Hiring: Staff Embedded Software Engineer, Functional Safety Company: Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies Location: Irvine, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-15 11:57:08 Employment Type: Full-time Target Skills & Keywords : C, Embedded Systems, R, RTOS, Requirements Management About the job Experience: •7 years of professional experience focused on functional safety in the automotive, aerospace, industrial, or equivalent sectors. Required Skills: •Implement platform-level embedded software and functional safety components. •Design and implement technical safety requirements at the software level. •Represent functional safety in cross-functional discussions with software, hardware, mechanical, systems, and manufacturing teams. •Evaluate safety requirements, technical safety concepts, FMEDA, FTA, and DFA against functional safety objectives. •Develop software for microcontrollers using C and real-time operating systems. •Design and develop multi-threaded and multi-core embedded software. •Develop verification and validation methods for software safety requirements. •Write test procedures and support testing of hardware subsystems and safety mechanisms. Qualifications: •Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related field. •5–7 years of professional experience focused on functional safety in the automotive, aerospace, industrial, or equivalent sectors. •Strong proficiency in C programming. •Applied hands-on capability in embedded software development and microcontroller-based systems. •Practical experience with safety requirements, technical safety concepts, FMEDA, FTA, and DFA. •Demonstrated experience collaborating across hardware, software, mechanical, and manufacturing teams on safety engineering projects. •Strong communication, documentation, and teamwork skills. •Operational familiarity with AI-enabled engineering flows as applied to automotive functional safety. Compensation: •$171,000 - $213,900 / 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!