Nxp
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Functional Safety Architect

Location
Austin (Oakhill, Office)
Listed
3 days ago

Business Line Description

  • NXP's CTO Functional Safety Competence Centre (FuSa CC) is a central engineering organization responsible for safety architecture and management for NXP's Automotive, Edge, Audio, Analog and Radar Processing business lines. Team produces functional safety solutions covering the very wide-range of SoC solutions required by the business lines. The team is challenged to produce industry-leading functional safety solutions covering very cost-sensitive, low power devices to highly-integrated, high performance, multi-domain devices compliant with the latest automotive and industrial safety standards.

Job Summary

  • Deliver state of the art functional safety Platform and IP solutions to Automotive and Industrial products compliant with ISO 26262 and IEC 61508.
  • Define safety requirements for Platform and IP modules.
  • Support the management of Platform and IP modules developed as SEooC through its entire lifecycle, working in close collaboration with internal Design Teams.
  • Prepare the safety modules for functional safety assessment.
  • Support SoC integration of safety Platform and IP including implementation of IP assumptions of use.
  • Safety analysis - FMEDA / FTA / DFA and fault injection.

Key Challenges

  • Good working knowledge of ISO 26262 and IEC 61508.
  • Experience in complex SoC and IP development compliant to ISO26262: Part 11.
  • Experience with Safety Audits/Assessments.
  • Experience in Safety Analysis Techniques (FTA, DFA, FMEDA), Fault Injection.
  • Proven track record of leading IP, Subsystem or SoC functional safety development through all lifecycle phases and ensuring safety standard compliance

Cross functional aspects

  • Contribute to the functional safety expert community within NXP to improve our processes, our safety features and our marketing of these features to our customers.
  • Define Platform and IP and safety features and roadmaps in-line with Functional architecture.
  • Work closely with internal and external IP teams to define and deliver ISO 26262 compliant IP.
  • Report to management on compliance status, gaps and mitigation actions.
  • Support SoC teams to integrate safety Platform and IP assumptions of use.

Job Qualifications

  • B Tech in Electronics Engineering or Computer Engineering or other similar discipline with at least 3 years of relevant experience.
  • Master's degree in Electronics Engineering or Computer Engineering with 1 or more years of experience preferred.

Job location

  • Austin (Texas)
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Equal opportunity and legal notices

NXP is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer regardless of age, color, national origin, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital status, status as a disabled veteran and/or veteran of the Vietnam Era or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, NXP will provide reasonable accommodations for otherwise qualified disabled individuals.

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