Software Safety Manager

Company Overview 

Stellantis is a leading global automaker and mobility provider that offers clean, connected, affordable and safe mobility solutions. With a diverse portfolio of iconic brands including Jeep, Ram, Peugeot, Citroen, and Fiat and operations in nearly 30 countries, Stellantis focuses on developing cutting-edge automotive technologies while fostering a global culture of raising the bar and continuous improvement.  

Job Overview 

Vehicles are among the most complex software-intensive systems in existence, containing hundreds of embedded computers (e.g. ECUs, HPCs), hundreds of systems (e.g. recharging, infotainment, lighting), and hundreds of software features. The Stellantis software group is currently developing a state-of-the-art software platform that will be deployed on all Stellantis vehicles going forward. The Software Architecture and Safety team is looking for an experienced and innovative Software Safety Manager  

Responsibilities 

• Lead and govern software functional safety across the complete development lifecycle, ensuring ISO 26262 compliance, appropriate tailoring, ASIL-dependent rigor, and consistent application of safety principles across software platforms and products. 

• Own the software safety strategy and technical direction, defining safety plans, responsibilities, milestones, required work products, verification and confirmation measures, acceptance criteria, and evidence required for safety approval. 

• Drive the definition and integrity of software safety requirements and architecture, ensuring correct decomposition, allocation, traceability, safety mechanisms, fault reactions, degraded modes, partitioning, freedom from interference, and interface assumptions. 

• Provide technical authority for software safety analyses and engineering decisions, including FMEA, FTA, dependent failure analysis, ASIL decomposition, diagnostic coverage, reuse justification, third-party software assessment, and tool qualification strategies. 

• Define and oversee ASIL-appropriate verification and validation strategies, covering reviews, static analysis, coding compliance, unit and integration testing, robustness, fault injection, structural coverage, and independence requirements throughout software development. 

• Ensure safety compliance, traceability, and readiness of software work products, governing requirements, architecture, implementation evidence, verification results, anomalies, deviations, assumptions, residual risks, safety manuals, and software contributions to the safety case. 

• Act as the senior software safety authority across engineering and management, coordinating system, hardware, software, cybersecurity, quality, suppliers, and assessors, supporting audits and assessments, and providing evidence-based recommendations for release decisions. 

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Embedded Systems, or related discipline. 
• A minimum of 8 years of overall related experience

• Significant experience in automotive embedded software functional safety, including development of ASIL B to ASIL D systems. 

• In-depth knowledge of ISO 26262. 

• Strong expertise in safety planning, safety lifecycle tailoring, safety cases, confirmation measures, and ASIL decomposition. 

• Proven experience defining software safety requirements, safety mechanisms, fault management, diagnostics, and degraded-mode strategies. 

• Strong knowledge of AUTOSAR Classic and/or Adaptive, including RTE, BSW, operating systems, communication and diagnostic services. 

• Practical expertise in software safety analyses, including FMEA, FTA, dependent failure and failure-propagation analyses. 

• Strong knowledge of safety-oriented software verification, including static analysis, fault injection, testing, and structural coverage. 

• Experience with embedded C/C++, model-based development or generated code, including MISRA C/C++ coding practices. 

• Demonstrated ability to provide technical leadership, challenge safety arguments, influence architecture decisions, and communicate effectively internationally.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with tool and software qualification, proven-in-use arguments, configuration, change, and anomaly management processes. 

• Proficiency with engineering lifecycle and traceability tools such as DOORS, Polarion, Jama, Git, and Jira. 

• Experience collaborating with automotive OEMs, Tier-1 suppliers, independent assessors, and globally distributed development organizations. 

• Recognized expertise and technical leadership in software functional safety, with experience mentoring engineers and driving engineering excellence.