Principal Automotive Functional Safety Specialist

1 month ago


Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom Semtech Full time
Job Summary

The Principal Automotive Functional Safety Engineer is a key member of our team, responsible for ensuring the highest level of quality and safety in our automotive products. As a subject matter expert in functional safety, you will drive the implementation of safety requirements, make changes to product design where necessary, and complete verification and physical implementation.

Responsibilities
  1. Analyze systems and components to ensure compliance with stringent safety requirements.
  2. Conduct safety and failure analysis, documenting outcomes and recommending requirements based on results.
  3. Guide and develop system modeling for safety and security executions.
  4. Work with product definition and R&D teams to deliver designs with ISO 26262 compliance.
  5. Develop hardware and software safety mechanisms, including control diagrams and implementation of safe state machines.
  6. Guide reliability studies for hardware and FMEDA.
  7. Support customer reviews with functional safety input.
  8. Support functional safety managers and safety project managers for developing safety ISO 26262 work products.
  9. Report multiple project technical activities to project managers and contribute to project plans.
  10. Drive technical impact analyses for safety anomalies.
  11. Conduct and oversee technical confirmation measure reviews and document confirmation measure reports.
Qualifications & Experience
  1. Minimum MSc degree in electrical/electronics, automotive, or relevant degree.
  2. 12+ years of professional experience in automotive systems and components.
  3. Profound knowledge of hardware safety standards such as ISO 26262 and IEC 61508.
  4. Profound experience in safety verification and validation of sub-systems.
  5. Solid knowledge of semiconductor manufacturing and product development for automotive applications.
  6. Expert functional safety practitioner certification.
  7. Executive knowledge on quality, ISO 26262, and deviation management.
  8. Experience in concept engineering, system modeling, SysML, enterprise architecture, or expertise with similar tools.
  9. Demonstrated ability in interpreting and assessing complex vehicle systems and architectures regarding safety.
  10. Profound experience in automotive safety (ISO 26262: ASIL-B and ASIL-D) and its application within ASIC designs.
  11. Experience in autonomous driving, sensors, and robotics.
  12. Knowledge of software development processes, standards, or guidelines (ASPICE, MISRA) as well as scripting and document generation tools (Python, LaTeX).
Career Growth Philosophy

At Semtech, we seek innovation and leadership from each member of our team. Our goal is to ensure that our talented professionals are equipped with support, resources, and the opportunity to excel. Our pay-for-performance philosophy provides recognition and prestige coupled with a competitive compensation package.



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