Lead Software Safety Architect

Stellantis Financial Services; Auburn Hills (MI); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Stellantis Financial Services seeks a Lead Software Safety Architect to translate Safety Goals, FSC, TSC, and TSRs into robust software architectures across AUTOSAR Classic, AUTOSAR Adaptive, Linux, and QNX platforms. You will act as the technical authority for software safety, collaborating with system engineering and platform teams to ensure ISO 26262 compliance.

Responsibilities include allocating safety requirements across software layers, defining safety mechanisms, and contributing to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Automotive Engineering or related field.
• 10+ years in embedded software architecture; at least 5 years in architecture and functional safety.
• Expert knowledge of ISO 26262.
• Knowledge of cybersecurity (ISO 21434) and interaction with functional safety.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain software safety architectures compliant with ISO 26262.
• Translate Safety Goals, FSC, TSC, and TSRs into software requirements and architecture decisions.
• Allocate safety requirements across software, middleware, OS, communication stack, and hardware-dependent software.
• Safety Mechanisms Definition: Watchdog, Alive monitoring, E2E, memory protection, inter-core protection, and more.
• Perform and support FMEDA, Failure Propagation Analysis, and related safety analyses.

Skills

Embedded software

Software architecture

ISO 26262

Safety analysis

FMEDA

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

AUTOSAR Classic

AUTOSAR Adaptive

Linux

QNX

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.