Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies
Automotive & MobilityDirect Ashby career site

Sr. Functional Safety Engineer

Location
Palo Alto, CA (Remote) · On-site
Job type
Full-time
Level
Senior
Experience
3+ years
Education
Bachelor's degree
Listed
23 days ago

Skills & highlights for this role

  • ISO 26262
  • IEC 61508
  • FTA
  • FMEDA

Stated benefits & perks

  • Health
  • Retirement savings

Role Summary

Join a motivating team of experts developing Electric Vehicle technology through innovative zonal architecture development. As a key contributor, you'll play a vital role in designing and implementing Electronic Control Units (ECUs) that balance safety & performance. Your expertise will be instrumental in ensuring the development of robust, fail-safe hardware systems that set new industry standards for reliability and performance.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implementation of technical safety requirements at the hardware level.
  • Work with cross functional teams and hardware design engineers to implement hardware safety requirements.
  • Work with various functional safety analysis methods (FTA, FMEDA) supporting hardware architectural design.
  • Apply essential experience in functional safety to derive Safety requirements, technical safety concepts, FMEDA (Failure Mode Effects & Diagnostic Analysis), FTA (Fault Tree Analysis), DFA (Dependent Failure Analysis) and PMHF (Probability Metric for Hardware Failure) to meet functional safety requirements.
  • Support the Reliability organization in deriving FIT rates for hardware components.
  • Develop verification and validation methods to support testing of hardware safety requirements.
  • Write test procedures and support testing of hardware sub-systems.
  • Document all relevant safety requirements, analysis, architecture implementation, verification, and validation events for each sub-system.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent engineering degree.
  • Have 3-5+ years of relevant experience with functional safety design in automotive, industrial or aerospace.
  • Develop Systems based on ISO 26262:2018 Part 5 and ISO 26262:2018 Part 11 or IEC 61508 Part 1, 2 & 3.
  • Handling advanced electronics design and analyzing advanced electrical circuits.
  • Use of deductive and inductive failure analysis tools including FTA and FMEDA.
  • Working within a cross-functional teams- hardware, software, mechanical, manufacturing, and proven record of working on multiple projects involving safety engineering.
  • Applying knowledge of advanced electrical systems and tools to meet functional safety requirements.
  • Driving functional safety design processes across the organization to meet regulatory requirements.

Total Rewards

We build the exceptional - and we believe the people doing that work should be rewarded accordingly. In addition to a competitive base salary, full-time positions may be is eligible to participate in our annual company performance bonus program.

Payments are discretionary and not guaranteed; actual amounts depend on company results and the terms of the plan in effect, and require active employment at the time of payout. This role is also eligible for equity in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), subject to board approval and the terms of our equity incentive plans, including applicable vesting requirements.

In addition to our compensation programs, we invest in our people with a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the health, wellbeing, and financial future for full-time employees - including health coverage, retirement savings, time off, and family planning programs. Offerings vary by country.

External candidates can apply for this role through the Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies careers site.

About US

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is a joint venture between two industry leaders with a clear vision for automotive’s next chapter. From operating systems to zonal controllers to cloud and connectivity solutions, we’re addressing the challenges of electric vehicles through technology that will set the standards for software-defined vehicles around the world.

The road to the future is uncharted. By combining our expertise across connectivity, AI, security and more, we’ll map a new way forward. Working together, we’ll create a future that’s more connected, more intelligent, more sustainable for everyone.

Read the original posting

From Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 17, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.

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