Are you a Functional Safety Manager driven by the global shift to electric vehicles? Do you enjoy a team working in a fast-paced environment executing strategic and key growth initiatives within the commercial vehicle industry? Are you seeking the opportunity to have an impact working in an emerging business unit in the electrification and innovation arena? ConMet designs with safety in mind and this new opportunity is critical to our business.

The Functional Safety & Compliance Manager will define the regulatory requirements and drive the functional safety activities related to the development of ConMet’s eMobility products. This includes analysis of requirements by United States agencies such as FMVSS, FMCSA, EPA, eCFR along with “best practices” as it relates to electrification of vehicles. This role is responsible for establishing our Product Safety goals and working cross functionally to ensure the delivery of these goals for the eMobility Business.

This position is open due to key growth within eMobility and will be based at ConMet's corporate headquarters in Vancouver, Washington.

About ConMet eMobility

ConMet eMobility was established in 2019 to address the needs and challenges of clean energy technology. The growing team has years of experience in electrical engineering, system controls, battery science, and more. Together with the unmatched wheel end expertise and support of ConMet, ConMet eMobility is enabling the development of zero-emission commercial vehicles, capturing and regenerating the kinetic energy that would otherwise go wasted. To learn more check: www.conmet.com/emobility

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop a robust and coherent product compliance program by researching, analyzing, selecting, and applying compliance engineering concepts, approaches, techniques and criteria
• Support the Systems, Software and Hardware Teams in defining their architectures.
• Support the development of safety requirements.
• Create and review of relevant safety work products including specifications and reports.
• Perform traceability analysis between different levels of the design.
• Support Diagnostic Coverage evaluation.
• Support verification and testing activities for Systems, Software and Hardware work products.
• Conduct inductive and deductive Safety Analysis (including FMEA, FTA and DFA) at Systems, Software and Hardware Architecture levels.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering
• Experience with systems design for embedded systems using a formal development process
• Experience with hardware and software development for safety related systems.
• Familiarity with IEC 61508, ISO 26262, DO178 or similar safety standards
• Familiarity with Model Based Systems Engineering and SysML
• Strong knowledge of Safety Analysis methods: Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Dependent Failure Analysis (DFA)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with other relevant standards including ISO 9001, A-SPICE
• Electric motor and drive specific design and manufacture
• Experience in commercial vehicle or automotive
• Experience in managing and maintenance of JIRA & Confluence projects and content
• Familiarity with the use of Dependent Failure Analysis (DFA) to ensure Freedom from Interference
• Familiarity with APIS and Isograph Reliability Workbench FT+
• Familiarity with requirements and configuration management

About ConMet

ConMet, a division of Amsted Industries, is a leading global supplier of wheel hubs, aluminum castings, and structural plastics to original equipment manufacturers and aftermarket channels in the commercial vehicle industry. Founded in 1964, ConMet innovation has been critical in designing, engineering, and manufacturing revolutionary technologies for trucks and trailers. Today, ConMet products are standard equipment on most heavy-duty vehicles in North America and have a growing footprint worldwide.

ConMet is committed to creating products and services that align with critical customer needs. The development of more efficient products, processes, and technology that transform the way customers run and maintain their vehicles is central to ConMet’s vision.

Diversity & Inclusion Pledge

At ConMet, differences are not ignored, but celebrated. Our goal is to encourage a deeper knowing of our people, pulling out knowledge and experiences to ignite creativity. We are committed to achieving workplace equity by intentionally creating a work environment where all people are respected, accepted and have a sense of belonging.

Because people are what drive our success, ConMet’s Diversity and Inclusion program empowers all employees to embrace their individuality and share their abilities to further our innovations, thus improving the lives of our employees and customers, and strengthening our position as a leader in our market.

Compensation & Benefits

• Excellent base salary and targeted annual bonus structure
• Comprehensive employee benefits package, including medical/dental/vision coverage, life and disability protection
• Innovative vacation plan
• Participation (100% company paid) in the ConMet/Amsted Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP)
• Company 401k program match
• Wellness reimbursement

Ensuring fair wages is an important Company value. Accordingly, the Company will not pay wages to any employee at a rate less than the Company pays to other employees for work that is substantially equivalent and requires comparable skills unless a bona fide factor justifies a pay differential. The Company prohibits pay disparity based on Protected Characteristics or prior salary history. The Company prohibits retaliation against employees for discussing compensation.

ConMet is an Equal Opportunity Employer.