Functional Safety Engineer

Job Role: Functional Safety Engineer

Work Experience: 7 to 12 Years

Location: Pune

Key Responsibilities:

- Lead and drive software functional safety activities across the development lifecycle in compliance with ISO 26262. - Define software functional safety concepts, safety goals, safety mechanisms, and safety requirements aligned with the overall system safety architecture. - Perform safety analysis activities including FMEA, DFA, FTA, and FFI. - Execute ASIL decomposition and ensure proper allocation of safety requirements across system and software components. - Design and review safety-oriented software architecture for automotive ECUs and embedded platforms. - Ensure bi-directional traceability between safety requirements, design artifacts, implementation, and validation results. - Review MCU safety manuals and safety architectures from semiconductor vendors such as Infineon, NXP, and Renesas. - Guide implementation of safety mechanisms including: Lockstep CPUs, Watchdog timers, ECC / CRC, BIST / MBIST, Voltage and clock monitoring, Safe-state handling - Collaborate with system, hardware, software, and validation teams to ensure compliance with functional safety standards. - Prepare and maintain ISO 26262 compliant safety documentation and work products. - Present functional safety strategies and compliance evidence to customers, auditors, and certification bodies.

Required Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Mechatronics, Computer Engineering, or related field. - 7+ years of software development experience with 5+ years in Functional Safety projects. - Strong experience in ISO 26262 compliant system and software development. - Strong programming experience in Embedded C / C++ development including debugging and optimization. - Deep understanding of safety analysis techniques such as FMEA, DFA, FTA, and FFI. - Hands-on experience in ASIL decomposition and safety requirement allocation. - Strong understanding of Safety Engineering principles and safety-oriented software architecture. - Experience with Requirements Management tools (DOORS or similar). - Working knowledge of AUTOSAR-based automotive software systems. - Experience with MISRA C/C++ guidelines and static code analysis tools.