TÜV SÜD America Inc., a global leader in testing, inspection, and certification, has an immediate opening for a Functional Safety Expert. At TÜV SÜD America, we are passionate about technology, people, and the environment. Our commitment is to invest in our employees as well as to hire, develop, and engage the best talent to help us continue to build our team. We are dedicated to creating a work environment where all levels of employees are inspired to learn, grow, and be empowered to achieve both their professional as well as personal goals.

OVERALL RESPONSIBILITIES:

Inspect, assess and test products for conformity assessment with international and national regulations with the end result being a Certificate, and/or Technical Report for the client.
Prepare reports and documentation of customer products to the appropriate standards.
Support sales and marketing with expertise as required including customer presentations.
Test procedure generation.
Correspond, orally, and in writing, with customers and if necessary, with Product Safety Agencies such as UL, CSA, and VDE with respect to Product Design Approaches for Safety.
Communicate in a courteous and effective manner with internal and external customers in all circumstances including providing quotes, answering questions, relaying messages, and providing information with regard to standards, test procedures, to bring product into compliance with requirements. Maintain confidentiality of customers, products tested and appropriate internal information.
Keep abreast of present and future Product Safety requirements, test procedures, instrumentation, technology and TÜV America Engineering service capabilities by internal training sessions, external seminars and reading of technical articles.
Validation of clients’ requirements (may require site visits).
Site inspections (may require site visits).
Provide help to customers and staff during their safety test program.
Involvement in Continuous Improvement projects.
Work within the controls and constraints of an ISO 17025 Quality System.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
We are looking for a highly energetic and creative thinker with attention to detail
We are looking for someone who can work with a high-performance team to manage the technology and process to ensure timely delivery of their Functional safety work products
Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related technical degree required
6 years of functional safety experience with Automotive, Rail, Stage, Machinery or similar electronic modules and/or systems engineering
Design/Development of safety-critical systems/components (ISO26262-X; ISO 61508-X, ISO 13849-1/2)
Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and specifications
Good communication skills and basic project management skills
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with colleagues local and at remote sites
Comfortable with ambiguity
Strong technical leadership skills and ability to work in a highly collaborative environment Motivation, initiative, and commitment, to self-improvement.
Willingness to consider others’ ideas and to work with others.
Flexibility and willingness to travel, where and when required.

Additional information

Equal Opportunity Employer – Disability and Veteran

TÜV SÜD America, Inc. is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, marital status, genetics, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status and those laws, directives, and regulations of Federal, State, and Local governing bodies or agencies. We participate in the E-Verify Employment Verification Program.

For more information on applicable equal employment regulations, please refer to the following: Labor Law 2024

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