Sr. Functional Safety Engineers

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus program

RSUs equity

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is seeking a functional safety engineer to perform safety analysis on internal software and lead safety-related architecture across ECUs. You will collaborate with vehicle software teams to derive safety requirements and implement safety measures including memory protection and plausibility checks.

The role requires a Master’s degree in engineering and 2 years of relevant experience, plus hands-on work with automotive safety processors and V&V activities.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• 2 years of experience in developing safety software.
• Experience with embedded systems and body controllers safety applications.
• Experience in requirements derivation and traceability; system architecture and design; FMEA.
• V&V: test specification for HIL/SIL testing (V&V).
• Experience with NXP and/or Infineon automotive safety processors; agile software development; using JAMA, Doors, Jira, Bugzilla.

Responsibilities

• Perform functional safety analysis of application and platform software.
• Derive software safety requirements and safety measures.
• Collaborate with HW and software teams to ensure delivery of safety software.
• Lead development of safe SW architecture including ASIL decomposition and dependency analyses.
• Write fault injection test cases to support SIL and HIL testing.
• Support HSI content between software and hardware; define coding guidelines.
• Develop verification and validation methods for testing safety mechanisms.
• Document software safety requirements, architecture, and validation events.

Skills

Embedded systems

Requirements derivation

Traceability

Agile methodologies

Safety analysis

Education

Master’s degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering

Tools

JAMA

Doors

Jira

Bugzilla

NXP automotive safety processors

Infineon automotive safety processors

Job description

About Us

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is a joint venture between two industry leaders with a clear vision for automotive’s next chapter. From operating systems to zonal controllers to cloud and connectivity solutions, we’re addressing the challenges of electric vehicles through technology that will set the standards for software-defined vehicles around the world.

The road to the future is uncharted. By combining our expertise across connectivity, AI, security and more, we’ll map a new way forward. Working together, we’ll create a future that’s more connected, more intelligent, more sustainable for everyone.

Job Description:

Responsible for performing functional safety analysis of internally designed application software and/or platform software. Contribute to the creation of software safety requirements and leading the development of safe SW architecture using safety analysis methods. Collaborate closely with the vehicle functional safety team, HW functional safety team, software development team, testing team and system team to ensure delivery of safety software across multiple programs and variants. Derive software safety requirements for application software and/or platform software. Contribute to creation of technical safety requirements. Support implementation of software safety requirements at the application software layer and/or platform software. Support/derive safety analysis using SW-FTA, SW-FMEA. Lead the development of SW architecture for safety, including ASIL decomposition, freedom-from-interference analysis, dependent failure analysis. Derive safety measures (e.g. Plausibility check, Memory protection) in application software and/or platform software. Write fault injection test cases to support SIL and HIL testing. Support HSI (Hardware-Software Interface) content between software and internal/external developed hardware. Support defining programming and coding guidelines for the software development teams. Support tool classification and qualification across Rivian’s software toolsets. Develop verification and validation methods to support testing of software safety mechanisms. Document relevant software safety requirements, analysis, architecture implementation, verification and validation events for application software/or platform software for RVT ECUs.

Minimum Requirements:

Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a closely related field and 2 years of experience in any occupation involving developing safety software. Must have experience working with the following: embedded systems; working with Body controllers safety applications; Requirements derivation and traceability; System Architecture and Design; Failure Mode Analysis; Test specification for HIL / SIL testing (V&V); working on NXP and/or Infineon automotive safety processors; utilizing agile software development process; using requirements management tools JAMA and Doors; and utilizing issue tracking tools Jira and Bugzilla.

Total Rewards

We build the exceptional — and we believe the people doing that work should be rewarded accordingly. In addition to a competitive base salary, full-time positions may be is eligible to participate in our annual company performance bonus program.

Payments are discretionary and not guaranteed; actual amounts depend on company results and the terms of the plan in effect, and require active employment at the time of payout. This role is also eligible for equity in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), subject to board approval and the terms of our equity incentive plans, including applicable vesting requirements.

In addition to our compensation programs, we invest in our people with a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the health, wellbeing, and financial future for full-time employees — including health coverage, retirement savings, time off, and family planning programs. Offerings vary by country. Learn more about our global benefit programs.

Equal Opportunity

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information or characteristics, physical or mental disability, marital/domestic partner status, age, military/veteran status, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are also committed to ensuring compliance with all applicable fair employment practice laws regarding citizenship and immigration status.

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