Senior Functional Safety Engineer- Systems

At Jaguar Land Rover, we are reimagining the future of modern luxury and mobility. Our Bengaluru team is developing nextgeneration hardware and software modules to enhance the driving experience and accelerate the journey towards autonomous and electrified vehicles.

We are seeking a Senior Functional Safety Engineer to lead safety architecture and compliance activities across vehicle systems, ensuring innovation meets reliability in line with ISO 26262 standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver functional safety across systems, features, and vehicle electrification programmes.
• Define safety concepts, targets, and verification methods driven by hazard analysis and risk assessment.
• Lead functional safety architecture activities across hardware and software platforms (ECUs).
• Mentor Functional Safety Chapter members and coach crossdomain teams.
• Provide technical support and resolve safety issues through datadriven analysis.
• Collaborate with technical specialists and research engineers on forward strategies and safety case releases.
• Support safety audits, assessments, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Essential Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• Proven experience applying functional safety in delivered projects with minimum ASIL C (ISO 26262).
• Expertise in safety concepts (FSC, TSC) and analyses (STPA, FMEA, FMEDA, FTA, CPA, DFA).
• Experience in AUTOSAR, ASPICE, and dependent failure analysis.
• Background in automotive projects including ADAS, propulsion, power architecture, HV/LV electrical distribution.
• Knowledge of reliability analysis, random hardware failure metrics, and system architecture.
• Strong analytical, problemsolving, and communication skills.
• Effective team player with leadership and mentoring capabilities.
• Resultsdriven, resilient, and able to balance shortterm focus with mediumterm planning.

Desirable:

• Experience as a functional safety manager or technical specialist.
• Handson hardware/software development experience (>5 years).
• Familiarity with tools such as Medini, TRM, Catia Magic MBSE, Reliasoft FMEA, Isograph, IBM DOORS.

Personal Attributes

• Demonstrates JLRs Creators Code behaviours: Customer Love, Unity, Integrity, Growth, and Impact.
• Autonomous, enthusiastic, and collaborative, with a customerfirst mindset.
• Strong communicator who can simplify complex ideas and build trust across teams.