer, engineering) and across divisions (Chassis Systems, Powertrain Solutions, Automotive Electronics).

As Senior Functional Safety Manager, you are responsible for leading the safety plan and enabling the project team through all phases of safety engineering (requirements elicitation, item definitions, hazard analysis and risk assessment, functional safety concept, technical safety concept, item integration, safety validation). You collaborate with the design team to develop, implement and validate effective solutions. Our extensive customer portfolio includes a spectrum of major manufacturers from luxury and sports car segments to commercial vehicles including highly advanced technical applications.

Main Duties:

• Leading and coordinating safety activities with customers, all involved divisions in Germany, suppliers, and other Bosch functional groups. Serve as main customer technical interface for functional safety topics.
• Perform technical analysis and provide results to support the development of the safety concept and documentation of the safety case.
• These activities include; hazard and risk assessment, hazard metric translation, define safety goals and criteria, ASIL decomposition, FMEA and FTA analysis.
• Consult and collaborate with the software design teams to achieve effective technical solutions and ensure that all safety requirements are robust at the systems level, hardware interface level and software architectural levels.
• Actively participate in product development; including planning and monitoring of safety plans; plan and define validation testing.
• Support functional safety verification and validation.
• Present results and report progress to internal and external customers, stakeholders and auditors.
• Occasional business travel - approximately 20% annually, both domestic and international.
• Developing and extending professional networks within Bosch and to external business partners.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements Include:

• Bachelor's Degreein Mechanical, Electrical, Automotive Systems or Quality Engineering
• 5 years of automotive experience in the following disciplines:
  • Practical application of engineering methods.
  • Vehicle motion systems (electric powertrain, brake system or driver assistance) and respective actuators.
  • Product or vehicle systems development including application of model based systems engineering and vehicle systems testing.
  • Developing vehicle test cases, validation plans as well as trouble shooting vehicle systems.
  • E/E architecture, communication systems (CAN, Ethernet, LIN).
• 3 years of experience in Safety Engineering
• 2 year of leadership experience (technical, project management).
• Valid driver’s license.

Preferred:

• M.S. in Mechanical, Electrical, Automotive Systems or Quality Engineering.
• 7 or more years automotive experience.
• 2 – 3 years of experience in safety monitoring, functional safety and relevant standards.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills, results oriented (drives issue resolution).
• Proven record as team player in international teams.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal, with professional and positive attitude.

Additional Information

BOSCH is a proud supporter of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) Initiatives

• FIRST Robotics(For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology)

• AWIM(A World In Motion)

Indefinite U.S. work authorized individuals only. Future sponsorship for work authorization unavailable.