Staff Functional Safety Engineer

Hardware Functional Safety Engineer

Rivian is on a mission to keep the world adventurous forever. This goes for the emissions-free Electric Adventure Vehicles we build, and the curious, courageous souls we seek to attract. As a company, we constantly challenge what's possible, never simply accepting what has always been done. We reframe old problems, seek new solutions and operate comfortably in areas that are unknown. Our backgrounds are diverse, but our team shares a love of the outdoors and a desire to protect it for future generations.

Role Summary: As a Hardware Functional Safety Engineer working in the Electric Power Conversion group, you will be responsible for performing functional safety development of internally designed power electronics components.

Responsibilities:

• Develop Hardware FTA, FMEA & FMEDA's, DFA for electrical hardware design
• Serve as the Safety expert in safety-critical cross-functional design decisions
• Support the reliability organization in deriving mission profiles and FIT rates for hardware components using IEC or Siemens standards
• Develop hardware safety concepts, hardware safety architecture, and hardware safety requirements to lead/drive and provide electrical hardware design recommendations across electronics subsystems, ASICs, SoCs, PMICs, and microcontrollers
• Support application-specific software safety analysis (FTA, FMEA) and software safety requirements and architecture development.
• Collaborate with the Reliability organization in defining mission profiles based on vehicle use cases
• Develop upstream and downstream traceability between hardware safety and technical safety requirements, relevant test cases, and work-products in the traceability tool
• Develop a Design Verification Plan (DVP) for relevant hardware safety and system safety requirements, including fault injections
• Support the electrical hardware and power electronics software/controls test teams in executing test cases with troubleshooting
• Support the vehicle's functional safety team in the development of technical safety requirements and hazard analysis risk assessment.
• Documenting all relevant safety requirements, analysis, architecture implementation, verification, and validation events for each sub-system
• Authoring and reviewing high-level safety documentation
• Driving functional safety design processes across the organization and being part of the safety culture within the organization

Qualifications:

• MS, BS, or PhD in Electrical/Electronic Engineering
• Embedded systems design experience
• 5+ Years of experience in developing electrical safety hardware, systems safety and functional safety engineering background in ISO 26262 part – 4,5, 8 within the automotive or equivalent industries (e.g. aerospace) or IEC 61508 Part 1, 2 & 3
• Strong understanding of failure mode analysis of complex electrical designs, ASICs, preferably in power electronics applications
• Handling advanced electronics design and analyzing advanced electrical circuits
• Extensive knowledge and application of Safety Analysis methodologies using industry-standard tools, from functional system level to HW and SW component level: FTA, FMEA, FMEDA, DFA, STPA, SPFM/LFM, and PMHF
• Detailed experience analyzing electrical circuits, preferably in power electronics applications
• Prior experience in performing hardware FTAs, FMEDAs, and DFAs at the component level
• Ability to understand and create traceability in JAMA or a similar requirements management tool
• Working within cross-functional teams - systems, hardware, software, mechanical, manufacturing, and a proven record of working on multiple projects involving safety engineering
• Ability to work with resilience, zooming out and out of the box thinking
• Strong team player with a drive to exceed expectations and meet deadlines
• Preferred to have: Tools expertise with Medini, Flow, or similar strongly preferred
• Experience with LTSpice or a similar simulation tool, with prior experience of simulating circuit failure effects
• ISO 26262 Certified

Pay Disclosure: The salary range for this role is USD 171,100-213,900 for Southern California based applicants. The salary range for this role is USD 186,00-232,500 for Northern California based applicants. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors, including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, shift, and organizational needs. The successful candidate may be eligible for an annual performance bonus and equity awards. We offer a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time employees, their spouse or domestic partner, and children up to age 26, including but not limited to, paid vacation, paid sick leave, and a competitive portfolio of insurance benefits including life, medical, dental, vision, short-term disability insurance, and long-term disability insurance to eligible employees. You may also have the opportunity to participate in Rivian's 401(k) Plan and Employee Stock Purchase Program if you meet certain eligibility requirements. Full-time employee coverage is effective on their first day of employment. Part-time employee coverage is effective the first of the month following 90 days of employment. More information about benefits is available at rivianbenefits.com.

Equal Opportunity: Rivian is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information or characteristics, physical or mental disability, marital/domestic partner status, age, military/veteran status, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by law. Rivian is committed to ensuring that our hiring process is accessible for persons with disabilities. If you have a disability or limitation, such as those covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, that requires accommodations to assist you in the search and application process, please email us at View email address on click.appcast.io.