Functional Safety Architect

NXP Semiconductors; India; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Job summary

NXP Semiconductors in Noida is seeking a Functional Safety Architect to deliver advanced safety platforms and IP for automotive and industrial products. You will define safety requirements, support lifecycle management, and ensure ISO 26262 compliance across the IP and SoC integration.

You will perform safety analyses and contribute to safety audits as part of a multidisciplinary team. The role requires strong experience in ISO 26262, complex SoC/IP development, and leadership across lifecycle

Qualifications

• ISO 26262 and IEC 61508 knowledge required.
• Experience in complex SoC/IP development compliant to ISO26262 Part 11.
• Experience with Safety Audits/Assessments.
• Proven track record leading functional safety development across lifecycle.
• Experience with safety analysis techniques (FTA, DFA, FMEDA) and fault injection.

Responsibilities

• Deliver state-of-the-art functional safety platform and IP solutions for automotive and industrial products.
• Define safety requirements for Platform and IP modules.
• Support lifecycle management of Platform/IP modules and safety assessment preparations.
• Assist SoC integration of safety Platform and IP and IP use-case assumptions.
• Conduct safety analyses (FMEDA/FTA/DFA) and fault injection as needed.

Skills

ISO 26262 knowledge

IEC 61508 knowledge

Safety analysis (FTA/DFA/FMEDA)

Fault injection

Safety audits

IP/SoC safety development

Team leadership

Education

B.Tech in Electronics or Computer Engineering

Master's in Electronics or Computer Engineering (preferred)

Job description

Functional Safety Architect

Business Line Description: NXP's CTO Functional Safety Competence Centre (FuSa CC) is a central engineering organization responsible for safety architecture and management for NXP's Automotive, Edge, Audio, Analog and Radar Processing business lines. Team produces functional safety solutions covering the very wide-range of SoC solutions required by the business lines. The team is challenged to produce industry-leading functional safety solutions covering very cost-sensitive, low power devices to highly-integrated, high performance, multi-domain devices compliant with the latest automotive and industrial safety standards.

Job Summary

• Deliver state of the art functional safety Platform and IP solutions to Automotive and Industrial products compliant with ISO 26262 and IEC 61508.
• Define safety requirements for Platform and IP modules.
• Support the management of Platform and IP modules developed as SEooC through its entire lifecycle, working in close collaboration with internal Design Teams.
• Prepare the safety modules for functional safety assessment.
• Support SoC integration of safety Platform and IP including implementation of IP assumptions of use.
• Safety analysis - FMEDA / FTA / DFA and fault injection.

Key Challenges

• Good working knowledge of ISO 26262 and IEC 61508.
• Experience in complex SoC and IP development compliant to ISO26262: Part 11.
• Experience with Safety Audits/Assessments.
• Experience in Safety Analysis Techniques (FTA, DFA, FMEDA), Fault Injection.
• Proven track record of leading IP , Subsystem or SoC functional safety development through all lifecycle phases and ensuring safety standard compliance.

Cross functional aspects

• Contribute to the functional safety expert community within NXP to improve our processes, our safety features and our marketing of these features to our customers.
• Define Platform and IP and safety features and roadmaps in-line with Functional architecture.
• Work closely with internal and external IP teams to define and deliver ISO 26262 compliant IP.
• Report to management on compliance status, gaps and mitigation actions.
• Support SoC teams to integrate safety Platform and IP assumptions of use.

Job Qualifications

• B Tech in Electronics Engineering or Computer Engineering or other similar discipline with at least 3 years of relevant experience.
• Master's degree in Electronics Engineering or Computer Engineering with 2 or more years of experience preferred.

Job location

Noida

NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) enables a smarter, safer, and more sustainable world through innovation. As the world leader in secure connectivity solutions for embedded applications, NXP is pushing boundaries in the automotive, industrial & IoT, mobile, and communication infrastructure markets.

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