Functional Safety Engineer – Infotainment Systems

The role

This engineer ensures functional safety in the design, development, and validation of Infotainment and connected vehicle features. The role focuses on electrical and electronic system integrity and software-hardware interactions. Work involves safety analysis, requirements development, and validation using LabCar and HiL environments.

What you will do

• Ensure functional safety in the design, development, and validation of Infotainment and connected vehicle features.
• Contribute to feature requirements and provide functional safety guidance.
• Identify hazards from electrical malfunctions, display and HMI faults, and software/hardware interactions.
• Perform vehicle-level HARA and generate safety goals.
• Conduct safety analyses including DFMEA, FTA, and FMEDA.
• Develop safety requirements using the company's requirements management toolchain.
• Develop safety mechanisms such as redundancy architectures, hardware diagnostics, system health monitors, and fail-safe designs.
• Develop test cases to verify and validate safety mechanisms on LabCar and Vehicle test assets.
• Deliver data analysis and reporting.
• Represent the functional safety team across internal and external development activities.

Required qualifications

• Degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Computer Science, Mechatronics, or a closely related discipline.
• 2-3 years of experience within the automotive industry at an OEM or Tier 1 supplier, working within functional safety or systems engineering.
• Hands-on experience with electronic hardware fault diagnosis, including circuit debugging and CAN/LIN/Automotive Ethernet network analysis.
• Practical understanding of electrical failure modes from system to component level.
• Proven knowledge of ISO 26262.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to present technical information clearly to senior management and external stakeholders.

Nice to have

• Exposure to Infotainment, telematics, or connected vehicle platforms.
• Experience in ADAS systems.
• SOTIF considerations intersection with functional safety requirements.
• Familiarity with AI and machine learning concepts as applied to automotive safety.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary
• Annual company performance bonus program
• Equity in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
• Health coverage
• Retirement savings
• Time off
• Family planning programs

About the company

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is a joint venture between two industry leaders. They address the challenges of electric vehicles through technology for software-defined vehicles.