Job Description
Lead Engineer – Systems Safety
* £46,485 - £55,295
* 42 Days Holidays (Inc Bank Hols)
* Fantastic Pension Contribution
* Excellent Personnel and Career Development Opportunities
* Good Food, Leisure and Sports Facilities On-Site
* Plenty of Safe and Secure Parking On-Site
* Close to M1, M6, M40, M42, A45 & A46
* Good Public Transport Links – Rail & Bus
We have an exciting opportunity to join a leading academic research department who are partnering with industry and working with some of the main developers of Automated Driving Systems across the globe.
The position is part of a growing research portfolio on the role of safety of ADAS and Automated Driving Systems and will involve conducting an in-depth Functional Safety analysis for Automated Driving Systems, while working in collaboration with industry and academic partners.
The role will require an understanding and application of international standards like ISO 26262, ISO 21448, ISO/SAE 21434, ISO TS 5083, to build system safety cases for ADAS and Automated Driving System for various Operational Design Domains. Additionally, the role will involve using inductive and deductive safety and failure analysis such as FMEA (Failure mode and effects analysis), FTA (Fault Tree Analysis), HAZOP (Hazard and Operability), STPA (Systems Theoretic Process Analysis) and similar methods.
The role will be part of the Safe Autonomy Research Group at the University of Warwick undertaking a programme of research and engineering work across the safety of automated transport (land, air and marine).
Lead Engineer – Duties
1. Conduct in-depth research into functional safety and system safety for ADAS and Automated Driving Systems. This will involve comprehensive literature as well as arranging meetings with senior management representatives and technical specialists from industry technology providers (suppliers to the industry), academic staff within Warwick and other university departments. Design and facilitate collaborator workshops to capture and define research opportunities.
2. Develop novel and proportionate methodology for incorporating scalable functional safety processes for ADAS and Automated Driving Systems in various Operational Design Domains, compliant with industry standards like ISO 26262, ISO 21448, ISO/SAE 21434, ISO TS 5083.
3. Apply safety analysis methods like FMEA (Failure mode and effects analysis), FTA (Fault Tree Analysis), HAZOP (Hazard and Operability), STPA (Systems Theoretic Process Analysis) and similar methods for ADAS and Automated Driving Systems.
4. Develop system safety cases and operational safety cases using frameworks like Goal Structured Notation (GSN) and Assurance 2.0.
5. Provide comprehensive direction and support to the university and the partners on all aspects of the project. Deputise for the project manager at senior management meetings as required ensuring that appropriate input is given, and outcomes are reported to the project manager and others within the research team in a timely manner.
6. Support the publication of research outcomes in appropriate journals of international standing and to disseminate the result of research and scholarship in other reputable outlets.
7. Develop plans to ensure that the business output agreed with the funding bodies are achieved within the agreed timescales and reported on a regular basis.
8. Represent the university at international events and report outcomes to the Project Manager and others within the research group in a timely manner.
Person Specification
* A good honours degree in a relevant subject.
* Significant experience and excellent understanding of Functional Safety in the automotive sector, especially in the application of ISO 26262 and ISO 21448 standards in industrial or research projects.
* Experience in developing functional safety concepts, including safety requirements and architecture for ADAS and Automated Driving domains.
* Experience in conducting functional safety reviews and performing HARA.
* Experience in developing system safety case and/or operational safety cases using frameworks like Goal Structured Notation (GSN) and/or Assurance 2.0, in industrial or research projects.
* A good understanding of standards like ISO/SAE 21434 and ISO TS 5083.
* Excellent project planning and reporting skills, with the ability to initiate, plan, organise, implement, and deliver programmes of work to tight deadlines.
* Experience of working in collaborative, ideally research projects.
* Good effective oral and written communication skills, presentation and training skills.
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