Job statistics for Staff Functional Safety Engineer, Software
- Days open
- 2 days
- Expected tenure
- 5.1 years
- Salary
- $171,100–$226,740
- As stated in the posting.
Technologies used6 tools
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Current safety team30 tracked professionals
- By function
- 15 engineering, 14 senior / lead, 1 leadership
- By level
- 24 senior
- Hiring now
- 5 open safety roles on FSTalent, including this one
Counts of functional safety professionals FSTalent tracks at Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies and roles it is hiring for. It is a sample of public profiles, not the full headcount.
- Akash Vachhani — Staff Embedded Software Engineer, FuSa
- Amogk Patil — Functional Safety Software Engineering Intern
- Arjun Karthikeyan — Functional Safety System Engineer
- Bhargav Chava — Sr Functional Safety Software Engineer
- Che-Ju Lan — Staff Functional safety engineer
- Claire Han — Sr. Manager, SW Functional Safety and Software Quality
- Evan Nakano — Staff Functional Safety Engineer
- Frederik Botes — Senior Manager Functional Safety
- Gerard Joyce — Senior Director - Systems Engineering and Systems Safety
- Greeshma Akash — Engineering Manager, Functional Safety - Software
- Gurpreet Singh — Sr. Function Safety Engineer
- Johannes Schneider — Staff Functional Safety Engineer, Vehicle
- Jonathan Hartmann — Sr Functional Safety Engineer
- Kishore Kumar Sukumar — Hardware Functional Safety Architecture
- Lakshana Nagaraj — Senior Functional Safety Engineer
- Lingqiao Qin — Staff Technical Safety Engineer
- Niels Zehren — Senior Functional Safety Engineer
- Palak Talwar — Manager, System Software Safety Engineering
- Pratap Bharatraj Singh — Manager, Systems Safety
- Ramachandra Vannala — Sr. Staff Functional Safety Engineer
- Robert Quach — Functional Safety Engineer II, Vehicle Dynamics & Propulsion
- Sai Charan Dekkata — Senior Technical Safety Engineer
- Shrey Kulkarni — Functional Safety Software Engineer, ADAS
- Siddharth Mulay — Senior Manager, Functional Safety
- Srinivasa Guntur — Electrical Design Architect Functional Safety
- Sundaresan B — Staff System Safety Engineer
- Syeda Abbas — Staff Functional Safety Engineer
- Valentina Cimino — Senior Functional Safety Engineer
- Vinay Kamble — Senior Software Functional Safety Engineer
- Yih-Cherng Lin — Electrical Functional Safety Engineer
Median tenure at company1.4 years
Median time employees have been at Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies, from its LinkedIn company page (as of 2026-09).
Staff Functional Safety Engineer, Software
Job description
About Us
Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is a joint venture between two industry leaders with a clear vision for automotive’s next chapter.
From operating systems to zonal controllers to cloud and connectivity solutions, we’re addressing the challenges of electric vehicles through technology that will set the standards for software-defined vehicles around the world.
The road to the future is uncharted. By combining our expertise across connectivity, AI, security and more, we’ll map a new way forward. Working together, we’ll create a future that’s more connected, more intelligent, more sustainable for everyone.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to creation of technical safety requirements
- Derive software safety requirements for the application software and/or platform software
- Support implementation of software safety requirements at the application software layer and/or platform software
- Support/derive safety analysis using FTA, SW-FMEA
- Lead the development of SW architecture for safety, including decomposition, freedom-from-interference analysis, dependent failure analysis
- Derive safety measures (e.g. Plausibility check, Memory protection) in application software and/or platform software
- Support HSI (Hardware-Software Interface) development between software and internal/external developed hardware
- Develop test procedures and support testing of the software safety requirements end to end
Qualifications
- 6+ years of experience developing safety software within the automotive or equivalent industries (e.g. aerospace).
- Experience with ISO 26262, with emphasis on ISO 26262 Parts 4,6,8 and Part 9.
- Experience in system engineering practices such as requirements authoring, architecture development, failure analysis and test development.
- Familiarity in developing automotive software with a focus on safety.
- Experience with embedded systems.
- Experience with C programming and/or model-based design using Simulink is a plus.
- Experience with Propulsion & Dynamics Systems such as inverters, braking ECUs, steering ECUs, Vehicle Torque Controllers is a plus.
- Experience with body systems such as frunk closure, cabin closure is a plus.
- Understanding and/or curiosity with infotainment functions such as display diagnostics, Qualcomm or equivalent CPU architecture and user notifications is a plus.
- Experience with High Voltage & Low Voltage Energy Systems such as BMS, Inverters, DCDC converters is a plus
- Experience with Vehicle power moding, hardware device drivers such as high side drives, full-bridge and half-bridge drivers and PMIC is a plus
- Understanding and/or curiosity with requirements management tools (e.g. JAMA, Doors, etc.), issue tracking tools (Jira etc.), SW version control tools (e.g. Git, Bitbucket, SVN, etc.)
- Familiarity with agile software development process
- Good interpersonal and communication skills with a high level of integrity
- Experience working within a cross-functional team
- Proven experience working on multiple projects
- Strong team player; drive to exceed expectations and meet deadlines
- Degree education in Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering or Computer Science, or equivalent experience
Total Rewards
External candidates can apply for this role through the Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies careers site (https://rivianvw.tech/#careers). If you are a current employee, please apply through our internal job board.
Candidate Data Privacy
Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies may transfer or store internationally your Candidate Personal Data, including to or in the United States, Canada, and the European Union and in the cloud, and this data may be subject to the laws and accessible to the courts, law enforcement and national security authorities of such jurisdictions.
Please see our Candidate Data Privacy Notice (English) and Candidate Data Privacy Notice (Serbian) for more information.
Please note this job posting represents an open, active vacancy. Additionally, we are not currently accepting applications from third party application services.
Pay and benefits
We build the exceptional — and we believe the people doing that work should be rewarded accordingly. In addition to a competitive base salary, full-time positions may be is eligible to participate in our annual company performance bonus program.
Payments are discretionary and not guaranteed; actual amounts depend on company results and the terms of the plan in effect, and require active employment at the time of payout.
This role is also eligible for equity in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), subject to board approval and the terms of our equity incentive plans, including applicable vesting requirements.
In addition to our compensation programs, we invest in our people with a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the health, wellbeing, and financial future for full-time employees — including health coverage, retirement savings, time off, and family planning programs.
Offerings vary by country. Learn more about our global benefit programs.
Compensation Range: $171,100 - $226,740
Legal and equal opportunity notices
As a - Software, you will be responsible for performing functional safety analysis of internally designed application software and/or platform software. This includes contributing to the creation of software safety requirements and leading the development of a safe software architecture using safety analysis methods. This role involves collaborating closely with the vehicle functional safety team, hardware functional safety team, software development team, testing team and system team to ensure delivery of safety software across multiple programs and variants. If you're passionate about delivering safety software solutions, please join us in shaping the future of automotive software technology.
Experience with suspension systems such as active/passive damping is a plus.
Equal Opportunity
Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information or characteristics, physical or mental disability, marital/domestic partner status, age, military/veteran status, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are also committed to ensuring compliance with all applicable fair employment practice laws regarding citizenship and immigration status.
Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is committed to ensuring that our hiring process is accessible for persons with disabilities. If you have a disability or limitation, such as those covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, that requires accommodations to assist you in the search and application process, please email us at the employer's application link.
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