Requirements: English
Company: European Tech Recruit
Region: Pisa , Tuscany
Functional Safety Engineer - Digital Power / ECU
Onsite: Pisa
Full-Time - Permanent
Pisa Research Center plays a leading role in researching new technologies and applications in the field of digital energy and electric vehicles. The company is looking for a Functional Safety Engineer to expand its functional safety team.
As a Functional Safety Engineer, you will support the design, analysis, and safety assessment of software in both the automotive and digital energy domains. You will join a dynamic and highly collaborative team of experts and PhDs passionate about research projects and innovative solutions.
Position Responsibilities:
- Enhance state-of-the-art functional safety solutions for real-time embedded software through independent thinking and analysis.
- Contribute to software architecture safety concept definition and validation of real-time software and toolchain architectures.
- Perform safety analysis on real-time embedded software.
- Ensure compliance with ISO 26262 and/or IEC 61508, delivering key work products.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with universities and research institutions.
- As a Functional Safety Manager, develop safety plans and cases, oversee safety process implementation, and ensure compliance with safety activities.
Position Requirements
- M.Sc in Engineering/Computer Science (PhD preferred).
- Multi-year experience in safety-related project management.
- Knowledge of ISO 26262 (recommended: parts 6, 8, 9, 11).
- Experience with safety concepts and safety analysis on safety-related ECU architectures and embedded software design.
- Understanding of microcontroller/processor internal structures.
- Experience in embedded software development (e.g., C, Assembly).
- Strong collaboration and communication skills, with a team-oriented mindset.
- Fluent in English (both written and spoken) and willing to travel in Europe and China.
Preferred Qualifications
- Hands-on experience in safety analysis (HARA, FMEA, FMEDA, FTA).
- Experience with model-based tool development (e.g., Eclipse Modeling Framework, Java, Acceleo).
- Knowledge of the IEC 61508 standard.
- Familiarity with VHDL.
- Practical experience with AUTOSAR systems and A-SPICE application.
- Knowledge of POSIX-based RTOS.
- Experience in safety-related automotive applications development.
I can also be contacted at ww@eu-recruit.com, to provide full details, arrange an application, or answer any questions you might have.
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