Sr. Staff Functional Safety Engineer

Job description

About Rivian Rivian is on a mission to keep the world adventurous forever. This goes for the emissions-free Electric Adventure Vehicles we build, and the curious, courageous souls we seek to attract. As a company, we constantly challenge what’s possible, never simply accepting what has always been done. We reframe old problems, seek new solutions and operate comfortably in areas that are unknown. Our backgrounds are diverse, but our team shares a love of the outdoors and a desire to protect it for future generations. Role Summary As a Hardware Functional Safety Engineer working in the Electric Power Conversion group, you will be responsible for performing functional safety development of internally designed power electronics components, drive-unit systems. This role will sit out of our Torrance, CA, facility, and report directly to the Sr. Manager of Functional Safety. Responsibilities Develop Hardware FTA, FMEA FMEDA’s, DFA for electrical hardware design Serve as the Safety expert in safety-critical cross-functional design decisions Support the reliability organization in deriving mission profiles, FIT rates for hardware components using IEC or Siemens standards Develop hardware safety concepts, hardware safety architecture, and hardware safety requirements to lead/drive and provide electrical hardware design recommendations across electronics subsystems, ASICs, SoCs,…