Hardware Functional Safety Engineer - Power Electronics

Rivian; Palo Alto, Plymouth, Carson (CA, MI, CA); On-site; USD 171,100 - 232,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity awards

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Rivian is seeking a Hardware Functional Safety Engineer to lead safety development for power electronics components. You will coordinate cross-functional teams, influence supplier strategy, and shape engineering standards within our Power Electronics group.

You will drive safety analysis (FTA/FMEA/FMEDA/DFA) and develop safety concepts, architectures, and requirements for electronic subsystems across ASICs, SoCs, PMICs, and microcontrollers.

Qualifications

• BSc/MSc/PhD in Electrical/Electronic Engineering.
• Experience in electrical safety hardware and functional safety.
• Experience with ISO 26262 Parts 4,5,8 or IEC 61508 Parts 1–3.
• Strong knowledge of failure mode analysis in electrical designs.
• Experience with safety analysis methods (FTA, FMEA, FMEDA, DFA, STPA).

Responsibilities

• Develop hardware FTA, FMEA & FMEDA; DFA for electrical hardware design.
• Serve as Safety expert in safety-critical design decisions.
• Derive mission profiles and FIT rates using IEC/Siemens standards.
• Create hardware safety concepts, architecture, and requirements for subsystems.
• Support software safety analysis and architecture development.
• Collaborate with Reliability to define mission profiles based on vehicle use cases.
• Ensure traceability between safety requirements, test cases and work products.

Skills

Embedded systems design

Electrical safety engineering

ISO 26262

FTA/FMEA/FMEDA

Power electronics

Traceability tools

LTSpice

Medini/Flow

JAMA

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Electrical/Electronic Engineering

Tools

LTSpice

Medini

Flow

JAMA

Job description

Rivian is seeking a Hardware Functional Safety Engineer to lead safety development for power electronics components. You will coordinate cross-functional teams, influence supplier strategy, and shape engineering standards within our Power Electronics group.

You will drive safety analysis (FTA/FMEA/FMEDA/DFA) and develop safety concepts, architectures, and requirements for electronic subsystems across ASICs, SoCs, PMICs, and microcontrollers.