Senior ADAS System Safety Engineer
General Motors
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Warren • Missouri • United States
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About the role
- Follow the GM System Safety Process, aligned with ISO 26262, to conduct functional safety work across ADAS longitudinal features
- Drive system safety analysis, hazard identification, and risk mitigation activities using both qualitative and quantitative methods
- Decompose complex, top‑level system functions to perform hazard analysis and derive clear, testable safety requirements
- Develop, own, and maintain system safety plans and deliverables aligned to program milestones and launch timelines
- Partner closely with cross‑functional teams (systems, software, hardware, validation, and program leadership) to develop and deploy a safety strategy that balances feature availability and performance
- Support definition of verification and validation plans that assess end‑to‑end implementation of safety requirements
- Lead and support resolution of safety issues identified during bench testing, vehicle integration, and on‑road development
- Coach and support cross‑functional teams on safety‑critical systems, processes, and best practices, consulting senior system safety engineers as needed
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related engineering discipline
- 5+ years of engineering experience in functional safety related to systems engineering, software engineering, product development, or other relevant fields
- Demonstrated ability to understand, analyze, and reason about complex, multi‑disciplinary technical systems
- Working knowledge of semiconductors and SoC (System on Chip) architectures within safety‑critical systems
- Strong technical leadership skills with the ability to influence and collaborate across highly cross‑functional teams
- Strong communication and project execution skills, with the ability to align technical work to program milestones
- Comfort operating in ambiguous problem spaces and applying structured problem‑solving approaches
- Ability to work effectively in a fast‑paced environment with colleagues across local and global teams
- Willingness and ability to travel as needed (up to 5–10%)
- Experience developing safety cases for ADAS or automated driving features (preferred)
- Hands‑on experience applying ISO 26262, SOTIF, or related safety standards in production programs (preferred)
- Familiarity with FMVSS 127, NCAP, or other regulatory and consumer safety requirements (preferred)
- Experience performing HARA, FMEA, FTA, or other formal safety analysis techniques (preferred)
- Prior involvement in vehicle integration, validation, or road testing of safety‑critical systems (preferred)
- Experience working with embedded software, perception, controls, or vehicle dynamics teams (preferred)
- Ability to mentor others and help evolve system safety processes and best practices within a large, matrixed organization (preferred)
Benefits
- From day one, we're looking out for your well-being–at work and at home–so you can focus on realizing your ambitions.
- This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
technical leadershipcommunicationproject executionproblem-solvingcollaborationmentoringinfluencingadaptabilitycoachingcross-functional teamwork