Functional Safety Systems Engineer @ Qualcomm

Responsibilities shall include the following:

• Developing a system level safety architecture with customer implementations in mind and concepts to integrate Qualcomm s hardware in safety critical systems, leading and coordinating the creation of functional safety documentation as per ISO 26262.

• Work with IP and SoC teams on the implementation of Technical Safety Concepts (TSCs) on Qualcomm s Snapdragon automotive hardware. Work with various technology teams on architectural features that would enable targeted safety levels (ASIL B to ASIL D, depending upon the technology team and system level requirements) to meet customer targets

• Conducting safety analyses, both quantitative and qualitative, on automotive hardware designs and identify areas of improvement.

• Responsibilities will include leading functional safety related activities for SoC development and ensure ISO 26262 compliance with respect to SoC architecture, development processes and work products.

• Work closely with Quality teams, SoC Design and IP teams, Software team, the functional safety manager(s) as well as customers to ensure the functional safety process is executed and documented.

• Working with vendors and partners to ensure functional safety requirements are fulfilled by the components that they provide

• Work with internal and external functional safety assessors to ensure compliance with ISO 26262

• Create functional safety collateral for customers viz. Functional Safety Manual, Safety Analyses Reports, dedicated application notes etc. Supporting customer assessments of our safety features and recommending HW and SW based solutions that meet overall system targets.

• Working closely with customers and supporting them on various functional safety related aspects

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.

• 5+ years Systems Engineering or related work experience.

• Collaborative work experience with good communication skills involving customers, vendors, and internal development teams.

• Structured problem-solving capability and ability to work with teams on root cause analyses.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years Automotive experience and familiarity with Safety work products, experience with Functional Safety Hardware and/or Software development in semiconductor industry meeting IS0 26262/ IEC 61508 standards.

• Prior automotive experience in ADAS and self-driving systems preferred.

• Requirements Management Tools and establishing traceability for functional safety requirements e.g. DOORS, etc.

• Familiarity with Failure Modes and Effect Analysis (FMEA) and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) is required experience using tools to perform FMEA, FTA preferred

• Familiarity with hardware failure rate calculation (FMEDA) experience using Siemens 29500 and/or IEC 62380 preferred

• Relevant Safety Certification is desired e.g. CFSE, CFSP