Staff Functional Safety Engineer – Power Electronics (Equity)

Rivian; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 171,000 - 233,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Equity awards

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Disability insurance

Job summary

Rivian is seeking a Hardware Functional Safety Engineer in California to lead safety development for power electronics components. You will drive cross‑functional safety design, collaborate across reliability and software teams, and shape engineering standards for power electronics.

The role requires deep technical expertise in electrical safety, experience with ISO 26262 or IEC 61508, and strong documentation and traceability skills within a automotive context. Relocation is not discussed.

Qualifications

• Electrical/electronic engineering degree required.
• Embedded systems design experience.
• 5+ years in electrical safety hardware and functional safety (ISO 26262 or IEC 61508).
• Strong failure mode analysis background for complex electrical designs.
• Experience with safety analysis methodologies (FTA, FMEA, FMEDA, DFA, STPA).
• Ability to create traceability across HW/SW requirements and tests.

Responsibilities

• Develop Hardware FTA, FMEA & FMEDA, DFA for electrical hardware design.
• Serve as the safety expert in cross‑functional design decisions.
• Support reliability in deriving mission profiles and FIT rates using IEC/Siemens standards.
• Develop hardware safety concepts, architecture and requirements for subsystems.
• Collaborate on software safety analysis and architecture development.
• Define mission profiles based on vehicle use cases with Reliability.
• Establish upstream/downstream traceability for safety artifacts.
• Create Design Verification Plans for hardware safety and system safety.
• Assist test teams in executing electrical hardware safety tests and troubleshooting.
• Support vehicle functional safety in hazard analysis and risk assessment.
• Document safety requirements, analyses, architecture implementations, and verifications.
• Author and review high-level safety documentation.
• Drive functional safety processes across the organization.

Skills

Embedded systems

Electrical safety

ISO 26262 / IEC 61508

FTA / FMEA / FMEDA

JAMA traceability

Safety analysis methods

Power electronics

Circuit analysis

Education

Electrical/Electronic Engineering degree (BS/MS/PhD)

Tools

Medini

Flow

JAMA

LTSpice

Job description

Rivian is seeking a Hardware Functional Safety Engineer in California to lead safety development for power electronics components. You will drive cross‑functional safety design, collaborate across reliability and software teams, and shape engineering standards for power electronics.

The role requires deep technical expertise in electrical safety, experience with ISO 26262 or IEC 61508, and strong documentation and traceability skills within a automotive context. Relocation is not discussed.