Hiring: Sr. Functional Safety Engineer Company: Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies Location: Palo Alto, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 11:57:08 Employment Type: Full-time About the job Experience: •5+ years of relevant experience with functional safety design in automotive, industrial or aerospace. Required Skills: •Design and implementation of technical safety requirements at the hardware level. •Interface directly with cross functional teams and hardware design engineers to implement hardware safety requirements. •Interface directly with various functional safety analysis methods (FTA, FMEDA) supporting hardware architectural design. •Actively facilitate and support 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. Qualifications: •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. •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. Compensation: •$146,900 - $183,600 / year •Competitive benefits and rewards package •In addition to a competitive base salary, full-time positions may be is eligible to participate in our annual company performance bonus program Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!