Phani M. - FUSA Expert

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Minden, Germany

Experience

Jul 2023 - Present

2 years 4 months

Paderborn, Germany

FUSA Expert

Holon GmbH

Act as the primary point of contact and lead FuSa activities in accordance with ISO 26262 and SOTIF for L4 AD shuttle
Establishment of processes, guidelines, procedures and templates related to functional safety in accordance with ISO 26262 and SOTIF
Item definition and safety goal definitions of L4 AD shuttle with regards to ADS ECU domain namely perception, trajectory planning and execution
Carry out HARA and STPA for different domains of L4 AD shuttle
Evaluate the nominal and degraded performance under edge-case conditions
Define functional safety requirements and allocate them to system, hardware, and software levels
Implement and evaluate safety concepts (FSC and TSC) with respect to fail operational, fail safe strategies and architectures as part of the overall system requirements
Develop and maintain safety cases and associated work products, ensuring ASIL D compliance
Independently review safety analyses including advice for creation, cooperation in, and maintenance of FTAs, FMEA, FMEDA etc.
Coordinate safety activities and measures with internal and external stakeholders and other relevant parties with reference to DIA
Support project teams in the creation of work products in accordance with the safety life cycle for system, software and hardware development
Implement an effective SMS in accordance with EU 2022/1426

Jun 2021 - Jun 2023

2 years 1 month

Dortmund, Germany

FUSA Expert

Hays

Drive the alignment and definition of safety requirements according to ISO 26262 and SOTIF, work in cross-departmental projects as well as with customers and present the results
Perform quantitative and qualitative analysis of AD/ADAS and active safety, applying ISO 26262 and ISO 21448 safety analysis methods such as HARA, STPA, FMEA, FMEDA, FTA
Develop system safety concept and review system architecture including identification, definition and specification of safety measures and requirements
Interact with systems engineering and development teams for designing and reviewing AD/ADAS system safety architectures, including fail-operational, fail-degraded and fail-safe aspects
Define functional safety requirements and allocate them to system, hardware, and software levels
Define and review system and software level safety requirements considering performance, functional safety and SOTIF properties
Manage, document and clarify external and internal requirements for a complex, highly networked system

Jan 2019 - Jun 2021

2 years 6 months

Beverungen, Germany

Functional Safety Engineer

Hegla GmbH

Analyze and identify industrial standards and requirements for safety-related driving functions up to ASIL D level
Perform safety analyses including FMEA, FMEDA/hardware metrics, FTA etc.
Work closely with systems engineering, hardware and software teams to cascade functional safety requirements
Support project teams in preparing work products following the safety lifecycle with respect to systems, software and hardware engineering

Aug 2012 - Aug 2014

2 years 1 month

India

Electrical Engineer

Jain Irrigation and Systems

System design and review of automated guided vehicles
Programming of special-purpose machines with automation and data connection
Perform hardware tests according to ISO 13849 and IEC 61508 and analysis methods as well as HARA, FMEA, FTA
Maintain safety-related documents and perform reviews with cross-functional teams

Summary

Dedicated Functional Safety Professional with hands-on experience in developing safety-critical systems and ensuring compliance with industry regulations.