Reliability Engineer

Functional Safety Engineer

Title
:
Functional Safety Engineer

Pay Rate
: $70/hr+ DOE

Location
:
Foster City, CA 3+ days onsite

Type
:
Assignment 6+ Months with possibility of extension

Our client is a pioneering automotive services organization committed to redefining how people move. With a focus on innovation, quality, and user experience, they collaborate across industries to develop transformative solutions that respond to evolving urban needs.

As an EE FuSa Engineer in Advanced Hardware Engineering (AHE), you will support our clients’ systems and functional safety teams by performing Failure Mode Effects Analysis on system/sub-system level architecture and be able to delve deep into board/component level diagnostics. You will work closely with systems engineers, design engineers to fully understand requirements and the capability of our hardware and provide evidence of functionality and diagnostic coverage via verification & validation.

In addition, you will be responsible for developing & reviewing Test plans for verification of functional & Fault Injection tests for advanced computer and sensor hardware.

• Lead and participate in quantitative and qualitative functional safety activities that lead to the development of Failure Mode Effects and Diagnostics Analysis.
• Read through vendor provided documentation for components and boards to identify diagnostic capabilities.
• Work with firmware engineers to enable diagnostics and V&V team to confirm the working of diagnostics as intended.
• Work closely with the Test Team and Test Infrastructure team to help guide the V&V efforts and improve diagnostics verification.
• Develop new requirements to improve diagnostic coverage of the HW working closely with EE & FW teams.
• Detailed analysis of Safety manuals provided by Vendors for complex SOC’s microprocessors.
• Develop requirements for safety-critical Hardware to perform Fault injection Testing to comply with ISO 26262:2018.

• B.S. or higher degree in Electrical, Aerospace, Automotive, or Robotics Engineering.
• Familiarity with ISO 26262 or other safety standards.
• 6+ years of work experience performing Board Level FMEDA, Understanding SOC FMEDA.
• Collaborative team player with strong written and in-person communication skills.

• Automotive Hardware Design & Validation experience.
• Certification in ISO 26262 (CFSE, CFSP).
• Familiarity with Reliability Standards - SN29500, IEC
  61508.
• Failure mode distribution standards such as FIDES, FMD etc…
• Hardware validation & board bring-up experience within standards such as: ISO-26262, DO-178C, DO-254, IEC 61508.

Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the US. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment Visas.

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