Project Functional Safety Manager

Job Description

Role & responsibilities Definition of project responsibilities for entire system and detailed responsibilities (if necessary, delegation or grouping of activities) Project coordination and planning of organizational safety activities in coordination with Regional Functional Safety Manager (preparation and updating of project safety plan), including the planning of the following activities: 1. Planning all safety activities of the project safety lifecycle and document the planned safety activities in the project (Functional Safety Plan + Functional Safety Case) ensuring traceability. 2. Tailoring of development process 3. Initiation and planning of Assessments of Functional Safety (scheduling, timing, organization) 4. Initiation of verification and validation planning and associated measures 5. Planning and Tracing of work-products which are part of the Safety Case. Application of measures for the avoidance of systematic non-conformities All safety-relevant internal and external interfaces (e.g. with customers, suppliers and other business units) Cooperation with Regional Functional Safety Manager on process tailoring and improvement. Cooperation with QM in the various development phases with respect to process and project and product Escalate safety items to system lead engineer and/or regional functional safety manager Guide safety related activities including safety analysis in the project Escalate functional safety anomalies to competency managers and program manager Interface to customers and suppliers for functional safety Prepare and maintain safety case Attend functional safety related work product verification review or confirmation review Create and maintain Development Interface Agreement (DIA) between OEM and/or supplier Responsible for developing a Technical Safety Concept(TSC) Support project members to handle safety activities Preferred candidate profile (indicate whether R required or P preferred) ISO 26262 knowledge, rules and processes (R) More than 2 years project safety management experience (R) More than 3 years safety analysis experience (P) More than 3 years automotive product development experience (R) Engineering degree ( R ) Ability to speak English ( R ) Ability to speak German ( P ) Analytical thinking skills (R) Confidence in communication and relation with co-workers (R) Ability to argument (R) Team orientated and good communications skills ( R ) Automotive industry background ( P ) MS Office knowledge ( R ) Mobility ( R )