Safety product development F/M
NXP Semiconductors · Posted Oct 16
High-performance mixed-signal and standard semiconductor products for automotive, industrial, and mobile applications
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About the role
NXP Semiconductors develops secure connectivity solutions for embedded applications across automotive, industrial & IoT, mobile, and communication infrastructure markets. This vacancy sits within the NXP Functional Safety Competence Center, part of NXP Automotive, which develops products for the connected car including in-vehicle networking, automotive lighting, car radio and audio, automotive power and radar. The Senior Functional Safety Architect will define and release product safety concepts, drive IP/SoC/System level safety analyses, and ensure safety work products comply with ISO 26262 or IEC 61508 for future-generation Automotive MCU products.
What you will do
- The definition and the release of the product safety concept and context
- IP, SoC and System level safety analyses maturity and schedule,
- IP and SoC related Safety work products compliance to ISO26262 or IEC 61508,
- Fault injections realized on NXP IPs ,qualitative and quantitative safety analyses,
- Answers proposed in Safety Audits and Assessments.
- NXP Customers support to deploy NXP safety solutions
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electronics/Electrical/Computer Engineering or equivalent.
- 10-15 + years of experience in Automotive Functional Safety or at System level; Automotive Tiers1 experience would well fit.
- Good understanding of Hardware development techniques following ISO26262 (or/and equivalent safety standard) development process.
- Hands-on experience in at least 4 safety compliant product developments, developing Functional Safety and Technical Safety Concepts.
- Knowledgeable in Safety Analysis Techniques (FTA, DFA, FMEA, FMEDA) and related tools.
- Experience with Safety Audits/Assessments.
Preferred qualifications
- Knowledge in Automotive MCU architectures.
- Experience in semiconductor product development (IP Design, Verification, DFT, Physical Implementation, Tools & Methodology, etc) or at Auto-Tiers1
- Experience in Fault Injection Verification.
- Experience in complex IP development compliant to ISO26262 and or IEC61508
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About NXP Semiconductors
NXP Semiconductors enables secure connections and infrastructure for a smarter world, advancing solutions that make lives easier, better, and safer. As a global semiconductor leader, the company drives innovation in automotive processing, secure connected edge systems, industrial IoT, and mobile communications infrastructure.
- Industry
- Semiconductors
- Company size
- 32169 employees
- Founded
- 2006
- Location
- Eindhoven, Netherlands
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company
Leadership
Rafael Sotomayor
President and Chief Executive Officer
Bill Betz
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Lars Reger
Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
Chris Jensen
Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer
Jennifer Wuamett
Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Chief Sustainability Officer
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