Functional Safety Engineer

Purpose:

You will be part of the Systems Engineering department, responsible for supporting development of Ballard hydrogen fuel-cell products through their full life cycle by following functional safety processes. You will primarily work on automotive products and develop work products against the ISO 26262 standard. Starting in the concept phase you will collaborate with the systems, electrical, control software and test and validation teams to develop vehicle hazard and risk analyses, safety goals, functional and technical safety requirements as well as ensuring robust verification and validation aligned with the V-model of systems engineering.

Our Values:

Listen & Deliver | Quality. Always. | Inspire Excellent | Row Together | Own It

Responsibilities & Duties

• Create functional safety goals and cascade requirements in adherence to ISO 26262

• Develop safety related documentation including safety plan, safety case, item definitions, HARAs, FTAs, DFMEAs and similar

• Ensure all safety related requirements are defined, complete and traceable through to verification and validation

• Work with independent reviewers to audit and ensure functional safety compliance

• Undertake any other duties / tasks assigned, which may include providing support to other departments.

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  Suggest & Implement approved improvements to company processes.

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  Represent Ballard Motive Solutions in a professional manner

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  Be knowledgeable about the full range of Ballard Motive Solutions work.

• To follow all Health and Safety procedures.

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  To identify any Health & Safety concerns in your day to day work and escalate as appropriate.

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

• Working knowledge of the Systems Engineering V-model

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  A good understanding of electric drivetrain architectures and familiarity with different types of components such as batteries, motors, power electronics

Desirable:

• Working understanding of hydrogen fuel cell and battery electric vehicles such as types of hazards

Skills & Experience

Essential

• Engineering experience throughout an entire product lifecycle

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  Significant experience of ISO 26262 preferably within an automotive OEM or Tier 1 supplier

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  Good data presentation skills (reporting and documentation)

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  Well organised, comfortable following process and excellent attention to detail

Desirable:

• Experience in other functional safety standards for non-automotive applications e.g. IEC 61508

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  Knowledge and experience of failure mode avoidance processes including DFMEAs and Fault Tree Analysis throughout the product engineering lifecycle, from concept to production

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  Experience in using requirements management systems such as DOORS or similar

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  Prior use of software tools designed for functional safety such as Ansys Medini Analyze

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  Experience assessing and understanding system models e.g. SysML or RAAML in tools such as Sparx Enterprise Architect, IBM Rhapsody

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  Experience in software quality and process e.g. ASPICE

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  Experience in developing and working to a Design Verification Plan

Qualifications

Essential:

• Degree in engineering or related discipline

Acknowledgement

Please note, this job description is subject to change. With any significant change, we will ensure this is discussed with you before any final approvals and or commitments.