Main responsibilities

- Ensure safety management throughout the safety development lifecycle.
- Lead issue, change and configuration management on projects as required based on ISO 26262.
- Support system and software project manager in the planning, monitoring & control of the safety related activities.
- As a responsible person for functional safety, candidate must ensure the compliance of all safety related system/software activities with the relevant functional safety standards.
- Candidate shall ensure all work products related to system/ software safety are developed and maintained from starting of system level requirements to software (application and/or platform) design, development, and testing.
- Derive functional and technical safety requirements/ concepts for system, subsystem levels.
- Derive software safety requirements for the application software and/or platform software.
- Derive safety measures at system and software (application and/or platform) level.
- Support HSI (Hardware-Software Interface specification) development between software and internal/external developed hardware.
- Ensure that safety plan activities meet program timing.
- Align safety related topics with suppliers and customers.
- Support implementation of software safety requirements at the application software layer and/or platform software.
- Support the development of SW architecture for safety, including ASIL decomposition, freedom-from-interference analysis, dependent failure analysis., etc.
- Drive the safety analysis at Software level using techniques such as FTA, SW-FMEA, Dependent failure analysis, Critical path analysis etc.
- Support documentation of test procedures and testing of the software safety requirements at unit, software integration and embedded software level.
- Documenting all relevant software safety requirements, analysis, architecture, verification,



and validation events for application software/or platform software
- Mentor, train and coach the system/ software team to increase the skills of functional safety applied in the Volvo projects.
- Develop and integrate Functional Safety standards and industry common practices into corporate processes according to ISO 26262.
- Ensure technical specifications and other work products are prepared, and stored correctly, and revisions are managed and released in timely manner.

Required Qualifications:

- B.E / B.Tech / M.E / M.Tech within Mechatronics, Embedded Software, Electrical, Electronics or Electromechanical Engineering.
- Minimum 4+ years of experience in automotive system/ software development with safety consideration, with ASIL C and ASIL D a plus.
- 3+ years of experience in automotive system/ software functional safety, with ASIL C and ASIL D a plus.
- Hardware with hardware functional safety experience a plus.
- Previous experience with functional safety related to IEC 61508, EN 50128, or ISO 26262 a plus.
- Knowledge/ documentation experience on ISO 26262 Part 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 and 9 are preferred. Part 5 and 7 a plus.
- Experience with C, C++ programming and/or model-based design using Simulink is a plus.
- Requirements management tools (e.g., JAMA, Doors, Polarion, etc.), issue tracking tools (Jira, etc.), and SW version control tools (e.g., Git, Azure, SVN, etc.).
- Experience with AUTOSAR-based tool chains preferably with Vector DaVinci Developer and Configurator
- ASPICE and agile software development process.
- Good interpersonal and communication skills with a high level of integrity.
- Experience working within a cross-functional team.
- Proven experience working on multiple projects.
- Robust team player driven to exceed expectations and meet deadlines.
- Certified Functional Safety Expert (CFSE) or Certified Functional Safety Professional (CFSP) certificate a plus.

📌 Functional Safety Leader (Bengaluru)
🏢 Volvo Group India Private
📍 Bengaluru