Sr. Functional Safety Engineer

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies

• $120K — $145K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent engineering degree.
  • 3-5+ years of relevant experience in functional safety design within automotive, industrial, or aerospace sectors.
  • Experience with ISO 26262:2018 and IEC 61508 standards.
  • Proficient in using failure analysis tools like FTA and FMEDA.
  • Background in advanced electronic design and analyzing electrical circuits.
  • Experience working in cross-functional teams on safety engineering projects.
  • Knowledge of regulatory compliance and functional safety design processes.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement technical safety requirements at the hardware level.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure safety requirement integration.
  • Employ various safety analysis methods to support architectural design.
  • Derive safety requirements and concepts to meet functional safety standards.
  • Work with the Reliability organization to define FIT rates for hardware components.
  • Develop methods for verifying and validating hardware safety requirements.
  • Document compliance for safety requirements and validation of sub-systems.

Benefits

  • Eligibility for an annual performance bonus.
  • Access to equity opportunities.
  • Comprehensive health and wellness benefits packages.
Full Job Description
Role Summary

Join a motivating team of experts developing Electric Vehicle technology through innovative zonal architecture development. As a key contributor, you'll play a vital role in designing and implementing Electronic Control Units (ECUs) that balance safety & performance. Your expertise will be instrumental in ensuring the development of robust, fail-safe hardware systems that set new industry standards for reliability and performance.

Responsibilities
  • Design and implementation of technical safety requirements at the hardware level.
  • Work with cross functional teams and hardware design engineers to implement hardware safety requirements.
  • Work with various functional safety analysis methods (FTA, FMEDA) supporting hardware architectural design.
  • Apply essential experience in functional safety to derive Safety requirements, technical safety concepts, FMEDA (Failure Mode Effects & Diagnostic Analysis), FTA (Fault Tree Analysis), DFA (Dependent Failure Analysis) and PMHF (Probability Metric for Hardware Failure) to meet functional safety requirements.
  • Support the Reliability organization in deriving FIT rates for hardware components.
  • Develop verification and validation methods to support testing of hardware safety requirements.
  • Write test procedures and support testing of hardware sub-systems.
  • Document all relevant safety requirements, analysis, architecture implementation, verification, and validation events for each sub-system.


Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent engineering degree.
  • Have 3-5+ years of relevant experience with functional safety design in automotive, industrial or aerospace.
  • Develop Systems based on ISO 26262:2018 Part 5 and ISO 26262:2018 Part 11 or IEC 61508 Part 1, 2 & 3.
  • Handling advanced electronics design and analyzing advanced electrical circuits.
  • Use of deductive and inductive failure analysis tools including FTA and FMEDA.
  • Handling advanced electronics design and analyzing advanced electrical circuits.
  • Working within a cross-functional teams- hardware, software, mechanical, manufacturing, and proven record of working on multiple projects involving safety engineering.
  • Applying knowledge of advanced electrical systems and tools to meet functional safety requirements.
  • Driving functional safety design processes across the organization to meet regulatory requirements.
Total Rewards

We build the exceptional - and we believe the people doing that work should be rewarded accordingly. In addition to a competitive base salary, full-time positions may be is eligible to participate in our annual company performance bonus program.

Payments are discretionary and not guaranteed; actual amounts depend on company results and the terms of the plan in effect, and require active employment at the time of payout. This role is also eligible for equity in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), subject to board approval and the terms of our equity incentive plans, including applicable vesting requirements.

In addition to our compensation programs, we invest in our people with a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the health, wellbeing, and financial future for full-time employees - including health coverage, retirement savings, time off, and family planning programs. Offerings vary by country. Learn more about our global benefit programs.

External candidates can apply for this role through the Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies careers site (https://rivianvw.tech/#careers). If you are a current employee, please apply through our internal job board.

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