Sr. Functional Safety Engineer

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.

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.

• 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.

• 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.
• Handling advanced electronics design and analyzing advanced electrical circuits.
• 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.

Full‑time positions include base salary, eligibility for an annual performance bonus, and eligibility for equity.

In addition to base salary, Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies offers benefits tailored to the local market. For more information on the benefits available for full‑time employees, check out our Global Benefits Site.

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