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Demonstrates expertise in hardware functional safety concepts and architecture for safety-related IC developments, with a strong focus on ISO 26262 and IEC 61508 compliance. Capable of translating system safety needs into IC-level requirements while optimizing safety integrity through effective collaboration across engineering teams.
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Master's Degree In Electrical EngineeringSemiconductor Hardware ArchitectureISO 26262 ComplianceFMEA, FMEDA, FTA, DFA AnalysisTechnical Leadership
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Define and drive the hardware functional safety concept and architecture for safety-related IC developments
- Translate system and application safety needs into IC-level safety requirements, safety mechanisms, and architectural concepts to achieve targeted ASIL/SIL
- Ensure consistency between safety requirements, product architecture, safety mechanisms, safety analyses, and assumptions of use
- Identify opportunities for optimized and compact safety architectures while maintaining required safety integrity
- Deliver Safety manual integration documentation and facilitate usage of the IC in safety-related applications
- Conduct hardware safety analyses, including FMEA, FMEDA, FTA, and DFA
- Evaluate hardware failure modes, diagnostic coverage, dependent failures, and residual risks
- Demonstrate relevant quantitative hardware architectural metrics objectives
- Feed analysis results back into architecture and design decisions
- Provide functional safety expertise for power management, power distribution, data-center power and energy infrastructure, industrial power and automation systems, robotics, autonomous industrial equipment, and other safety-related semiconductor applications
- Collaborate with Product, System Architects and Definition teams; Hardware and IC Design teams; Functional Safety Managers; Verification and Validation teams; functional safety assessors and auditors; application and system engineering teams; and customers and ecosystem partners
Requirements
What you’ll need- Master's degree or equivalent experience in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Semiconductor Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline
- Strong experience in semiconductor hardware architecture, IC design, and product development
- In-depth knowledge of ISO 26262 and/or IEC 61508
- Practical experience with hardware safety analysis techniques such as FMEDA, FMEA, FTA, and DFA
- Understanding of requirements-driven semiconductor development and the relationship between system-level safety requirements and IC implementation
- Technical leadership and architectural thinking
- Ability to challenge complex architectures constructively
- Excellent communication across engineering, management, customers, and safety assessors
- Ability to connect system safety needs with practical semiconductor implementation
- A pragmatic approach to achieving the required safety integrity with an optimized HW architecture
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Hard Skills
IC DesignSafety MechanismsSafety AnalysesQuantitative Hardware MetricsRequirements-Driven Development
Soft Skills
Excellent CommunicationArchitectural ThinkingPragmatic Approach
Industry Keywords
Safety-Related ApplicationsPower ManagementIndustrial Automation SystemsRoboticsAutonomous Industrial Equipment