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Functional Safety Manager at ZF — Chennai

Experience4–9 yrs
SalaryNot disclosed
Work modeonsite
Levelmid
Posted14 Sept 2026

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About ZF

ZF is hiring in Chennai in automotive mobility. This role looks for around 4+ years of experience.

Skills

ISO 26262
Functional safety requirements
AUTOSAR architecture
RTOS
Software development process
System requirement analysis
ASIL decomposition
Fault injection testing
Base Software development
Automotive SPICE
C Programming
English

The role

A functional safety manager at an automotive mobility company plans software safety activities and performs ISO 26262 analysis for safety-critical systems, while applying AUTOSAR architecture and C Programming to software development processes.

Full job description

Job Summary

About the Team: At ZF, Research and Development (RD), which plays a key role in shaping the future of mobility. Their RD team combines specific know-how in various technology fields with current trends in mobility, aiming to develop innovative solutions that enhance safety, efficiency, and sustainability.

Responsibilities

Responsible for planning and monitoring of functional safety activities within SW domain

Responsible for artifacts related to SW domain within safety plan, safety case report

Responsible for safety analysis such as FTA, DFA, FFI from SW domain

Risk assessment and impact analysis of changes to the architecture. Represent SW domain in safety assessment/Audit for respective projects

Good written and verbal communication skill in English. Good knowledge of safety standards like ISO26262.

Requirements

Exp. in performing safety analysis for safety critical functions in automotive domain.

Good experience in analysis of functional safety requirements

Good knowledge and exp. in AUTOSAR architecture, RTOS and SW development process

Experience in System requirement analysis and ASIL decomposition for SW components

Experience in test specification and execution of Fault injection test as part of SWE.6

Good knowledge or Hands-on experience on Base Software development and Configuration.Good knowledge on Automotive SPICE and ISO 26262 Standard.

Good knowledge on C Programming Good written and verbal communication skills in English

Contact

Sowmya Nagarathinam