Functional Safety Engineer - ADAS

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Palo Alto, CA, USA
Hybrid
116K-145K Annually
Junior
Automotive • Cloud • Hardware • Software
The Role
Perform vehicle-level functional safety analyses for ADAS, including HARA, DFMEA, and FTA; derive FSRs/TSRs; create and support safety test cases; maintain requirements traceability; consult and review system/component engineering for ISO 26262 compliance.
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About Us

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is a joint venture between two industry leaders with a clear vision for automotive’s next chapter. From operating systems to zonal controllers to cloud and connectivity solutions, we’re addressing the challenges of electric vehicles through technology that will set the standards for software-defined vehicles around the world.

The road to the future is uncharted. By combining our expertise across connectivity, AI, security and more, we’ll map a new way forward. Working together, we’ll create a future that’s more connected, more intelligent, more sustainable for everyone.

Role Summary

As a Functional Safety Engineer - ADAS, you will be responsible for performing the vehicle level functional safety analysis and consulting on all aspects of the feature decomposition and execution throughout the lifecycle. In order to do this, you will work closely with the departmental functional safety engineering resource to ensure compliance throughout the lifecycle and provide technical guidance, consult and independent peer review of the system and component engineering.

Responsibilities
  • Contribute to feature requirements and provide functional safety guidance on feature definition

  • Perform vehicle-level HARA and generate safety goals as well as perform DFMEA and FTA analysis

  • Derive functional safety requirements (FSRs) and technical safety requirements (TSRs)

  • Create vehicle-level functional safety test cases, support vehicle-level testing, and write summary test reports

  • Capture requirements within the Rivian requirements tool and maintain the traceability and quality

  • Work with the vehicle engineering, systems engineering and component engineering teams to progress the functional safety deliverables

Qualifications
  • Degree in electrical, mechanical, systems, mechatronics, controls, or software engineering

  • 2+ years working as a functional safety or systems safety engineer

  • 2+ years of experience within the automotive industry (or equivalent), ideally OEM or Tier 1

  • Proven knowledge of ISO 26262

  • Experience with the ADAS domain

  • Experience with requirements management tools (e.g. JAMA, Doors, etc.) and issue tracking tools (Jira, Bugzilla, etc.),

Total Rewards

Full-time positions include base salary, eligibility for an annual performance bonus, and eligibility for equity.

In addition to base salary, Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies offers benefits tailored to the local market. For more information on the benefits available for full-time employees, check out our Global Benefits Site.

External candidates can apply for this role through the Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies careers site (https://rivianvw.tech/#careers). If you are a current employee, please apply through our internal job board.

Equal Opportunity

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information or characteristics, physical or mental disability, marital/domestic partner status, age, military/veteran status, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are also committed to ensuring compliance with all applicable fair employment practice laws regarding citizenship and immigration status.

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is committed to ensuring that our hiring process is accessible for persons with disabilities. If you have a disability or limitation, such as those covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, that requires accommodations to assist you in the search and application process, please email us at [email protected].

Candidate Data Privacy

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies” may collect, use and disclose your personal information or personal data (within the meaning of the applicable data protection laws) when you apply for employment and/or participate in our recruitment processes (“Candidate Personal Data”). This data includes contact, demographic, communications, educational, professional, employment, social media/website, network/device, recruiting system usage/interaction, security and preference information. Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies may use your Candidate Personal Data for the purposes of (i) tracking interactions with our recruiting system; (ii) carrying out, analyzing and improving our application and recruitment process, including assessing you and your application and conducting employment, background and reference checks; (iii) establishing an employment relationship or entering into an employment contract with you; (iv) complying with our legal, regulatory and corporate governance obligations; (v) record keeping; (vi) ensuring network and information security and preventing fraud; and (vii) as otherwise required or permitted by applicable law.

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies may share your Candidate Personal Data with (i) internal personnel who have a need to know such information in order to perform their duties, including individuals on our People Team, Finance, Legal, and the team(s) with the position(s) for which you are applying; (ii) Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies affiliates; and (iii) Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies’ service providers, including providers of background checks, staffing services, and cloud services.

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies may transfer or store internationally your Candidate Personal Data, including to or in the United States, Canada, and the European Union and in the cloud, and this data may be subject to the laws and accessible to the courts, law enforcement and national security authorities of such jurisdictions.

If you provide a mobile telephone number as part of your application or during the recruitment process, Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies may use that number to contact you via SMS text message for recruitment-related purposes, including scheduling, logistics, and status updates. Message and data rates may apply. You may opt out of SMS communications at any time by replying STOP to any text message you receive from us. Consent to receive SMS messages is not a condition of applying for or being considered for employment.

Please see our Candidate Data Privacy Notice (English) and Candidate Data Privacy Notice (Serbian) for more information.

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Skills Required

  • Degree in electrical, mechanical, systems, mechatronics, controls, or software engineering
  • 2+ years working as a functional safety or systems safety engineer
  • 2+ years experience within the automotive industry (OEM or Tier 1 preferred)
  • Proven knowledge of ISO 26262
  • Experience with the ADAS domain
  • Experience with requirements management tools (e.g., JAMA, DOORS) and issue tracking tools (Jira, Bugzilla)
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The Company
1,885 Employees
Year Founded: 2024

What We Do

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies, LLC is a joint venture creating software-defined vehicle platforms for electric vehicles. Combining Rivians software and zonal architecture with Volkswagens scale, the company develops operating systems, zonal controllers, cloud and connectivity solutions to enable over-the-air updates, simplify vehicle electronics, and accelerate deployment of shared vehicle software across multiple automotive brands and segments.

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