Sr. Staff Engineer - SoC Safety Architect
Core
Research, innovate, and provide SoC architecture platforms and solutions for safety-critical systems (ADAS, ADS, IVI), focusing on safety mechanisms, failure mode analysis, and compliance with ISO 26262/IEC61508 standards.
Role type
Senior Staff System Architect (SoC Safety)
Builds
SoC-wide safety solutions, safety requirements, and safety analysis work products for heterogeneous compute subsystems.
Domain
Semiconductor / Automotive Safety (ISO 26262, IEC61508)
Required skills
SoC architecture, Systems Engineering, Safety standards (ISO 26262, IEC61508), FMEA/FTA/DFA analysis, FMEDA, Safety requirements decomposition, Hardware/Software co-design, RTL design/verification, Stakeholder management
Preferred skills
Subsystem architecture (CPU, GPU, AI Accelerators, NOC, PMIC), Safety OS (QNX, AUTOSAR), Formal requirements tools (JAMA, Codebeamer), OEM/Tier1 collaboration, Safety audits, Power/Thermal optimization
Technologies
ARM, RISC-V, MIPS, x86, QNX RTOS, AUTOSAR, JAMA, Codebeamer, DOORs
Responsibilities
Develop and model new system solutions for SoC architecture; Conduct hands-on workload analysis and performance/power characterization; Analyze failure modes of subsystems for safety use cases; Develop formal safety requirements and assumptions; Perform architecture-level safety analysis using FMEA, FTA, DFA; Collaborate with HW/SW design teams on safety recommendations; Drive internal safety audits and external safety assessments.
Seniority
Senior Staff, hands-on IC & strategy
