Functional Safety Assessor (ADAS and Body Controller Components)

Pre-assessments and review of the functional safety status for ADAS ECUs and body controllers, functional safety audits.

Tasks:

• Review the functional safety status of the E3 1.2 system, hardware, and software in a pre-assessment
• Review the functional safety concept, technical safety concept, architecture, FMEA, DFA, FTA, and safety artifacts
• Function development (fully variable valve-train systems)
• Review the project requirements and document the interviews
• Document findings, issues, and deviations. Generate internal reports and safety approvals

Methods:

• ISO26262
• Automotive SPICE Level 2, 3
• Agile methods, SAFe

Tools:

• Polarion, CodeBeamer, Doors Next Generation
• Enterprise Architect
• JIRA & Confluence, PTC, SVN
• IQ-FMEA
• Isograph

• Which factors help in building and leading high-performance teams?

Tasks:

• Analyze and evaluate data from team leaders in five companies with different backgrounds, team sizes, and performance outcomes
• Statistical analysis and identification of factors that most influence team performance

Methods:

• Statistics
• Probability theory

Tools:

• Microsoft Office
• MATLAB
• Interviews

Requirements management and architecture for the middleware of a body controller system.

Tasks:

• Develop software requirements specification
• Specify and design the middleware
• Use DDS and publish–subscribe design patterns
• Design and develop statistics and reporting tools
• Gather requirements and handle import & export
• Manage change requests

Methods:

• Automotive SPICE
• IEEE Std 1233, 1998 Edition
• DDS, Publish–Subscribe

Tools:

• Polarion
• Enterprise Architect
• JIRA & Confluence
• C/C++

Develop the system architecture for an airbag system for an OEM.

Tasks:

• Develop the functional, static, and dynamic system architecture with SysML
• Create inputs for system integration tests
• Contribute to creating system and software requirements and the software architecture
• Perform ASPICE Level 3 audits and ISO26262 assessments

Methods:

• Automotive SPICE, MBSE
• INCOSE, SysMOD

Tools:

• Doors
• Enterprise Architect
• PREEvision
• JIRA & Confluence
• PTC

Specify and create system and safety requirements for a body controller module.

Tasks:

• Coordinate and control the delivery of system features and functions
• Develop a technical safety concept and a design FMEA
• System modeling with UML/SysML based on CMMI, SPICE
• Define test strategies

Methods:

• Automotive SPICE
• ISO26262

Tools:

• Doors
• Tortoise SVN
• Enterprise Architect
• JIRA
• SCIO

Manage system requirements for an OEM. Specify and develop new functions according to ASPICE and ISO26262.

Tasks:

• Create system and software specifications
• Review the test specifications
• Prepare a requirements report
• Review system and software architecture, conduct safety analyses, and prepare reports

Methods:

• Automotive SPICE
• IEEE Std 1233, 1998 Edition

Tools:

• Doors
• Enterprise Architect
• ClearCase
• ClearQuest
• Pkit
• IQ-FMEA

Manage and coordinate hardware and software changes in the infotainment system for the start-stop function. Plan and coordinate test activities and start of series production.

Tasks:

• Launch series production of the start-stop function for various vehicle models
• Coordinate HW/SW changes
• Coordinate costs and milestones for the different vehicle models
• Coordinate start-stop test efforts for infotainment
• Plan and oversee tests at various test sites (Göpel test bench, test bench, HIL, vehicle tests, robustness tests)
• Assess, plan, and oversee failure corrections
• Report to the vehicle project manager

Methods:

• ISO26262
• FMEA
• HIL
• SIL
• Göpel test
• Robustness tests

Tools:

• MS Office, MKS
• MS Project
• INCA
• SAP
• Blue PiraT
• BTE
• HP-Quality Center
• Restbus simulation CANoe
• HIL/SIL simulation
• Robustness tests

Problem and test management of telephone systems. Validate and integrate telephone systems into the vehicle network.

Tasks:

• Support suppliers and all involved departments
• Optimize the process of fault detection, tracking, and resolution
• Log and analyze most traces
• Device testing and troubleshooting, lab tests, and vehicle tests

Methods:

• CMMI
• SPICE

Tools:

• MOST Optolyzer
• MOST High Protocol
• EDIABAS
• NCSExpert
• HP-Quality Center

Develop an HMI for a mini-car showcased at CeBIT for a premium automaker.

Tasks:

• Evaluate an Intel Pentium M-based embedded system as a platform for an in-vehicle entertainment system
• Integrate MOST components (DVD, CDC, TV tuner, radio tuner, and audio amplifier)
• Design and implement the entertainment system (with two separate displays and functions for internet, DVD, CD, WMA, WAV, MP3, radio, MPEG, AVI)
• Configure bitmaps and features via XML

Methods:

• SPICE
• Agile methods

Tools:

• MS Office
• Visual Studio .net
• C
• C++
• DirectX
• MMI
• Win32
• MFC
• GUI
• MOST NetServices
• Embedded Studio
• Windows CE
• Windows XP Embedded
• Embedded Linux

• Design and implement a channel decoder for GPRS/EGPRS in a Xilinx FPGA.

Tasks:

• Design and implement a channel decoder for GPRS/EGPRS in a Xilinx FPGA
• Implement a universal channel decoder for GPRS/EGPRS and integrate it into mobile base station testers

Methods:

• Hardware modeling/simulation/synthesis
• Agile software development

Tools:

• Xilinx FPGA Virtex
• ModelSim
• Simplify
• C
• VHDL
• Verilog
• Xilinx ISE

• Design and development of a PCI MOST multimedia card.

Tasks:

• Hardware board design of a MOST PCI multimedia card and a VHDL MOST simulation
• Schematic and layout design
• Set up and test the MOST driver
• Testing and release

Methods:

• Hardware modeling/simulation/synthesis

Tools:

• OrCAD Capture
• ModelSim
• Leonardo
• Xilinx ISE
• Signal Analyzer
• PE16 Assembler
• MS Office