Onsite Principal Manager, Functional Safety

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About the role

  • Automotive Safety Engineer ensuring compliance with safety standards for CPU IP in next-gen vehicles. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to integrate safety throughout the product lifecycle.

Responsibilities

  • Lead safety analysis and risk assessment for automotive and industrial CPU/IP/Custom SOC products, including microarchitecture-level designs, ensuring compliance with ISO 26262/IEC 61508 and related safety standards
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Architecture, Micro-architecture, software, and systems engineering teams to integrate functional safety requirements throughout the product lifecycle—from architecture definition through verification and release
  • Develop and document safety requirements, safety plans, and safety cases for IP and SoCs targeting safety-critical automotive applications
  • Conduct and review detailed safety analyses such as FMEA, Fault Tree Analysis, and dependent failure analysis specifically tailored to CPU and SOC microarchitecture and implementations
  • Guide design teams in decision making and implementing effective safety mechanisms, redundancy strategies, and error detection/correction mechanisms at the microarchitecture level
  • Interface with customers and external assessors to address technical queries, support audits, and resolve compliance issues related to automotive functional safety
  • Stay current with the latest trends in automotive safety, semiconductor design, and microarchitecture innovations, providing technical leadership and mentoring within the safety engineering team
  • Build a Safety Team and Competency to drive automotive safety in the organization including creating templates, guidelines, process improvements and microarchitecture innovations.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s or master’s degree in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
  • Minimum 7-10 years of experience in system, hardware, CPU, SOC development within the automotive semiconductor industry, with a focus on functional safety
  • Deep understanding of microarchitecture, including knowledge of CPU/GPU architectures, bus/interconnect protocols, memory hierarchies, and safety-critical design practices
  • Hands on experience, in Fault analysis, Fault grading, FIT rate assessment, including ability to disposition strategies to overcome the inadequacies in the design
  • Proven track record with ISO 26262/IEC 61508: Experience in applying the standard throughout the development lifecycle, especially at the semiconductor IP and SoC level
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills: Ability to identify, assess, and mitigate safety risks in complex IP/chip architectures
  • Excellent communication and documentation skills: Capable of producing clear, comprehensive safety documentation and explaining technical concepts to diverse stakeholders
  • Collaborative mindset: Comfortable working in global, cross-disciplinary teams and engaging directly with customers and partners.

Job title

Principal Manager, Functional Safety

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

$153,000 - $265,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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