Staff Functional Safety Engineer
$171,100–$213,900 year
On-sitePalo Alto, California, United States or Carson, California, United States
Palo Alto, California, United States or Carson, California, United StatesOn-siteFull Time$171,100–$213,900 yearSenior LevelDoctorate Or Professional DegreeEnterprise
Full TimeSenior LevelDoctorate Or Professional DegreeEnterprise
Job Summary
Develop Hardware FTA, FMEA, FMEDA, and DFA for electrical hardware design while serving as the Safety expert in cross-functional design decisions. Support reliability efforts by deriving mission profiles and FIT rates using IEC or Siemens standards, and lead the development of hardware safety concepts, architecture, and requirements across ASICs, SoCs, and microcontrollers. Execute traceability between safety requirements and test cases, author Design Verification Plans, and drive functional safety design processes within the Power Electronics organization.
Required Qualifications
- BS, MS, or PhD in Electrical/Electronic Engineering
- Embedded systems design experience
- 5+ Years of experience in developing electrical safety hardware, systems safety, and functional safety engineering background in ISO 26262 Part 4, 5, 8 within the automotive or equivalent industries (e.g. aerospace) or IEC 61508 Part 1, 2 & 3
- Strong understanding of failure mode analysis of complex electrical designs, ASICs, preferably in power electronics applications
- Handling advanced electronics design and analyzing advanced electrical circuits
- Extensive knowledge and application of Safety Analysis methodologies using industry-standard tools, from functional system level to HW and SW component level: FTA, FMEA, FMEDA, DFA, STPA, SPFM/LFM, and PMHF
- Detailed experience analyzing electrical circuits, preferably in power electronics applications
- Prior experience performing hardware FTAs, FMEDAs, DFAs at the component level
- Ability to understand and create traceability in JAMA or similar requirements management tool
- Working within cross-functional teams - systems hardware, software, mechanical, manufacturing, and a proven record of working on multiple projects involving safety engineering
- Ability to work with resilience, zooming out and out-of-the-box thinking
- Strong team player with a drive to exceed expectations and meet deadlines
Desired Qualifications
- Tool expertise with Medini, Flow, or similar
- Experience with LTSpice or similar simulation tool with prior experience of simulating circuits
- failure effects
- ISO 26262 Certified
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