FuSa Senior Engineering Manager

Help shape the future of mobility.

Your Role

Sets functional-safety strategy and organizational governance across the portfolio, ensuring robust technical authority, competent execution, customer confidence and sustainable safety ownership.

RFQ / Concept 

Set pursuit risk posture, competence model, independence and commitments. 

Planning / Architecture 

Approve governance, plans, staffing and technical-authority deployment. 

Implementation / Integration 

Steer systemic risks, critical programs, cross-domain dependencies and evidence maturity. 

Verification / Release 

Make executive decisions on open safety risks and release posture. 

Production / Operations 

Oversee field anomalies, systemic corrective actions and long-range capability renewal. 

Key responsibilities 

• Define functional-safety operating model, governance and investment strategy. 

• Own portfolio capacity, competence, independence, succession and assessor readiness. 

• Ensure consistent lifecycle application across vehicle, component, hardware and software safety. 

• Chair critical safety, release and escalation decisions. 

• Represent safety posture with customers and senior leadership; drive systemic corrective action. 

EDUCATION  B.E./B.Tech or M.E./M.Tech in Computer Science, Electronics, Electrical, Instrumentation, or a related engineering discipline 

EXPERIENCE  15+ years 

Your Background

Required competencies 

• Extensive automotive engineering leadership with functional-safety accountability. 

• Deep ISO 26262 lifecycle, confirmation-measure, safety-case and Automotive SPICE knowledge. 

• Portfolio planning, organizational design, customer negotiation and risk governance. 

• Demonstrated measurable improvement in delivery and capability. 

Preferred competencies 

• Assessor/auditor qualification, SOTIF, semiconductor safety and global CoE development. 

Expected outputs / measures of success 

• Domain strategy 

• Portfolio safety dashboard 

• Governance and technical-authority model 

• Capability/succession plan 

• Executive safety decisions 

Why join Aptiv

• You grow at Aptiv.  

Aptiv's winning culture is global by design. We bring together diverse perspectives, cultures, and business contexts to solve our customers' toughest challenges. In this environment, every individual can grow, lead, and make an impact, regardless of background, because inclusion fuels how we innovate and win.  

You make an impact at Aptiv.  

One of the strengths of humanity is our drive to progress, to improve, to achieve more tomorrow than we did yesterday. People need solutions they can trust when it matters most. At Aptiv, you are building those solutions every day. 

You have support at Aptiv.  

We ensure you have the resources and support you need to take care of your family, your physical health, and your mental health with a competitive benefits package. 

Your Benefits at Aptiv:

• Higher Education Opportunities (UDACITY, UDEMY, COURSERA are available for your continuous growth and development);
• Life and accident insurance;
• Well Being Program that includes regular workshops and networking events;
• EAP Employee Assistance.
• Access to fitness clubs (T&C apply);
• Shift allowances are applicable. Will discuss during the interview process.

Meet the next generation Aptiv

At Aptiv, we deliver innovative solutions that people trust when it matters most. 

Progress is never static. It is about reaching further, exploring new possibilities, and enabling mobility. Aptiv empowers customers to create solutions people rely on—advancing safety and autonomy in Automotive and Commercial Vehicles, enabling mission-critical performance in Aerospace & Defense, and powering intelligent systems across Energy, Enterprise, and Telecommunications. We also drive precision and efficiency in Industrials & Robotics and support life-critical innovation in Medical technologies.  

Guided by our winning culture and values to Think & Act Like Owners, as One Team, and Play to Win, we turn commitment into results and achieve more together.  

Join Us to Deliver Innovative Solutions That People Trust!

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