Software Architect - Safety Embedded
Stellantis NV
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Stellantis NV in Auburn Hills seeks an Embedded Software Safety Architect to define and govern safety architectures for ASIL B–D automotive systems, ensuring ISO 26262 compliance across software, hardware, and platform layers.
You will translate safety concepts into software requirements, allocate safety across software stacks, and lead analyses like SFM/FTAs while collaborating with system and hardware teams to ensure robust, scalable safety solutions.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Embedded Systems, Electrical/ Electronics Engineering, or related field.
- Minimum 5 years in automotive embedded software architecture and Functional Safety engineering.
- Strong knowledge of ISO 26262, especially software development and safety architecture activities for ASIL B–D.
- Proven experience defining safety architectures for safety-critical embedded software platforms.
- Strong understanding of MCUs, SoCs, multicore processors, hardware safety mechanisms, and safety islands.
- Experience with AUTOSAR Classic/Adaptive, QNX, and Safe Linux.
- Experience with safety analyses including Software FMEA, critical-path FMEA, safety mechanism analysis, and fault-tree support.
- Proficient English, written and spoken.
Responsibilities
- Define, maintain, and govern software safety architectures for ASIL B to ASIL D automotive systems per ISO 26262.
- Translate Functional/Technical Safety Concepts into software safety requirements and architectural solutions.
- Define software safety mechanisms, fault detection, monitoring, supervision, degraded modes, fault recovery, and safe-state transitions.
- Assess safety capabilities of MCUs/SoCs/OS/hypervisors/communication stacks and accelerators.
- Develop safety architectures for AUTOSAR Classic/Adaptive, QNX, Safe Linux, and mixed platforms.
- Ensure proper allocation of safety requirements across software layers and hardware-dependent software.
- Perform software safety analyses (Software FMEA, critical-path FMEA, failure propagation, safety mechanism analysis).
- Support FTA and dependent failure analyses; promote EGAS and safety-oriented methodologies.
- Define software partitioning, interference concepts, execution monitoring, memory/communication protection, multicore safety.
- Support safety verification planning: test requirements, fault injection, robustness testing, safety mechanism validation, structural coverage.
- Review architectures, interface definitions, safety analyses, verification evidence, and safety case contributions.
- Collaborate with System/ECU Architects, Functional Safety Managers, Hardware teams to ensure end-to-end safety consistency.
- Provide technical guidance on safety-related software design decisions and technology selection.
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The Embedded Software Safety Architect is responsible for defining and governing the software safety architecture of automotive embedded systems ranging from ASIL B to ASIL D. The role ensures that software architectures, safety concepts, and implementation strategies comply with ISO 26262 requirements while supporting product performance, reliability, and scalability objectives.
Working at the intersection of System Engineering, Functional Safety, Software Architecture, and Platform Development, the Embedded Software Safety Architect translates safety requirements, semiconductor safety assumptions, and hardware constraints into robust software safety concepts and architectural solutions. The role supports a broad range of computing platforms including MCU- and SoC-based ECUs and software technologies such as AUTOSAR Classic, AUTOSAR Adaptive, QNX, and Safe Linux.
The Embedded Software Safety Architect acts as the software safety authority across the ECU lifecycle, ensuring consistency from safety goals and technical safety concepts through software architecture, implementation, integration, and verification.
- Define, maintain, and govern software safety architectures for ASIL B to ASIL D automotive systems in compliance with ISO 26262.
- Analyze and translate Functional Safety Concepts, Technical Safety Concepts, hardware safety assumptions, and semiconductor safety manuals into software safety requirements and software architectural solutions.
- Define software safety mechanisms, fault detection concepts, monitoring strategies, supervision architectures, degraded modes, fault recovery strategies, and safe-state transitions.
- Assess and integrate safety capabilities provided by MCUs, SoCs, operating systems, hypervisors, communication stacks, and hardware accelerators into the overall software safety architecture.
- Develop safety architectures for AUTOSAR Classic, AUTOSAR Adaptive, QNX, Safe Linux, and mixed-platform environments.
- Ensure proper allocation of safety requirements across application software, middleware, operating systems, communication layers, platform services, and hardware-dependent software.
- Perform software safety analyses, including Software FMEA, critical-path FMEA, failure propagation analysis, safety mechanism analysis, and support for FTA and dependent failure analyses.
- Apply and promote established industry approaches such as EGAS and other safety-oriented design methodologies.
- Define software partitioning, freedom-from-interference concepts, execution monitoring, memory protection, communication protection, and multicore safety strategies.
- Support software verification planning, including requirements-based testing, fault injection, robustness testing, safety mechanism validation, and structural coverage assessments.
- Review software architectures, design specifications, interface definitions, safety analyses, verification evidence, and safety case contributions.
- Collaborate with System Architects, ECU Architects, Functional Safety Managers, Hardware Architects, and Software Development teams to ensure end-to-end safety consistency.
- Provide technical guidance on safety-related software design decisions, technology selection, and safety compliance strategies.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Embedded Systems, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a related discipline.
- A minimum of 5 years of experience in automotive embedded software architecture and Functional Safety engineering.
- Strong knowledge of ISO 26262, particularly software development and safety architecture activities for ASIL B, C, and D systems.
- Proven experience defining safety architectures for safety-critical embedded software platforms.
- Strong understanding of semiconductor architectures, including MCUs, SoCs, multicore processors, hardware safety mechanisms, memory protection, watchdog architectures, and safety islands.
- Experience interpreting chip safety manuals and translating hardware safety assumptions into software safety concepts and requirements.
- Strong knowledge of AUTOSAR Classic, AUTOSAR Adaptive, QNX, and/or Safe Linux architectures.
- Experience with safety analyses including Software FMEA, critical-path FMEA, safety mechanism analysis, failure propagation analysis, and fault tree support activities.
- Knowledge of EGAS principles and safety-oriented software architecture methodologies.
- Good understanding of complete ECU architecture from hardware to software integration level, including communication networks, diagnostics, boot chains, operating systems, middleware, and application software.
- Familiarity with embedded C/C++, model-based development, multicore systems, virtualization, and real-time software architectures.
- Experience with requirements management and lifecycle tools such as DOORS NG, Polarion, Jama, Jira, Git, or equivalent solutions.
- Strong analytical, technical leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- Professional proficiency in written and spoken English.
From your very first day, you'll have access to medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage — ensuring you and your family stay healthy and protected.
We believe in work-life balance. That's why we offer: 17+ paid holidays, including shut-down from December 24th through New Years Day every year. Vacation, float & wellbeing days, sick time and fully paid parental leave when your family needs you most.
We help you plan for the future with:
- An employer match on contributions to your 401k, Roth, and Catch-Up plans
- An employer contribution, even if you don't contribute
Benefit from included and optional disability, life, and other insurance programs — because your peace of mind matters.
Eligible employees and their immediate families can enjoy company vehicle lease options with included insurance, maintenance, and unlimited mileage. Plus, take advantage of exclusive discounts on Stellantis products.
We proudly support all paths to parenthood- including fertility and infertility treatments, adoption services, and gestational surrogacy.
We believe in investing in your future and your passions:
- Tuition reimbursement
- Student loan refinancing programs
- 18 paid volunteer hours each year to make a difference in your community
When you join us, you're not just building a career — you're joining a company that supports you, inside and outside of work.
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