Hiring: Staff Functional Safety Engineer, Hardware Company: Rivian Location: Palo Alto, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-15 10:28:30 Employment Type: Full-time Target Skills & Keywords : Embedded Systems About the job Experience: •5+ Years of experience in developing electrical safety hardware, systems safety, and functional safety engineering background in ISO 26262 Part 4, 5, 8 within the automotive or equivalent industries (e.g. aerospace) or IEC 61508 Part 1, 2 & 3 •In-depth knowledge of failure mode analysis of complex electrical designs, ASICs, preferably in power electronics applications •Handling advanced electronics design and analyzing advanced electrical circuits •Extensive knowledge and application of Safety Analysis methodologies using industry-standard tools, from functional system level to HW and SW component level: FTA, FMEA, FMEDA, DFA, STPA, SPFM/LFM, and PMHF •Detailed experience analyzing electrical circuits, preferably in power electronics applications Required Skills: •Develop Hardware FTA, FMEA & FMEDA’s, DFA for electrical hardware design •Serve as the Safety expert in safety-critical cross-functional design decisions •Actively facilitate and support reliability organization in deriving mission profiles and FIT rates for hardware components using IEC or Siemens standards •Develop hardware safety concepts, hardware safety architecture, hardware safety requirements to lead/drive and provide electrical hardware design recommendations across electronics subsystems, ASICs, SoCs, PMICs and microcontrollers •Support application-specific software safety analysis (FTA, FMEA) and software safety requirements and architecture development •Partner cross-functionally with Reliability organization in defining mission profiles based on vehicle use cases •Develop upstream and downstream traceability between hardware safety, technical safety requirements, relevant test cases, and work products in traceability tool •Develop Design Verification Plan (DVP) for relevant hardware safety and system safety requirements including fault injections Qualifications: •BS, MS, or PhD in Electrical/Electronic Engineering Compensation: •The successful candidate may be eligible for annual performance bonus and equity awards 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!