Staff Embedded Software Engineer, Functional Safety
Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies3 months ago
Base Salary
$171k - $214k/yr
Responsibilities
- Implement platform-level embedded software and functional safety components.
- Design and implement software-level technical safety requirements.
- Represent functional safety in discussions across software, hardware, mechanical, systems, and manufacturing teams.
- Evaluate safety requirements, technical safety concepts, FMEDA, FTA, and DFA against functional safety objectives.
- Develop C software for microcontrollers using real-time operating systems.
- Design and develop multithreaded and multicore embedded software.
- Develop verification and validation methods for software safety requirements.
- Write test procedures and support testing of hardware subsystems and safety mechanisms.
- Document safety requirements, analyses, architecture, implementation, verification, and validation activities.
- Collaborate in a fast-paced development environment and help transition concepts from R&D into production-ready products.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related field.
- 5–7 years of professional functional safety experience in automotive, aerospace, industrial, or equivalent sectors.
- Strong proficiency in C programming and hands-on embedded software development with microcontroller-based systems.
- Experience with RTOS-based development and multithreaded and multicore programming.
- Experience developing systems according to ISO 26262:2018, especially Parts 5 and 11, or IEC 61508, especially Parts 1, 2, and 3.
- Practical experience with safety requirements, technical safety concepts, FMEDA, FTA, and DFA.
- Experience collaborating across hardware, software, mechanical, and manufacturing teams on safety engineering projects.
- Experience with automated requirements-management and issue-tracking tools.
- Strong communication, documentation, and teamwork skills.
- Preferred: familiarity with AI-enabled engineering flows for automotive functional safety.
- Preferred: experience taking embedded safety concepts from R&D through product launch.
- Preferred: experience with software verification and validation for safety-critical systems and hardware subsystem testing and safety mechanism verification.
Benefits
- Full-time positions may be eligible for an annual company performance bonus program and equity in the form of Restricted Stock Units, subject to applicable terms.
- Benefits include health coverage, retirement savings, time off, and family planning programs, with offerings varying by country.
Tech Stack
C
Categories
About Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies
Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is a 2024 joint venture building software and electrical architectures for software-defined electric vehicles. It develops in-vehicle operating systems, zonal controllers, connectivity, and cloud solutions used by Rivian and Volkswagen Group brands. The privately held company is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA, and focuses on creating a shared platform that can be integrated and licensed across multiple vehicle programs.