Staff Functional Safety Engineer, Software

The role

You will perform functional safety analysis of internally designed application and platform software. You will create software safety requirements and lead the development of safe software architecture.

What you will do

• Contribute to creation of technical safety requirements
• Derive software safety requirements for the application software and/or platform software
• Support implementation of software safety requirements at the application software layer and/or platform software
• Support/derive safety analysis using FTA, SW-FMEA
• Lead the development of SW architecture for safety, including ASIL decomposition, freedom-from-interference analysis, dependent failure analysis
• Derive safety measures in application software and/or platform software
• Support HSI (Hardware-Software Interface) development between software and internal/external developed hardware
• Develop test procedures and support testing of the software safety requirements end to end

Required qualifications

• 6+ years of experience developing safety software within the automotive or equivalent industries (e.g. aerospace)
• Experience with ISO 26262, with emphasis on ISO 26262 Parts 4,6,8 and Part 9
• Experience in system engineering practices such as requirements authoring, architecture development, failure analysis and test development
• Familiarity in developing automotive software with a focus on safety
• Experience with embedded systems
• Understanding and/or curiosity with requirements management tools (e.g. JAMA, Doors, etc.), issue tracking tools (Jira etc.), SW version control tools (e.g. Git, Bitbucket, SVN, etc.)
• Familiarity with agile software development process
• Good interpersonal and communication skills with a high level of integrity
• Experience working within a cross-functional team
• Proven experience working on multiple projects
• Strong team player
• Degree education in Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering or Computer Science, or equivalent experience

Nice to have

• Experience with C programming and/or model-based design using Simulink
• Experience with Propulsion & Dynamics Systems such as inverters, braking ECUs, steering ECUs, Vehicle Torque Controllers
• Experience with body systems such as frunk closure, cabin closure
• Understanding and/or curiosity with infotainment functions such as display diagnostics, Qualcomm or equivalent CPU architecture and user notifications
• Experience with suspension systems such as active/passive damping
• Experience with High Voltage & Low Voltage Energy Systems such as BMS, Inverters, DCDC converters
• Experience with Vehicle power moding, hardware device drivers such as high side drives, full-bridge and half-bridge drivers and PMIC

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.