FUNCTIONAL SAFETY ENGINEER, CADENCE/TENSILICA PROCESSOR IP

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Role and Responsibility:

The Functional Safety Engineer will be responsible for the ISO 26262 safety plan implementation for the Tensilica processors HW targeted for automotive products, and development of ISO 26262 compliant processes, infrastructure and work products. He/she will work with the safety organizations of our customers, vendors, external safety expert consultants and internal product development teams to ensure that the functional safety process is well understood, executed and documented.

This role will be an integral part of an agile engineering team that focuses on bringing safety solutions per the ISO26262 and IEC61508 standards to Cadence customers in the fast growing Automotive/ADAS markets.

This individual will support the organization’s mission, vision, and values by exhibiting the following behaviors: excellence and competence, collaboration, flexibility, innovation, respect, accountability, ownership, and a sense of humor.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Act as Functional Safety Engineer for Cadence/Tensilica Safety related HW & SW products
• Create and/or support functional safety work products according to ISO 26262 which include the Safety Plan, Safety Manual, Safety Requirements, and Safety Analysis including qualitative and quantitative FMEDA, and Safety Verification and Validation activities on Tensilica/Cadence processor IP as a SEooC (Safety Element out of Context).
• Collaborate with project engineers, marketing & development team, safety consultants, vendors and customers on Functional Safety activities
• Work with architecture team on Functional Safety products to propose safety features and define the safety architecture
• Create/review functional safety documentation according to ISO 26262
• Conduct reviews with product teams to ensure functional safety standards are being met throughout product development cycles

Requirements:

• BSEE/BS Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering (or equivalent). MS preferred.
• 4+ or more years of total relevant work experience.
• Experience or familiarity with Microprocessor and DSP architecture/design and verification processes, ASIC design methodologies (RTL and Synthesis), and software development tools and methods.
• Experience with ISO 26262, preferable if holds Safety certification.
• Experience with FMEDA
• Experience with embedded HW/SW systems Product Development Life Cycle (Processors, Software)
• Familiarity with Configuration, Requirements, and Documentation Management tools (e.g. Perforce, Jama, JIRA, etc)
• Willingness and motivation to learn and apply standard compliance requirements of emerging markets
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and clear, concise documentation writing skills
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills and the ability to communicate complex ideas succinctly and persuasively to peers, management, customers and partners.

Good To Have:

• Proven record of taking customer safety requirements from concept to final product
• Scripting, programming and process automation skills
• Experience in FMEA, FTA
• Experience in fault injection techniques
• Knowledge of ISO 9001 Quality Management standard

Travel:Occasional travel, including international travel, may be required.

Work Environment:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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