Functional Safety for AI- Technical Lead

NXP Semiconductors; Valbonne; Sur place; EUR 90 000 - 120 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

NXP Semiconductors is seeking an AI Safety Architect in Valbonne, France. You will ensure AI systems are safe and certifiable by driving safety architecture and managing the innovation team.

Your role involves collaborating on innovation projects, translating safety roadmaps, and applying model validation techniques. With over 10 years of experience required, a PhD or Master’s in Electrical Engineering is preferred. This impactful position drives the intersection of AI and safety in a pioneering company.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in architecting, designing, and validating safety embedded systems.
• Experience in Automotive environments is mandatory.
• Ability to bridge architecture, safety, and execution teams.

Responsabilités

• Own execution of AI safety across projects aligned with the Safety & AI roadmap.
• Define safety concepts for AI-driven features.
• Coordinate innovation projects with NPI and applications.

Connaissances

AI safety execution

Understanding of ISO-26262

Understanding of AI/ML in embedded systems

Complex project delivery

Formation

PhD or Master of Science in Electrical Engineering

Description du poste

Job Summary

You ensure that AI-based systems developed at NXP are safe, certifiable, and deployable by driving system safety architecture. You lead innovation projects for Safe AI, aligned with the centrally owned Safety & AI roadmap. You also coordinate between different time horizons and ensure that projects transition between them successfully. Additionally you manage the “Safety & AI” innovation team, and ensure people deliver to their full potential while creating a career path for them.

Responsibilities

• Own execution of AI safety across projects by translating the Safety & AI roadmap into innovation projects.
• Together with other experts, define system safety concepts for AI-driven features, convert AI behavior into safety requirements and mechanisms, and ensure fail-safe or fail-operational behavior.
• Coordinate innovation projects with NPI and applications.
• Collaborate with the enablement team to update NXP development processes to include standards such as ISO 8800.
• Apply model validation, robustness checks, fault injection, and runtime safety mechanisms, and provide feedback on gaps.
• Provide structured feedback to the Safety & AI roadmap owner and contribute inputs based on project execution.
• Accountable for the success of the “Safety & AI” innovation team.

Experience

• An intimate knowledge of ISO-26262 is mandatory, IEC 61508 is nice to have.
• A good understanding of the Safety and AI landscape is mandatory.
• 10+ years architecting, designing, and validating safety embedded systems; Automotive environments mandatory, others are nice to have.
• Solid understanding of AI/ML in embedded systems.
• Proven delivery across complex projects.
• Ability to bridge architecture, safety, and execution teams.
• A first experience as manager is nice to have.
• Desirable: Technical leadership.

Education

• PhD or Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Embedded Systems, with at least 10 years of industry experience.