Safety Officer

Safety Engineer

The Safety Engineer is responsible for the implementation of safety engineering policies and programs that embrace a range of matters directly or indirectly concerned with safety and protection. Assignments also include responsibility for the technical adequacy of plans, designs, and specifications for improvement of safety programs within a facility.

Roles and Responsibilities

• The employee administers safety and occupational health programs in compliance with standards and requirements and to assure safety, healthy, and efficient operations.
• The employee prepares technical guidance and direction for safety and occupational health program implementation.
• The employee performs audits and inspections of work sites, as required, to assure compliance with safety and health program requirements; prepares technical reports of inspection findings; and develops corrective actions.
• The employee independently inspects construction projects to determine compliance with applicable occupational safety standards (e.g., floor load capacity, aisle space, adequacy of sprinkling systems, safety features on storage tanks containing flammable and volatile liquids, and the adequacy of scaffolding erected to facilitate painting of buildings).
• The employee completes hazard and job safety analysis to ensure proper use of machinery and equipment, personal protective equipment, and procedures.
• The employee conducts accident investigations to ascertain causes and to develop preventive safety measures.
• The employee trains employees and lower-grade safety staff in specific program requirements. The employee participates in the facility Safety Committee, Accident Review Board, and/or Environment of Care (EOC) Committee.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Lead system safety analysis activities for assigned projects such as Electric Power Steering, Autonomous Steering, and Steer by Wire
• Perform Safety Analysis such as FTA, FMEDA, and FMEA
• Support the development of ISO 26262 compliant processes and work products.
• Specify safety strategies and requirements for system architecture, including safety concept, failure management and driver-warning strategies
• Support development of robust, fail-safe, or fault tolerant architectures and components to satisfy safety requirements
• Specify detailed safety requirements, including diagnostic and software requirements
• Specify and monitor specific safety tests, including fault injection testing
• Perform and document safety assessments, including safety case
• Stay abreast of new technology and applications to steering systems, ADAS, etc