Functional Safety Verification Engineer – Charging Software

The Opportunity

• The Charging Group are responsible for the end-to-end charging systems across all company products.

• The Charging System V&V Group are responsible for the validation of requirements and the verification of the charging products.

• This role sits within the Charging Software V&V Chapter.

• The successful candidate will be responsible for reviewing the charging software requirements related to Functional Safety, developing and executing the test cases or design verification methods, ensuring that the company deliver high quality, products in line with a Modern Luxury customer experience.

• Working with fellow chapter members, the candidate will be deployed into the relevant cross-functional agile squad within the Charging Group, working alongside software, hardware and systems engineers to ensure compliance to ISO26262 and ASPICE.

• Department: EP-5 Batteries

• FUNCTION / DEPARTMENT: Propulsion Engineering / Charging Group / Charging Software V&V

• REPORTING TO: Chapter Lead – Charging SW V&V

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Essential:

• Technical knowledge of ISO26262 [Part 6]/[Parts 4&5]

• Experience of successful delivery of test cases, verification methods and their execution on complex electrical software

• Knowledge of planning, co-ordination, delivery to support the Cycle Plan programmes using Product Creation Delivery System (PCDS) principles

• Demonstrable experience in conducting problem solving using formal methods (8D, DMAIC, Six Sigma)

• Experience of delivering technical solutions within a team

• Experience of delivering projects at a high pace using an Agile mindset 

• Degree or relevant equivalent experience preferred

Personal Profile

Essential:

• An individual with a customer first mindset who is easy to do business with and makes people feel special, driven to deliver experiences that are personalised, transparent and dependable

• An individual, who works independently, is results driven, demonstrating tenacity, drive and perseverance with the ability to deliver operational plans in a complex, highly demanding environment.

• A passion for continuous technical improvement

• An individual with the capability to combine a short term, pragmatic focus with medium term planning

• A resilient and enthusiastic individual who responds constructively to new ideas and inputs

• A good communicator with the ability to communicate complex ideas

• An effective team player, actively develops and supports team members

Desirable:

• An individual with the ability to challenge existing thinking in a positive way whilst building credibility and trust through experience and personal style

Key Performance Indicators

• Percentage of safety-related requirements coverage by test cases

• Design Verification Plan in place against the assigned programme with respect to functional safety

• Execution status of all safety-related test cases

• Number of safety-related issues found/raised in JIRA (Bugs) or Software Issues Management System (SIMS)

• ISO26262 compliance

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities

• Understand and co-ordinate activities between all stakeholders in order to deliver safety-related verification activities

• Ensure common approach and common technical solutions where possible across all projects

• Help build synergies between all projects where possible

• Ensure that functional safety targets are met with respect to the charging systems

• Develop effective working relationships with electrical, chassis and software development teams in order to deliver against functional safety targets

• Use the FMEA process to ensure all escape points are covered.

• Work with software teams to ensure the best and most efficient control system logic is applied to meet the functional safety requirements.

• Ensure that ISO26262 [Part 6]/[Parts 4&5] are satisfied.

Key Interactions

• Propulsion Engineering Powerpack

• Chapter Leads for Charging V&V

• Product Owners & Scrum Masters in Charging Group

• Propulsion Controls Functional Safety Team