Zero Emissions Product Safety Engineer (w/m/d), Augsburg

"Technical Perfection and automotive passion" is what defines Faurecia. We design, engineer and provide the best in technology, systems and services for automobile makers in every major market on all five continents. If you share our ambition for technical perfection and our passion for all things automotive, Faurecia has a career for you.

"Faurecia, a driving force…for your professional growth."

Main responsibilities

The Zero Emissions Product Safety Engineer (w/m/d) is in charge of planning and execution of Product Safety Activities applied in a project for development of Zero Emission Products and particularly for Hydrogen Storage System (HSS) solutions.
You will be the responsible for product safety risk management and mitigation within the project team.
The scope of the project can be innovation solutions, generic and standards definition, or application on a customer product development.

In this role…

• You drive the safety impact analysis of the project and the realization of the related safety activities in coherence with FCM standards
• You plan, maintain, and drive the safety activities for the product and its safety-related elements in a project safety plan coherent with the core team development plan
• You execute or contribute to execution of safety analyses (HARA, Safety Concepts, FMEAs, …) within the framework of Faurecia methods
• You check the cascading of safety requirements resulting from safety studies for the system and its elements, as well as to suppliers
• You support the development team in the implementation of safety concepts on system, components level
• ou are the direct contact person for customers and for project to coordinate the requirements and deliverables relative to safety
• You verify that safety risks are covered by adequate design/validation/process actions and adherence is monitored. You check confirmation of compliance of results with safety requirements
• You participate to Project Milestones and Gate Reviews for Safety Advice, providing an evaluation of maturity and conformity of results.
• You are responsible of identifying and communicating to management the critical issues of the project regarding safety risks, and to supervise corrective actions with the project team.
• You contribute to the continuous improvement of Faurecia Safety processes and to spread safety culture within organization.

Qualifications

• The ideal applicant would have an Engineering Degree

Experience:

• Strong experience in the Automotive Industry
• Several Years of Experience in management and execution of Product Safety Studies and Reliability Studies as safety engineer for multiphysics systems
• Experience in project management
• In-depth knowledge about product safety requirements and methods (Hazard Analysis, FTA, FMEAs at different level, safety measures implementation in systems, safety requirements validations)
• Good awareness of ISO26262 or equivalent functional/system safety approach
• Experience in compressed hydrogen technology would be a bonus

Skills and competencies:

• Above average communication skills, leadership skills and interpersonal skills
• Able to work in global teams, located in different places, International mindset, and experience
• At ease with managing activities and issues at different time scales and different complexity levels
  
• Ability to organize and “get things done”, good in communication
• German and English language skills required (professional level), French as a plus