Rivian · 2 weeks ago
Sr. Staff Functional Safety Engineer
US-CA-Torrance
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$218K/yr - $273K/yr
10+ years expRivian is an automotive company focused on electric vehicles, and they are seeking a Sr. Staff Functional Safety Engineer to join their Electric Power Conversion group. The role involves developing functional safety for power electronics components and collaborating with various teams to ensure compliance with safety standards.
AutomotiveElectric VehicleManufacturingTransportation
Responsibilities
Develop Hardware FTA, FMEA & FMEDA’s, DFA for electrical hardware design
Serve as the Safety expert in safety-critical cross-functional design decisions
Support the reliability organization in deriving mission profiles, FIT rates for hardware components using IEC or Siemens standards
Develop hardware safety concepts, hardware safety architecture, and hardware safety requirements to lead/drive and provide electrical hardware design recommendations across electronics subsystems, ASICs, SoCs, PMICs, and microcontrollers
Support (but not develop) software safety analysis (FTA, FMEA) and software safety requirements development
Collaborate with the Reliability organization in defining mission profiles based on vehicle use cases
Develop upstream and downstream traceability between hardware safety, technical safety requirements, relevant test cases, and work products in the traceability tool
Develop a Design Verification Plan (DVP) for relevant hardware safety and system safety requirements, including fault injections
Support the electrical hardware and power electronics software/controls test teams in executing test cases with troubleshooting
Support the vehicle's functional safety team in the development of technical safety requirements and hazard analysis risk assessment
Documenting all relevant safety requirements, analysis, architecture implementation, and verification and validation events for each sub-system
Authoring and reviewing high-level safety documentation
Driving functional safety design processes across the organization and being part of the safety culture within the organization
Qualification
Required
MS, BS, or PhD in Electrical/Electronic Engineering
Embedded systems design experience
10+ Years of experience in developing electrical safety hardware, systems, safety, and functional safety engineering background in ISO 26262 parts, 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 and ASICs, with a preference for 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, FMEDA, DFA, STPA, SPFM/LFM, and PMHF
Detailed experience analyzing electrical circuits, preferably in power electronics applications
Prior experience in performing hardware FTAs, FMEDAs, and DFAs at the component level
Ability to understand and create traceability in JAMA or a similar requirements management tool
Working within cross-functional teams- hardware, software, mechanical, manufacturing, and proven record of working on multiple projects involving safety engineering
Ability to work with resilience, zooming out, and with out-of-the-box thinking
Strong team player with a drive to exceed expectations and meet deadlines
Preferred
Tools expertise with Medini, Plato or similar strongly preferred
Experience with LTSpice or a similar simulation tool, with prior experience of simulating circuit failure effects preferred
ISO 26262 Certified preferred
Benefits
Rivian provides robust medical/Rx, dental and vision insurance packages for full-time employees, their spouse or domestic partner, and children up to age 26.
Coverage is effective on the first day of employment, and Rivian covers most of the premiums.
Company
Rivian
Rivian is an automotive technology company that develops products and services to advance the shift to sustainable mobility.
10001+ employees
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