The Staff Functional Safety Engineer will be a key member of the Product Safety Engineering group at Tesla, focusing on ensuring the safety of future vehicle platforms. This role involves leading a small team and collaborating with various technical teams to develop and validate functional safety strategies. The engineer will be responsible for system-level safety analyses and requirements across mechanical, electrical, and software domains. This position carries significant organizational exposure and impact as it informs product design and safety standards.

• Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Systems, or Automotive Engineering, or equivalent experience
• Typically 8+ years in functional safety, vehicle systems, product safety, systems engineering, or safety-critical product development
• Demonstrated experience leading or building a small technical team, or clear readiness and desire to do so
• Proven ability to work across diverse vehicle systems and technologies
• Experience defining functional safety requirements, interfaces, and validation plans for complex multi-disciplinary products
• Working knowledge of automotive functional safety methods and standards such as ISO 26262, HARA, and FMEA
• Ability to interface effectively with AI, software, and firmware organizations
• Seasoned communication skills for presenting risk and trade-offs to senior stakeholders
• Practical, hands-on attitude with a bias to drive issues to closure in a fast-moving environment
• Vehicle bring-up, field issue investigation, or production launch experience is a plus

• Own end-to-end functional safety strategy for assigned future-vehicle platforms and features
• Build and lead a small team of functional safety engineers
• Define and drive system-level functional safety analyses and requirements
• Partner with hardware, systems, AI platform, and firmware teams to validate interfaces and assumptions
• Lead functional safety activities such as Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment, FMEA, and Safety Concept development
• Establish functional safety validation strategies that combine simulation, lab, vehicle, and fleet evidence
• Represent functional safety in architecture reviews, program forums, and executive discussions

• Employees at Tesla are often offered day-one coverage with multiple medical options (some at $0 paycheck cost), dental/vision, company HSA contributions, a 401(k) match, and equity programs. Most roles also include paid time off and holidays, family-building support, employee assistance, commuter and childcare benefits, and access to discounts and wellness programs.