Inside the Stellantis propulsion functional safety organization, the European and North American teams aim at ensuring the safety of the calibrated propulsion control system, for every region where Stellantis vehicles are sold. Moreover, the teams lead the execution of all safety and diagnostic activities for the different programs and are the propulsion safety primary contact to the different Project chiefs.

Within this scope, this propulsion functional safety and diagnostic organization:

Ensures that the powertrain, its Control & its calibrations are designed & validated, in accordance with the ISO26262 and to the regional safety requirements.
Ensures the OBD conformity of the Powertrains control, worldwide (Europe, North America, China, etc.)
Warrants that the propulsion system can be diagnosed in plant and efficiently repaired in Aftersales.

The Safety, Diagnostics and OBD Engineer plays a key role within this organization for the program they are assigned. They will ensure the delivery of a comprehensive superset of safety / OBD / Diagnosability requirements allocated to the different components (e.g. to electrical Motor, to HV-battery, to Charger, …) and to the overall propulsion control. They will monitor the complete fulfilment of all deliverables, supported by their colleagues of the safety and diagnostics organization and report the progress to the propulsion Controls Manager and to the Project Chief.

Responsibilities:

producing the Impact analysis regarding safety, OBD, and diagnosability
informing team members of changes on the project, and ensures the availability of the main input documents for team execution
deriving a plan for all Safety / Diag / OBD work-products to be delivered for their assigned program
ensure the coordination of safety and diagnostic activities for their project,
contributing to PRS system DFMEA
building the synthesis & presentation for vehicle safety road releases, and safety assessments
reporting the progress and any main issues or roadblocks to the senior management team
reporting the SDO synthesis for PRS project milestones
leading the verification review of the diagnostic matrix (link between failure mode and protection mode)
challenging the main recovery modes and checking all the justifications of malfunction indication lamps
gathering the synthesis of all the DVP for SDO activities
delivering the Safety case of the propulsion system project

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Electrical, computer engineering, or related field
Curiosity, rigor and good organizational skills are required
Knowledge of electrical or hybrid powertrains and their control

Preferred Qualifications:

Master of Science Degree in Engineering
Minimum of 2 years of experience in Functional Safety in automobile industry (ISO26262).
Demonstrated working level experience in functional safety
Demonstrated working level experience in decomposing intended function into requirements inclusive of many of the following: Electric drive systems, geartrain systems, powertrain integration, high voltage electronics, low voltage electronics, motor controls, communication protocols, sensors, and software
Working experience in creation and execution of validation plans

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