Functional Safety Architect (f/m/d)

Job Description

The Functional Safety Architect is a member of the systems and functional safety team with a specialisation in functional safety architectures and definitions. This role is instrumental in driving standardisation across the SAP product line, with the objective of accelerating functional safety definitions.

The functional safety architect supports, mentors and guides the functional safety managers on individual projects, driving towards common definitions and achieving balance between features and cost. In order to achieve this the functional safety architect must understand the system level functional safety requirements and develop strong relationships with counterparts in MCU and SoC teams.

Principal Accountabilities:

Standardisation of FuSa requirement definitions across all PMIC products focusing on achieving safety goals while minimising design area and cost

Review PMIC FuSa definitions vs industry state of the art

Propose and document standard FuSa definitions for PMIC building blocks

Define requirements based on inputs from FuSa standards, customers and systems architects

Work with chip and system architects to propose an implementation architecture

Interface with safety assessors to get pre-approval for standard FuSa blocks

Drive standard FuSa definition for each PMIC block across all products

Create a library of functional safety definitions targeting a family concept with similar "look and feel"

Work with FuSa manager for each project to ensure standardised definitions are being put in place

System level FuSa concept for MCU/SoC systems

Alignment with SoC/MCU FuSa team on requirements and implementation

Understand system requirements and input those requirements to product definitions

Documentation of system level FuSa concept for power

Customer interaction to understand specific customer needs as relating to FuSa

Advisor to design team on to implement safety features

Review proposed implementations vs requirements

Focus on minimal design complexity and area while achieving safety goals

Review simulation and validation results to ensure correct implementation

FuSa tool flow and methodology

Drive SAP towards tool based FuSa workflow and methodology

Investigate AI driven definition and documentation

Mentor and advisor to product level FuSa engineers

Presenting training to customers and internal teams

Travel and customer interaction are necessary

Qualifications

BSc/Master’s in engineering or equivalent

10+ years of relevant experience in product definition and functional safety, ideally for PMIC or other power ICs

Proven track record of successful product definitions and product launches

Deep and comprehensive knowledge of safety and compliance standards (ISO 26262, AEC-Q100 etc.)

Strong understanding of system-level power requirements, system level functional safety and board-level integration challenges for MCU, MPU and SoC systems.

Experience with Functional Safety assessment process

Experience using or defining Functional Safety tool flows, using requirements management tools and with Simplis or other modelling tools

High level knowledge of complete Mixed Signal design flow through to mass production.

Leadership in technical reviews and mentorship.

Ability to balance trade-offs between performance, power, area, and cost.

Able to make significant contributions to projects, programs and business initiatives with the ability to propose innovative solutions

Results-oriented and able to deliver on-time under tight schedule

Ability to work both independently and part of a team

Able to communicate with customers and stakeholders at an appropriate level

Available to travel for internal and customer meetings

Additional Information

Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose ‘To Make Our Lives Easier.’ As the industry’s leading expert in embedded processing with unmatched quality and system-level know-how, we have evolved to provide scalable and comprehensive semiconductor solutions for automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and IoT industries based on the broadest product portfolio, including High Performance Computing, Embedded Processing, Analog & Connectivity, and Power.

With a diverse team of over 21,000 professionals in more than 30 countries, we continue to our boundaries to offer enhanced user experiences through digitalization and usher into a new era of innovation. We design and develop sustainable, power-efficient solutions today that help people and communities thrive tomorrow, ‘To Make Our Lives Easier.’

At Renesas, you can:

Launch and advance your career in technical and business roles across four Product Groups and various corporate functions. You will have the opportunities to explore our hardware and software capabilities and try new things.

Make a real impact by developing innovative products and solutions to meet our global customers' evolving needs and help make people’s lives easier, safe and secure.

Maximize your performance and wellbeing in our flexible and inclusive work environment. Our people-first culture and global support system, including the remote work option and Employee Resource Groups, will help you excel from the first day.

Are you ready to own your success and make your mark?

Join Renesas. Let’s Shape the Future together.