Sr. Engineer - Architect Software Functional Safety

Lead Software Functional Safety Architect

As a Lead Software Functional Safety Architect, you will serve as the technical authority ensuring our embedded software platforms meet the highest standards of safety integrity. You aren't just an observer; you are a "shadow architect" who operates independently of the primary software architect to provide critical checks, balances, and safety-first design leadership. Your primary focus will be on high-performance SoC/MCU systems targeting ASIL D compliance, ensuring that every line of code and architectural decision contributes to a fail-safe environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Safety Analysis & Architectural Design
• Safety Manual Interpretation:
  Deep-dive into SoC/MCU Safety Manuals to extract hardware-software interface requirements (HSIs).
• Safety Context Identification:
  Identify which hardware modules (e.g., DMA, Memory Protection Units, Watchdogs) are relevant to the safety case.
• System Alignment:
  Collaborate with the System Engineering team to align on diagnostic coverage and error handling strategies.
• Fault Management:
  Define the end-to-end fault propagation paths —from hardware fault detection to the transition into a defined Safe State.
• Architecture Modeling:
  Develop and maintain software architectures that explicitly prove the achievement of functional safety goals.
• Safety Assessments & Work Products
• Analytical Ownership:
  Lead and "own" the creation of the Software FMEA (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) and Software FTA (Fault Tree Analysis).
• Requirements Engineering:
  Define and review Software Safety Requirements (SSRs), ensuring they are technically sound and fully traceable to specific architectural elements.
• Independent Verification:
  Act as the independent technical voice to challenge the main software architecture, ensuring safety is never compromised for performance or features.
• Technical Leadership
• Drive the team toward successful Safety Audits and assessments.
• Mentor junior engineers on ASIL-compliant coding standards (e.g., MISRA C/C++, CERT).
• Bridge the gap between hardware-level safety features and high-level software application safety.

Required Experience & Qualifications

• Experience:
  
  10+ years in Embedded SoC development with a proven track record in complex silicon environments.
• Architecture: 3+ years of experience specifically as a Software Architect.
• Safety Expertise:
  Hands-on experience developing software components that have successfully achieved ASIL C or D certification.
• Regulatory Knowledge:
  Expert-level understanding of ISO 26262 (Parts 4, 6, and
  9).
• Evaluations:
  Direct experience participating in (and defending architectures during) formal safety evaluations or external audits.
• Analytical Tools:
  Proficiency with safety analysis tools (e.g., Ansys medini analyze, APIS IQ-FMEA, or similar).

Skills & Competencies

• Critical Thinking:
  The ability to "think like a failure"—predicting how a system might break before it does.
• Independence:
  Strong enough to push back against the primary development team to maintain safety integrity.
• Communication:
  Ability to translate complex safety manuals into actionable development tasks for the software team.

Worker Type:
Regular / Permanent

Group:
Magna Electronics