Functional Safety Manager

Cadence Design Systems; City Of London; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm is seeking a Sr Principal Design Engineer to manage ISO 26262 safety for its automotive products. This role involves developing safety compliant processes and collaborating with various stakeholders to ensure functional safety is maintained. The ideal candidate has over 10 years of experience and a strong background in functional safety standards and ISO 26262 compliance. Occasional international travel is required.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant work experience.
• Experience in functional safety compliance and testing.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Act as Functional Safety Manager for safety related hardware and software products.
• Perform safety management activities according to ISO 26262.
• Collaborate with project engineers and safety consultants on Functional Safety activities.

Skills

Functional safety compliance

ISO 26262 standard

FMEA

Analytical skills

Excellent communication skills

Education

BSEE/BS in Computer Science/Engineering

MS preferred

Tools

GitHub

JIRA

DOORS

Job description

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.

Cadence is a pivotal leader in electronic design, building upon more than 30 years of computational software expertise. The company applies its underlying Intelligent System Design strategy to deliver software, hardware and IP that turn design concepts into reality.

Cadence customers are the world’s most innovative companies, delivering extraordinary electronic products from chips to boards to systems for the most dynamic market applications including consumer, hyperscale computing, 5G communications, automotive, aerospace industrial and health.

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.

Job Title

Sr Principal Design Engineer

Location

Edinburgh, Cambridge, Bracknell Cork

Reports to

Sr Solutions Architect

Job Overview

The Functional Safety Manager will be responsible for the ISO 26262 safety management of Cadence design IP products targeted for automotive products, and development of ISO 26262 compliant processes, infrastructure, and work products. He/she will work with the safety organizations of our customers, vendors, external safety expert consultants and internal product development teams to ensure that the functional safety process is well understood, executed and documented.

This role will be an integral part of an agile engineering team that focuses on bringing safety solutions per the ISO26262 standard to Cadence customers in the fast growing Automotive/ADAS markets.

This individual will support the organization's mission, vision, and values by exhibiting the following behaviors: excellence and competence, collaboration, flexibility, innovation, respect, accountability, ownership, and a sense of humor.

Job Responsibilities

• Act as Functional Safety Manager for safety related hardware and software products
• Analyze impact of ISO 26262 releases for DIP and create Functional Safety awareness across department
• Perform safety management activities according to relevant standards during all project phases (concept, product development, production) such as developing safety plans including defining the necessary safety related activities, work products and processes
• Manage creation of safety work products which include the Safety Plan, Safety Manual, Safety Requirements, and Safety Analysis including FMEDA and DFA and Safety Verification and Validation activities
• Collaborate with project engineers, marketing & development team, safety consultants, vendors and customers on Functional Safety activities
• Define and implement functional safety processes associated with hardware development
• Create/review functional safety documentation according to ISO 26262
• Conduct reviews with product teams to ensure functional safety standards are being met throughout product development cycles

Job Qualifications

• BSEE/BS Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering (or equivalent). MS preferred.
• 10+ or more years of relevant work experience.
• Experience with ISO 26262 standard. Preferable if holds Safety certification.
• Experience in functional safety compliance, testing or auditing or QA (quality assurance) of embedded HW/SW systems
• Experience in safety analysis of hardware including FMEA, FMEDA and DFA
• Experience in working with certification bodies to gain product certification to ISO26262
• Experience with standards-based embedded HW/SW systems Product Development Life Cycle i.e. HW IP design and verification processes, ASIC design methodologies, and software development tools and methods.
• Familiarity with Configuration, Requirements, and Documentation Management tools (e.g. GitHub, Jama, DOORS, JIRA, etc)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and clear, concise documentation writing skills
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills and the ability to communicate complex ideas succinctly and persuasively to peers, management, customers and partners.

Additional Skills/Preferences

• Proven record of taking customer safety requirements from concept to final product.
• Experience in working with certification bodies to gain product certification to ISO26262
• Experience in fault injection techniques
• Experience in development of software safety diagnostic routines
• Experience in Software Quality and process (e.g., SPICE, CMMI).
• Experience of applying MISRA standards in software development
• Knowledge of ISO 9001 Quality Management standard
• Knowledge of cybersecurity and ISO21434

Travel

Occasional travel, including international travel, will be required.

Cadence is committed to equal employment opportunity and employment equity throughout all levels of the organization. We strive to attract a qualified and diverse candidate pool and encourage diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

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