Functional safety architect

Join VeroTech as a Functional Safety Architect and become part of our community where innovation and people come first. You’ll take on exciting technical challenges and develop your expertise while creating solutions that drive progress across several industries.

About the role

As a Functional Safety Architect, you contribute to the technical development, quality and reliability of automotive products with a focus on functional safety for e-DCT transmission systems. You help ensure that current and future designs comply with automotive safety standards and that safety requirements are correctly translated across domains and suppliers.

You work closely with functional safety specialists, engineers, process owners and other disciplines to support safety analyses, safety cases and project technical compliance. Your role combines strategic insight with hands-on execution in an environment involving vehicle system architectures, control systems and embedded hardware and software.

Key responsibilities

• Own the safety concept for e-DCT transmission systems and ensure the correctness of functional safety analyses

• Support functional safety specialists and engineers in executing safety activities throughout product development

• Ensure that functional safety requirements and design inputs are correctly defined for applicable engineering domains

• Coordinate functional safety requirements and design expectations with applicable suppliers

• Monitor and report functional safety compliance and ensure relevant evidence is included in the safety case

• Provide feedback and support to the functional safety process owner on processes, procedures and methods

• Safeguard the technical compliance of project outputs against applicable functional safety expectations

What we're looking for

We are looking for a technically strong functional safety professional with solid automotive experience, strong analytical skills and the ability to work across systems, hardware, software and supplier interfaces.

• Master of Science in Automotive, Electrical or Systems Engineering, or a related field

• Expert knowledge of ISO 26262, including first and second editions, with strong functional safety theory and specific on-the-job experience

• Strong experience with safety concepts, HARA, DFMEA, FTA and FMEDA for automotive embedded hardware and software at system and sub-system level

• 5+ years of hands-on experience with vehicle system architectures and control systems, including progressive responsibility

• Strong knowledge of systems engineering principles, hardware and software design concepts, and architecture modeling tools

• Experience interpreting requirements from design through production, with knowledge of requirement management tools such as Polarion, DOORS or Integrity

• Knowledge of comparable functional safety standards such as IEC 61508, ISO 25119 or EN 5012X, and accredited training or qualification, is preferred but not mandatory

• Experience with analysis tools such as ANSYS Medini Analyze, Isograph FT+ and IQ-RM, and knowledge of software quality processes such as CMMI or Automotive SPICE

• Experience in electric vehicle applications or automotive powertrain technologies is a plus

• Fluent English, both oral and written, with strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate across disciplines

Why join us?

At VeroTech, you’re part of a real community where engineers grow and thrive together while working on cutting-edge projects in several sectors, enjoying flexibility and true support from colleagues. We offer personalized career development tailored to your ambitions, hybrid work options, and a strong focus on learning and growth. You’ll enjoy regular teambuilding activities in a collaborative environment, along with a broad salary package that includes a company car, monthly net allowances, a yearly bonus, insurances, meal vouchers and eco-cheques.

More than just shaping technology, at VeroTech we're shaping the future. Are you ready to shape yours?

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Apply now and take the next step in your career.

Let’s build the future together!