Lead Software Safety Architect

Stellantis NV; Auburn (AL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Stellantis NV in Auburn, AL is seeking a Lead Software Safety Architect to translate safety goals into robust software architectures across AUTOSAR Classic/Adaptive, Linux, QNX, and mixed-criticality platforms. You will partner with System Engineering, Hardware, Functional Safety Managers, Platform Architects, BSW teams, and application developers to drive safety at architectural level.

The role demands deep ISO 26262 expertise and hands-on leadership in safety analyses and architectural

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in a relevant field.
• 10+ years of embedded software design and development.
• Minimum 5 years in software architecture and functional safety.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain software safety architectures compliant with ISO 26262.
• Translate Safety Goals and FSC/TSRs into software requirements and architecture decisions.
• Allocate safety requirements across application software, middleware, operating system, and hardware-dependent software.
• Define safety mechanisms such as watchdog supervision, timing supervision, memory protection, and inter-core protection.
• Support FMEDA and Failure Propagation Analysis and related safety analyses.

Skills

Embedded software architecture

Software architecture

Functional safety

ISO 26262

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Job description

The Lead Software Safety Architect drives the translation of Safety Goals, Functional Safety Concepts, and Technical Safety Requirements (TSRs) into robust software architectures implemented using AUTOSAR Classic, AUTOSAR Adaptive, Linux, QNX, and mixed-criticality platforms.

The Lead Software Safety Architect serves as the technical authority for software safety and works closely with System Engineering, Hardware Architecture, Functional Safety Managers, Platform Architects, BSW teams, and application developers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define and maintain software safety architectures compliant with ISO 26262.
• Translate: Safety Goals, Functional Safety Concept (FSC), Technical Safety Concept (TSC), Technical Safety Requirements (TSRs) into software requirements and architecture decisions.
• Allocate safety requirements across application software, middleware, operating system, communication stack, and hardware-dependent software.
• Safety Mechanisms Definition: Watchdog supervision, Alive monitoring, Program flow monitoring, Timing supervision, End-to-End protection (E2E), Memory protection, Inter-core protection, Communication monitoring, Redundancy management, Diagnostic event handling, Safe state transitions, Degraded mode management, Fault containment regions, Freedom From Interference (FFI)
• Perform and support: Software FMEA, Failure Propagation Analysis, Dependent Failure Analysis, Safety Mechanism Analysis, FMEDA contribution, Freedom From Interference assessments

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Automotive Engineering or related field.
• A minimum of 10 years' experience in design and development of embedded software architecture including a minimum of 5 years in software architecture and functional safety
• Expert knowledge of ISO 26262

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of cybersecurity (ISO 21434) and interaction with functional safety.
• Experience with zonal architectures and software-defined vehicle platforms.