Functional Safety Architect – Power ICs (Remote/Travel)

Renesas Electronics

Swindon

On-site

GBP 90,000 - 130,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Renesas Electronics is seeking a Functional Safety Architect to standardise FuSa definitions across PMIC products and champion system-level safety concepts. You will mentor FuSa teams and collaborate with MCU/SoC counterparts to balance safety, performance and cost in a complex power IC environment.

The role requires deep knowledge of ISO 26262, AEC-Q100 and safety tool flows, with travel to customer sites and internal reviews.

Qualifications

BSc/Master’s in engineering or equivalent
10+ years of relevant experience in product definition and functional safety
Proven track record of successful product definitions and launches
Deep knowledge of safety and compliance standards (ISO 26262, AEC-Q100)
Strong understanding of system-level power requirements, system level functional safety and board-level integration challenges for MCU, MPU and SoC systems.

Responsibilities

Standardisation of FuSa requirement definitions across PMIC products focusing on safety goals while minimising design area and cost
Review PMIC FuSa definitions vs industry state of the art
Propose and document standard FuSa definitions for PMIC building blocks
Define requirements based on inputs from FuSa standards, customers and systems architects
Work with chip and system architects to propose an implementation architecture
Interface with safety assessors to get pre-approval for standard FuSa blocks
Drive standard FuSa definition for each PMIC block across all products
Create a library of functional safety definitions targeting a family concept with similar look and feel
Work with FuSa manager for each project to ensure standardised definitions are being put in place
System level FuSa concept for MCU/SoC systems
Alignment with SoC/MCU FuSa team on requirements and implementation
Understand system requirements and input those requirements to product definitions
Documentation of system level FuSa concept for power
Customer interaction to understand specific customer needs as relating to FuSa
Advisor to design team on to implement safety features
Review proposed implementations vs requirements
Focus on minimal design complexity and area while achieving safety goals
Review simulation and validation results to ensure correct implementation
FuSa tool flow and methodology
Drive SAP towards tool based FuSa workflow and methodology
Investigate AI driven definition and documentation
Mentor and advisor to product level FuSa engineers
Presenting training to customers and internal teams
Travel and customer interaction are necessary