Staff Functional Safety Engineer

The Functional Safety Engineer is a key player ensuring product safety for our automotive customers.  

They will apply ISO 26262, within a multidisciplinary engineering team that develops power ICs for the automotive industry.  

 
Responsibilities: 

• Ensure ISO26262 requirements are met throughout the power product development phases. 

• Communicate and coordinate with Customer Safety Engineers. 

• Interpret customer safety requirements. 

• Develop Assumption of Use (AoU) based on system and safety architecture 

• Develop and review the IC safety architectures   

• Derive the Functional and Technical Safety Concepts and requirements for product (FSC, TSC, FSR, TSR). 

• Perform the product safety analyses (e.g. Qualitative failure mode analysis, common cause failure analysis, FMEDA, and FTA). 

• Define system test cases based on AoU for verification and validation of safety requirements. 

• Generate Functional Safety Work Products that meet ISO26262 Work Product quality requirements in accordance with Renesas development process 

Required Qualifications: 

• Knowledge of ISO26262 standards for power IC and hardware development 

• Experience as functional safety manager for power IC and/or hardware  

• Excellent knowledge of analog & digital electronic circuits 

• Knowledge of semiconductor IC design flows & tools (analog/digital/Mixed Signal)  

• Knowledge of the principles of Systems and Safety Engineering per ISO 26262 

• Experience with MATLAB, Simulink, Spice 

• Excellent verbal and written communications skills 

• Rigorous problem solving skills 

• Flexible & Agile 

Education: 

• Minimum Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering  

Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose “To Make Our Lives Easier.” From mission-critical automotive and industrial to emerging infrastructure and IoT applications, we are meeting our global customers’ evolving needs by delivering scalable and comprehensive solutions with unmatched quality. Through digitalization, we are rapidly enhancing user experiences and driving innovation. Our passion for developing sustainable, power-efficient solutions for people and communities around the world knows no boundaries. Together with a diverse team of over 21,000 professionals, we are shaping the future one touch of magic at a time “To Make Our Lives Easier.”

Equal Opportunity Employer: Disability/Veteran 

Renesas Electronics Corporation empowers a safer, smarter and more sustainable future where technology helps make our lives easier. The leading global provider of microcontrollers, Renesas combines our expertise in embedded processing, analog, power and connectivity to deliver complete semiconductor solutions. These Winning Combinations accelerate time to market for automotive, industrial, infrastructure and IoT applications, enabling billions of connected, intelligent devices that enhance the way people work and live. Learn more at www.renesas.com.

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