This is the side of the Stellantis propulsion functional safety organization, the European and North American teams aim at ensuring the safety of the calibrated propulsion control system, for every region where Stellantis vehicles are sold. Moreover, the teams lead the execution of all safety and diagnostic activities for the different programs and are the propulsion safety primary contact to the different Project chiefs.
Within this scope, this propulsion functional safety and diagnostic organization:
- Ensures that the powertrain, its Control & its calibrations are designed & validated, in accordance with the ISO26262 and to the regional safety requirements.
- Ensures the OBD conformity of the Powertrains control, worldwide (Europe, North America, China, etc.)
- Warrants that the propulsion system can be diagnosed in plant and efficiently repaired in Aftersales.
The SDO Manager plays a key role which will embody the responsibility of safety manager within this organization for the program they are assigned. The SDO Manager will ensure the delivery of a comprehensive superset of safety / OBD / Diagnosability requirements allocated to the different components (e.g. to electrical Motor, to HV-battery, to Charger, …) and to the overall propulsion control. The SDO Manager will monitor the complete fulfilment of all deliverables, supported by their colleagues of the safety and diagnostics organization and report the progress to the propulsion Controls Manager and to the Project Chief.
The SDO Manager is responsible for
- producing the Impact analysis regarding safety, OBD, and diagnosability
- informing team members of changes on the project, and ensures the availability of the main input documents for team execution
- deriving a plan for all Safety / Diag / OBD work-products to be delivered for their assigned program
- ensure the coordination of safety and diagnostic activities for their project,
- contributing to PRS system DFMEA
- building the synthesis & presentation for vehicle safety road releases, and safety assessments
- reporting the progress and any main issues or roadblocks to the senior management team
- reporting the SDO synthesis for PRS project milestones
- leading the verification review of the diagnostic matrix (link between failure mode and protection mode)
- challenging the main recovery modes and checking all the justifications of malfunction indication lamps
- gathering the synthesis of all the DVP for SDO activities
- delivering the Safety case of the propulsion system project
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical, computer engineering, or equivalent
- Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience
- Curiosity, rigor and good organizational skills are required
- Knowledge of electrical or hybrid powertrains and their control
- Working language is English
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master of Science Degree in Engineering
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in Functional Safety in automobile industry (ISO26262).
- Demonstrated working level experience in functional safety
- Demonstrated working level experience in decomposing intended function into requirements inclusive of many of the following: Electric drive systems, geartrain systems, powertrain integration, high voltage electronics, low voltage electronics, motor controls, communication protocols, sensors, and software
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering or equivalent
- Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience
- Knowledge of electrical or hybrid powertrains and their control
- Curiosity, rigor, and strong organizational skills
- Working proficiency in English
- Master of Science degree in Engineering
- 3+ years' experience in Functional Safety in the automotive industry (ISO 26262)
- Demonstrated working-level experience in functional safety
- Experience decomposing intended functions into requirements for electric drive systems, geartrain, HV/LV electronics, motor controls, sensors, communication protocols, and software
Stellantis Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Stellantis and has not been reviewed or approved by Stellantis.
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Pay Growth & Progression — Contract-driven increases lifted hourly wages roughly 25% over 4.5 years and restored cost-of-living adjustments, pushing top rates near $42 per hour by the end of the agreement. Union hourly positions appear to have benefited most since the 2023 deal.
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Affordable Benefits — UAW-represented hourly workers pay no premiums and about 3% of total healthcare costs while receiving comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and wellness coverage. This creates materially lower out-of-pocket costs for represented hourly roles.
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Retirement Support — Post-2007 hourly hires receive a 10% employer 401(k) contribution and legacy workers saw defined-benefit improvements with retiree bonuses. Salaried roles also cite a 401(k) with employer match and contribution up to a maximum of 8%.
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