Principal Functional Safety Architect (f/m/d)

NXP Semiconductors NV; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

NXP Semiconductors seeks a seasoned Functional Safety professional to drive safety architecture and lifecycle for automotive and industrial platforms. You will define safety requirements, manage SEooC modules with design teams, and prepare modules for safety assessments.

The role requires deep expertise in FMEDA, FTA, DFA, and fault injection, with strong ISO 26262/IEC 61508 exposure across complex SoC projects.

Qualifications

• B Tech in Electronics Engineering or Computer Engineering with at least 10 years of relevant experience.
• Master's degree in Electronics Engineering or Computer Engineering with 8+ years preferred.
• Familiarity with ISO 26262 and IEC 61508 standards is expected.
• Experience leading IP, Subsystem or SoC functional safety development lifecycles.

Responsibilities

• Deliver state-of-the-art functional safety Platform and IP solutions for Automotive and Industrial products per ISO 26262 and IEC 61508.
• Define safety requirements for Platform and IP modules.
• Support management of Platform and IP modules developed as SEooC through the lifecycle with internal Design Teams.
• Prepare safety modules for functional safety assessment.
• Support SoC integration of safety Platform and IP including IP use assumptions.
• Perform safety analyses: FMEDA, FTA, DFA and fault injection.

Skills

ISO 26262

IEC 61508

Functional safety

FMEDA

FTA

DFA

Fault Injection

SoC safety

IP safety

Education

B Tech in Electronics or Computer Eng

Master's in Electronics or Computer Eng

Job description

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.

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 10 years of relevant experience.
• Master's degree in Electronics Engineering or Computer Engineering with 8 or more years of experience preferred.

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