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Base pay range $90.00/hr - $106.00/hr
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Company is seeking a Senior Functional Safety Engineer to lead FMEDA efforts across system, sub-system, board, and component levels. This role ensures strong diagnostic coverage and hardware reliability for advanced compute and sensor platforms.
In this role, you’ll collaborate with systems and design engineers to understand hardware requirements, validate diagnostic capabilities, and provide verification evidence. You’ll also develop and review test plans for functional and fault-injection testing in alignment with ISO 26262.
The ideal candidate has strong FMEDA experience, solid hardware fundamentals, and a working knowledge of ISO 26262. You collaborate well across engineering teams and take ownership of diagnostic coverage and safety compliance.
As a Senior Functional Safety Engineer, you'll:
Lead and participate in quantitative and qualitative functional safety analyses, including system- and board-level FMEDA.
Review vendor documentation for components, boards, and safety manuals to identify diagnostic capabilities for complex SoCs and microprocessors.
Partner with firmware engineers to enable diagnostics and collaborate with V&V teams to confirm diagnostic performance.
Work closely with Test and Test Infrastructure teams to guide verification efforts and strengthen diagnostic verification.
Develop new hardware and firmware requirements to improve diagnostic coverage across safety-critical systems.
Define and support fault-injection testing activities to ensure compliance with ISO 26262:2018.
Qualifications & Requirements
B.S. or higher degree in Electrical, Aerospace, Automotive, or Robotics Engineering.
Familiarity with ISO 26262 or other safety standards.
6+ years of work experience performing Board Level FMEDA, Understanding SOC FMEDA.
Collaborative team player with strong written and in-person communication skills.
Bonus: Automotive Hardware Design & Validation experience.
Bonus: Certification in ISO 26262 (CFSE, CFSP).
Bonus: Familiarity with Reliability Standards - SN29500, IEC61508.
Bonus: Failure mode distribution standards such as FIDES, FMD etc.
Bonus: Hardware validation & board bring-up experience within standards such as ISO-26262, DO-178C, DO-254, IEC 61508.
Business Driver of Role As an EE FuSa Engineer in Advanced Hardware Engineering (AHE), you will support Systems and functional safety teams by performing Failure Mode Effects Analysis on system/ sub-system level architecture & be able to delve deep into board/component level diagnostics. You will work closely with systems engineers, design engineers to fully understand requirements and the capability of our hardware and provide evidence of functionality and diagnostic coverage via verification & validation. In addition, you will be responsible for developing & reviewing Test plans for verification of functional & Fault Injection tests for advanced compute and sensor hardware.
Monday-Friday standard hours Onsite in Foster City, CA | 3-4 days in office
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Contract
Job function
Engineering and Manufacturing
Industries
Motor Vehicle Manufacturing and Manufacturing
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This range is provided by Comrise. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.
Base pay range $90.00/hr - $106.00/hr
Direct message the job poster from Comrise
Company is seeking a Senior Functional Safety Engineer to lead FMEDA efforts across system, sub-system, board, and component levels. This role ensures strong diagnostic coverage and hardware reliability for advanced compute and sensor platforms.
In this role, you’ll collaborate with systems and design engineers to understand hardware requirements, validate diagnostic capabilities, and provide verification evidence. You’ll also develop and review test plans for functional and fault-injection testing in alignment with ISO 26262.
The ideal candidate has strong FMEDA experience, solid hardware fundamentals, and a working knowledge of ISO 26262. You collaborate well across engineering teams and take ownership of diagnostic coverage and safety compliance.
As a Senior Functional Safety Engineer, you'll:
Lead and participate in quantitative and qualitative functional safety analyses, including system- and board-level FMEDA.
Review vendor documentation for components, boards, and safety manuals to identify diagnostic capabilities for complex SoCs and microprocessors.
Partner with firmware engineers to enable diagnostics and collaborate with V&V teams to confirm diagnostic performance.
Work closely with Test and Test Infrastructure teams to guide verification efforts and strengthen diagnostic verification.
Develop new hardware and firmware requirements to improve diagnostic coverage across safety-critical systems.
Define and support fault-injection testing activities to ensure compliance with ISO 26262:2018.
Qualifications & Requirements
B.S. or higher degree in Electrical, Aerospace, Automotive, or Robotics Engineering.
Familiarity with ISO 26262 or other safety standards.
6+ years of work experience performing Board Level FMEDA, Understanding SOC FMEDA.
Collaborative team player with strong written and in-person communication skills.
Bonus: Automotive Hardware Design & Validation experience.
Bonus: Certification in ISO 26262 (CFSE, CFSP).
Bonus: Familiarity with Reliability Standards - SN29500, IEC61508.
Bonus: Failure mode distribution standards such as FIDES, FMD etc.
Bonus: Hardware validation & board bring-up experience within standards such as ISO-26262, DO-178C, DO-254, IEC 61508.
Business Driver of Role As an EE FuSa Engineer in Advanced Hardware Engineering (AHE), you will support Systems and functional safety teams by performing Failure Mode Effects Analysis on system/ sub-system level architecture & be able to delve deep into board/component level diagnostics. You will work closely with systems engineers, design engineers to fully understand requirements and the capability of our hardware and provide evidence of functionality and diagnostic coverage via verification & validation. In addition, you will be responsible for developing & reviewing Test plans for verification of functional & Fault Injection tests for advanced compute and sensor hardware.
Monday-Friday standard hours Onsite in Foster City, CA | 3-4 days in office
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Contract
Job function
Engineering and Manufacturing
Industries
Motor Vehicle Manufacturing and Manufacturing
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Get notified about new Safety Engineer jobs in Foster City, CA.
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