[XC-CP]System Engineer, Functional Safety (ADAS ECU)
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Role summary
1. Mission
As a System Engineer focusing on Functional SafetyThe part of overall safety that depends on a system or equipment operating correctly in response to its inputs, including safe management of faults and failures. Read more for ADAS ECU development, you will drive safety-oriented system design based on customer requirements and ISO 26262Road Vehicles - Functional Safety. Automotive functional safety standard defining ASILAutomotive Safety Integrity Level (A to D) under ISO 26262, derived from severity, exposure, and controllability. Read more levels and the automotive safety lifecycle. Read more. You will work closely with global teams in Germany, India, and Vietnam, while contributing to the development of Functional Safety competence in Japan.
2. Key Responsibilities
- Analyze, define, and maintain system and safety requirements for ADAS ECU projects
- Break down Safety Goals and Safety Requirements to system, hardware, and software levels
- Create or support Functional Safety Concepts and Technical Safety Concepts
- Perform or support safety analyses such as HARAHazard Analysis and Risk Assessment: the concept-phase activity and resulting document that identifies hazards and derives safety goals and integrity targets. Read more, FMEAFailure Modes and Effects Analysis: a bottom-up method cataloging how components fail and what effects those failures produce. Read more, FTA, and FMEDAFailure Modes, Effects and Diagnostic Analysis: quantitative failure analysis producing safe/dangerous failure rates and diagnostic coverage. Read more
- Drive safety-oriented design based on QM and ASIL A-D understanding
- Identify potential faults considering systematic and random faults, and define suitable measures
- Contribute to technical discussions on SPFM, LFM, PMHF, FTTI / MPFDTI, and Diagnostic Coverage
- Clarify specifications and resolve technical issues with customers, system test, HW, and SW teams
- Support Functional Safety Assessments, audits, and Safety CaseA structured argument, supported by a body of evidence, that a system is acceptably safe for a specific application in a specific environment. Read more preparation
- In the future, contribute to internal FuSaThe common industry abbreviation for functional safety, used heavily in automotive and semiconductor development. Read more training and knowledge sharing within the Japan team.
Requirements
- Experience in system development or automotive development
- Good communication skills with customers and global engineering teams
- Problem-solving mindset and willingness to learn proactively
- Business-level Japanese
- Motivation to read technical documents and explain technical topics in English
Nice to have
- Experience or basic knowledge of ISO 26262-based development
- Understanding of Safety Goals, Safety Requirements, and ASIL
- Experience with HARA, FMEA, FTA, FMEDA, SWSA, or DFA
- Knowledge of ADAS, automotive ECUs, SoCs, AUTOSAR, or embedded software
- Knowledge of in-vehicle communication such as CAN-FD, Ethernet, or PCIe
- Experience with Enterprise Architect, codebeamer, IBM DOORS, or similar tools