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Senior Discipline Engineer (Functional Safety)

Valeo
Troy, MI Full Time
POSTED ON 10/8/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 11/5/2026
Ready to tackle the challenges of the vehicle of the future? Join us and take part in the autonomous and connected car revolution at Valeo.

What You Will Win

As part of a global community of talented people, you will grow and thrive working on advanced technologies for greener, safer and smarter mobility. Our company culture gives all our employees the opportunity every day to #Dare.Care.Share.

About The Role

The project Senior Discipline Engineer (Functional Safety) is responsible to perform assigned FuSa activities within the project, in accordance with Valeo FuSa methodology (based on ISO26262 Functional Safety Standard). Is functional reporting to Project Functional Safety Manager (PFSM) and its PL FuSa Metier Manager.

  • Responsibilities Also Include: Analyses / defines functional safety requirements within the project based on Customer Requirements
  • Carries out design analysis to support the development of safety case arguments for safety related products
  • Supports integration of the safety activities in the development project
  • Creates / Contributes as necessary (planned) to hazard and risk analyses, safety plan, functional and technical safety concept
  • Specifies safety requirements and safety concepts for system / component
  • Supports the definition/specification of safety requirements for hardware and software architectures
  • Demonstrate how the chosen technical concept will comply with functional safety requirements
  • Collaborates with the design team in the design of effective technical solution aimed to achieve adequate robustness at System, HW and SW architectural level in compliance with ISO26262.
  • Contributes in the product development process, by creating the appropriate work products that meet the requirements of the relevant functional safety standards.
  • Supports Safety Assessment Reviews held by safety assessor
  • Leads or participates in safety analysis processes (e.g. FMEAs, FTAs, FMEDAs, etc.)
  • Supports the safety verification & validation activities
  • Supports customer review meetings
  • Tracks and documents necessary safety activities within a project as planned for him/her
  • Cooperates with the PFSM and other FuSa resources in other sites or external contractors
  • Documents the safety activities allocated to their, establish evidence of FuSa for related documents

What You Should Have

  • Bachelors degree in Engineering or related
  • 4-8 years' experience with functional safety
  • Successfully completed studies in computer science or electrical engineering
  • Several years of professional experience as a software developer in the field of image or signal processing, software architect or similar.
  • Experience in the field of definition system validation is an advantage (key performance indicator) and creation of test strategies
  • Good experience in dealing with the programming language C
  • Knowledge of the automotive environment (e.g. V-model, SPICE, FuSi according to ISO 26262, AUTOSAR)
  • Good knowledge of German and English
  • Very good presentation skills
  • Willingness to familiarize yourself with new projects and topics
  • Teamwork, flexibility and resilience

Join us!

Thanks to its strategy focused on innovation, Valeo aims at reducing CO² emissions and developing intuitive driving to propose greener, safer, and smarter mobility. The fantastic (r)evolution towards the vehicle of the future provides amazing career opportunities and challenging jobs!

Diversity by nature

At Valeo, innovation is driven by the diversity, authenticity and energy of its talents. You are looking for new technological and human adventures? Join Valeo and its more than 100.000 employees across the globe! More information about valeo : https://www.valeo.com

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