Functional Safety Assessor (M/F/D)

Key Responsibilities

• Support customer projects teams and Functional Safety Manager within independent Functional Safety Audit and Functional Safety Assessment.
• Ensure successful certification of GKN Functional Safety process.
• Support GKN plants within understanding and achieving ISO26262 compliance.
• Continuous review and improvement of GKN Functional Safety process for any update in Functional Safety state-of the art within Automotive industry.
• I3 Confirmation measures during development
• Approve global Functional Safety processes, templates and work instructions
• Institute, execute and maintain organization-specific rules and processes to achieve and maintain functional safety and to comply with the requirements of the ISO 26262 series of standards
• Execution of Functional Safety Audits
• Realize independent Fusa Audit & Assessment to ensure compliance towards ISO26262 within each customer application projects up from the beginning phase
• Supporting GKN Product Release procedure (incl. Veto rights in case of Functional Safety Issues).
• Support confirmation activities for Functional Safety work products from Engineering
• To institute and maintain a cross functional problem solving processes to ensure an adequate resolution of identified safety anomalies
• Close collaboration with GKN Product Safety and Integrity Office to ensure Functional Safety Culture at company level.
• Establish independent path to report potential Functional Safety issues directly from project level up to Product Safety representative.
• Decide based on the assessment results it shall be concluded whether the production is ready to produce safe products.
• Close collaboration with GKN Product Safety and Integrity Office to ensure Functional Safety Culture at company level.
• Establish independent path to report potential Functional Safety issues directly from project level up to Product Safety representative.
• Decide based on the assessment results it shall be concluded whether the production is ready to produce safe products.
  

Essential Qualifications & Experience

• Degree of Engineering Sciences in the fields of mechatronics, electrical engineering or relevant equivalent
• Strong Knowledge of ISO26262 and Quality standards like A-SPICE
• Certification within ISO26262 is of benefit (e.g. Automotive Functional Safety Professional - AFSP
• More than 5 years proven experience in Functional Safety for Automotive Software/Electronics
• Proven experience within Company Level Safety Management, especially process development and training methods