Functional Safety Leader
Göteborg, SE, 417 15
Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions for the future? If you seek to make a difference on a global scale, working with next-gen technologies and the sharpest collaborative teams, then we could be a perfect match.
About Us
Our team, 'Central functional safety at GTT' is in the heart of a great transformation. We work with developing and designing vehicle functional safety concepts, supporting all product streams across Group Trucks Technology to do HARA, FSC and TSC. Joint review with supplier and ensure compliancy of our development process and product to state of the arts such as ISO 26262 and ISO 21448 (SOTIF) and AD standards such as UL 4600.
As Functional Safety Leader you will be involved in all levels of product development. From participating in strategic planning for the group, partner/supplier selection, reviewing Functional Safety Statement of Work (SS-SOW), initial concept design and stages of development through to production launch. It will involve interfacing with various groups including electrical engineering and mechatronics engineering as well as customers and suppliers / technical partners.
You will be involved in the details of safety design, requirements review and supporting teams to do Functional Safety Concept (FSC) and Technical Safety Concept (TSC) at system, SW and HW levels. This includes refinement of requirements to HW and SW and ensuring bidirectional traceability.
What you will do
- Driving the development of functional and technical safety concepts within the function, system, subsystem, software and hardware.
- Planning and score keeping of safety test activities (Safety plan).
- Leading functional safety engineering activities for product development teams.
- Co-developing Impact analysis and making recommendations for inclusion of accurate safety criteria in system design and procedures to control or eliminate hazards.
- Developing technical work products specific for functional safety requirements, e.g., item definition, criticality analyses, other safety analyses and test coverage analysis for safety requirements.
- Supporting the implementation of functional and technical safety requirements in all parts of the vehicle system design.
- Supporting the development of verification and validation strategies within the subsystems, software and hardware.
- Developing and integrating Functional Safety standards and industry common practices into corporate processes according to ISO 26262.
- Ensuring technical specifications and other work products are prepared, and stored correctly, and revisions are managed and released in timely manner.
- Ensuring that safety plan activities meet program timing.
Who are you?
You have a broad technical know-how combined with very good people skills and a strong belief in agile methods. You have a strong ability to inspire, develop and motivate individuals and teams.
Qualifications:
- M.Sc. or B.Sc. within Electrical, Applied Physics, Mechatronics Engineering
- Knowledge of functional safety activities and deliveries according to ISO 26262
- Documented experience of working with:
- Safety Analyses at HW and SW levels including HW/SW FMEA & FTA, Performing DFA, ensure freedom of Interferences
- Specification of the hardware-software interface (HSI)
- SW/HW Architecture
- HW schematics, BOM list and PMHF Metrics Calculation (ASIL C/D)
- Hands-on experience of technical safety concepts and ASIL requirement specifications
- Excellent communication skills
Ready for the next move?
If you are passionate about shaping the future of safe and sustainable transportation solutions, we want to hear from you! Join us at Volvo GTT and be part of a team that is dedicated to innovation and excellence in functional safety.
For additional information about the process, contact Erik Lindberg, Talent Acquisition Partner at erik.lindberg.3@volvo.com
Hiring Manager: Ali Dareini, Group Manager Functional Safety Central team
Last application date: August 10, 2025
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Who we are and what we believe in
We are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group’s leading brands and entities.
Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment.
Group Trucks Technology are seeking talents to help design sustainable transportation solutions for the future. As part of our team, you’ll help us by engineering exciting next-gen technologies and contribute to projects that determine new, sustainable solutions. Bring your love of developing systems, working collaboratively, and your advanced skills to a place where you can make an impact. Join our design shift that leaves society in good shape for the next generation.