Functional Safety Expert

Company Description

FLAG-MS is an innovative SME operating in the field of electrification in the automotive, motorsport, agricultural and special vehicle for different business sectors.

Design and construction of electric powertrains or actuators from a few kW up to hundreds kW, represent the heart of the company’s activities.

The R&D department works mainly in the development of key components (battery pack, BMS, e-Drives, inverter and DC/DC) based on cutting-edge technologies for applications of different nature, proof of concept, vehicle prototypes, up to production where the customer is supported in the product development process in samples A, B and pre-series phases.

The company is capable of product development according to Functional Safety (ISO 26262) and Cybersecurity (ISO 21434).

Role Description

We are looking for a Functional Safety Expert (ISO 26262) with a strong background as an Electronic Engineer to join our Hardware development team. You will be the hands-on reference point for the practical implementation of functional safety on strategic automotive projects, working directly on hardware development for Inverters and Battery Management Systems (BMS).

Role Objective

The ideal candidate will be directly responsible for deriving and validating functional safety requirements in compliance with the ISO 26262 standard. You will work closely with other hardware designers to co-design the safety architecture, performing the FuSa analyses required by the standard, and coordinating HW testing, HW-SW integration, and fault injection for final validation.

Key Responsibilities

Operational Functional Safety (ISO 26262):

• Requirements Definition & Decomposition: Translate Technical Safety Requirements (TSR) into detailed Hardware Safety Requirements (HSR) at the component level.
• Hands-on Safety Analysis: Execute, compile, and maintain qualitative and quantitative analyses first-hand, including FMEDA (Failure Modes, Effects, and Diagnostic Analysis), DFA (Dependent Failure Analysis), and FTA (Fault Tree Analysis).
• Metric Calculation & Modeling: Calculate and numerically verify compliance with the hardware metrics required by the standard (Single Point Fault Metric - SPFM, Latent Fault Metric - LFM, Probabilistic Metric for random Hardware Failures - PMHF) based on the target ASIL (up to ASIL D).
• Technical Documentation: Draft and constantly update the hardware Safety Case documentation, preparing it for internal and external audits.

Hardware Development & Lab (Inverter & BMS):

• Architectural Co-design: Actively collaborate in defining safe electronic architectures for traction Inverters and BMS (e.g., cell monitoring circuits, galvanic isolation, power stages, shutdown circuits).
• Component Selection & Analysis: Evaluate and select suitable electronic components (e.g., automotive-grade microcontrollers, monitoring ASICs) by analyzing their safety manuals and integrated diagnostic functions.
• Testing, Lab & Validation: Define Hardware Safety Verification and Validation plans and physically execute/coordinate Fault Injection Testing in the laboratory using measurement instrumentation.

Requirements

Education & Experience:

• Marter Degree in Electronic Engineering, Mechatronics, or equivalent fields.
• Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in electronic hardware development and FMEDA calculation within the Automotive sector.
• Consolidated practical experience in applying the ISO 26262 standard (specifically Part 5: Product development at the hardware level ).

Technical Skills:

• In-depth knowledge and analysis capability of electronic architectures for Inverters and BMS.
• Operation