Staff Functional Safety Engineer
Ford · Long Beach
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- Company
- Ford
- Location
- Long Beach
- Posted
- August 26, 2026
About this job
As a Staff Functional Safety Engineer, you will be responsible for ensuring the safety of complex electronic control features. You will lead the end-to-end safety lifecycle from initial concept through production, ensuring full compliance with ISO 26262. This role requires a unique blend of deep hardware-level analytical rigor, system-level architectural thinking, and the leadership presence to drive a robust safety culture across cross-functional engineering teams. You will be responsible for defining the safety architecture, steering technical design decisions, and ensuring program readiness through rigorous quantitative risk assessment and the implementation of advanced fail-operational strategies.
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