Functional Safety Engineer

Location:
Fridley, MN (Canadian citizen who is willing to relocate, will also work)

• Support cross-functional teams on functional safety matters across the entire
  
  Electrolytes business cycle.
• Work with process, instrument & control systems owners to address functional safety and process requirements.
• Develop and maintain functional safety documentation like functional safety management plan FSMP, safety control narrative SCN, safety requirements specifications SRS.
• Develop functional safety studies resulted in description of SIFs, PFDs values & SIL
• levels and the associated RRF, safe states, demand modes, and bypass theory resulted in creation of safety requirement specifications SRS.
• Perform as a key participant in HAZOP/HAZID and Risk Assessment workshops.
• Perform safety analysis and SIL calculations. Carry out SIL determination through application of LOPA methodology and determine target SIL.
• Identify hazards and quantify risks resulting in risk reduction factor RRF, maintaining the concept of ALARP).
• Perform SIL verification and calculate for and specify SIFs’ PFD & HFT architecture to confirm whether the classified SIFs in the current architecture meet the required/target SILs.
• Review and approve work products from a functional safety perspective and participate at technical reviews and workshops.
• Conduct / carry out functional safety audits and assessments and support third party audits and assessments.
• Support the development of best practice procedures for functional safety activities.
• Provide input on changes affecting functional safety, including the Impact Analysis.
• Provide integrity and enforce appropriate standards in a time critical environment.
• Keep status trackers up to date, showing status of all responsible projects.
• Analyze and verify system requirements and interface definitions from a functional safety perspective.
• Act as a single point of accountability for specific project delivery in the Functional Safety team and provide input, as required, to projects carried out by the project teams.
• Support the planning and follow-up of activities of the safety lifecycle.
• Cooperate with the project manager, developers, and customers. Liaise with suppliers to ensure achievement of safety requirements.
• Interact with system/feature owners and project/program teams to advise and review documentation.

• University degree in Electrical/Electronic/Mechatronics Engineering.
• Evidence of CFSP or CFSE certification and demonstrate experience thereof.
• Previous industry experience in a functional safety role working in accordance with a relevant international standard (e.g., IEC 61511, IEC 61508).
• Previous industry experience in the HAZOP & Risk Assessment role working in accordance with a relevant international standard (e.g., OSHA PSM  and IEC 61882).
• Knowledge of Safety Codes and standards in the Hydrogen, Oil and Gas or process industry.
• Maintaining and monitoring the gaps or limitations of a product line from a safety standpoint and developing plans to address them as part of the product roadmap.
• Ability to manage ambiguity and help with prioritization of work
• Ability to generate formal documentation to a high professional standard.
• Strong communication and technical reporting skills, including the ability to communicate with overseas suppliers.
• Ability to conduct and review Hazard Analysis & Risk Assessments (HARA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) etc.
• Awareness of project management fundamentals.
• Excellent team working skills and a strong communicator with the ability to interact with various organizational stakeholders.
• Working closely with other platform leaders to define processes and tools for the Safety management of electrolytes.
• Good time management skills and an ability to plan and organize both work activities and the resources required to execute said work activities.
• Able to apply previous lessons learned proactively.
• Self-motivated and able to motivate and inspire others.

Compensation: $ - $ per year