Principal Automotive Functional Safety Engineer

1 month ago


Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom https:www.energyjobline.comsitemap Full time

Job Summary:

The Principal Automotive Functional Safety Engineer is responsible for ensuring the safety of Semtech's products, particularly in the autonomous, robotic driving portfolio. This role involves implementing safety requirements, verifying and validating product designs, and using software tools and processes to deliver high-quality products. The successful candidate will have a strong background in automotive systems and components, as well as experience with safety standards such as ISO 26262 and IEC 61508.

Responsibilities:

  1. Analyse systems and components to ensure Semtech meets stringent safety requirements.
  2. Conduct Safety and Failure analysis (FMEA/FTA/DFA/HARA), documenting analysis outcomes and recommending requirements based on results of this analysis (hands-on where needed).
  3. Conduct TARA – security threat analysis in conjunction with HARA, where required.
  4. Guide and develop system modelling for Safety & Security executions where required.
  5. Work with Product Definition and the R&D teams to deliver designs with ISO 26262 compliance, define functional and technical safety concepts along with technical, software and hardware safety requirements.
  6. Develop HW & SW Safety Mechanisms concepts, specifications, including control diagrams and implementation of safe state machine and provide support for their verification & validations specifications and review and confirm test specifications and reports.
  7. Guide Reliability studies for HW (Fault metrics calculations) and FMEDA.
  8. Support customer reviews with functional safety input.
  9. Support Functional Safety Managers and Safety Project managers for developing all safety ISO26262 Work Products and provide inputs for Confirmation Measure within the area you are responsible.
  10. Report multiple project technical activities to the project managers, strictly follow and contribute to Project Plans.
  11. Drive technical impact analyses for safety anomalies.
  12. Conduct and oversee technical confirmation measure reviews and document the confirmation measure reports.
  13. Deliver solutions to complex problems by providing a systematic answer which impacts the Mechanical, Software and Hardware systems for a product.
  14. Ability to work independently and mentor others as well as conduct others work if required.

Qualifications & Experience:

  1. Minimum MSc degree in electrical/electronics, automotive or relevant degree.
  2. 12+ years of professional experience in automotive systems and components, ability to understand communication, control, and processing sub systems.
  3. Profound knowledge of hardware safety standards such as ISO 26262, 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, ISO26262 and Deviation management.
  8. Experience in concept engineering, System Modelling, SysML, Enterprise Architecture or expertise with similar tools.
  9. Demonstrated ability in interpreting and assessing complex vehicle systems and architectures regarding safety is required.
  10. Profound experience in automotive safety (ISO26262: 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) are a plus.

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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