Software Functional Safety Engineer - Remote

Overview

As a Software Functional Safety Engineer working in the Electric Power Conversion group, you will be responsible for performing functional safety base and application software safety development for power electronics components and Drive Unit systems.

In Short

• Perform software safety analysis of the embedded software to address safety anomalies.
• Develop SW-FTA, SW-FMEA, Freedom from interference (FFI), common cause/cascading failure (CCA/CFA) and dependent failure analysis (DFA) for embedded software.
• Develop traceability between software, technical safety requirements, relevant test cases and work-products in traceability tool.
• Develop Design Verification Plan (DVP) for relevant software safety requirements including fault injections.
• Support the software test team in executing test cases with troubleshooting abilities.
• Support vehicle functional safety team in development of technical safety requirements and hazard analysis risk assessment.
• Maintenance of software safety requirements and architecture with implementation agreements.
• Support defining programming and coding guidelines for the software development teams.
• Support tool classification and qualification across Rivian’s software toolsets.

Requirements

• MS or BS degree or PhD in Electrical, Embedded or Software Engineering.
• Experience with embedded systems.
• 5+ Years of experience developing embedded software and controls with a functional safety engineering background in ISO 26262.
• Knowledge of communication protocols such as CAN, SPI and LIN.
• Experience with requirements management tools (e.g. JAMA, Doors), issue tracking tools (Jira, Bugzilla), SW version control tools (e.g. Git, Bitbucket, SVN).
• Experience with C programming and/or model-based design using Simulink.
• Knowledge and understanding of the systems and software design architecture of Power Electronics design applications.
• Experience with embedded debugging tools such as PLS/UAD or similar.
• Strong team player with a drive to exceed expectations and meet deadlines.

Benefits

• Open to H1b, OPT, TN, USC, GC.
• 100% remote work.
• Flexible schedule with required overlap hours.