Functional Safety Engineer, Silicon

Waymo's Compute Team is tasked with a critical and exciting mission: We deliver the compute platform responsible for running the fully autonomous vehicle's software stack. To achieve our mission, we architect and create high-performance custom silicon; we develop system-level compute architectures that push the boundaries of performance, power, and latency; and we collaborate closely with many other teammates to ensure we design and optimize hardware and software for maximum performance. We are a multidisciplinary team seeking curious and talented teammates to work on one of the world's highest performance automotive compute platforms.

In this hybrid role, you will report to a Silicon Design Lead.

This position will require the ability to work some hours that align with the team in the Pacific Time zone on an as needed basis.

You will:

• Define functional safety architectures, features and mechanisms for fault detection, isolation and recovery at hardware level, in alignment with industry best practices and meeting Functional Safety standards (ISO 26262)
• Derive and document detailed technical safety requirements and ensure traceability
• Plan and execute safety engineering activities for qualitative and quantitative safety analysis, verification and validation, including development of test concepts and procedures
• Implement Safety Analyses (FMEA, FMEDA, DFA and FTA)
• Perform fault injection campaigns to test the effectiveness of the diagnostic mechanisms and the measurement of vulnerability factors
• Execute tool qualification, support safety assessments and audits
• Create high quality functional safety work products, including technical reports and safety cases to support product development and external audits throughout the safety lifecycle
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment in requirements and integration of safety features

You have:

• MS or higher in Engineering or Computer Science or equivalent
• 8 years technical experience in Functional Safety Engineering for automotive
• Deep understanding of automotive functional safety standards (e.g. ISO26262) and application to silicon product life cycle
• Proficiency in safety engineering tools and methods for analysis (FMEA, FMEDA, FTA, DFA) such as Medini Analyze and verification tools such as VC-Z01X for fault injection.
• Tool scripting and automation
• Experience in requirements management tools (e.g. Jama)
• Expertise with automotive hardware architectures and safety mechanisms at SoC and system levels, including microcontrollers, sensors and communications interfaces
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Highly organized, ability to work independently and collaborate in a multi-functional environment across geos

We prefer:

• Familiarity with cybersecurity standards (ISO 21434)
• Device physics and fault modeling expertise

May require travel (5-10%)