Principal Manager, Functional Safety
GlobalFoundries
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Austin • Texas • United States
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Salary
💰 $153,000 - $265,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Lead safety analysis and risk assessment for automotive and industrial CPU/IP/Custom SOC products, including microarchitecture-level designs, ensuring compliance with ISO 26262/IEC 61508 and related safety standards
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Architecture, Micro-architecture, software, and systems engineering teams to integrate functional safety requirements throughout the product lifecycle—from architecture definition through verification and release
- Develop and document safety requirements, safety plans, and safety cases for IP and SoCs targeting safety-critical automotive applications
- Conduct and review detailed safety analyses such as FMEA, Fault Tree Analysis, and dependent failure analysis specifically tailored to CPU and SOC microarchitecture and implementations
- Guide design teams in decision making and implementing effective safety mechanisms, redundancy strategies, and error detection/correction mechanisms at the microarchitecture level
- Interface with customers and external assessors to address technical queries, support audits, and resolve compliance issues related to automotive functional safety
- Stay current with the latest trends in automotive safety, semiconductor design, and microarchitecture innovations, providing technical leadership and mentoring within the safety engineering team
- Build a Safety Team and Competency to drive automotive safety in the organization including creating templates, guidelines, process improvements and microarchitecture innovations.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
- Minimum 7-10 years of experience in system, hardware, CPU, SOC development within the automotive semiconductor industry, with a focus on functional safety
- Deep understanding of microarchitecture, including knowledge of CPU/GPU architectures, bus/interconnect protocols, memory hierarchies, and safety-critical design practices
- Hands on experience, in Fault analysis, Fault grading, FIT rate assessment, including ability to disposition strategies to overcome the inadequacies in the design
- Proven track record with ISO 26262/IEC 61508: Experience in applying the standard throughout the development lifecycle, especially at the semiconductor IP and SoC level
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills: Ability to identify, assess, and mitigate safety risks in complex IP/chip architectures
- Excellent communication and documentation skills: Capable of producing clear, comprehensive safety documentation and explaining technical concepts to diverse stakeholders
- Collaborative mindset: Comfortable working in global, cross-disciplinary teams and engaging directly with customers and partners.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
safety analysisrisk assessmentmicroarchitectureFMEAFault Tree Analysiserror detectionCPU architectureSOC developmentfunctional safetysafety-critical design
Soft Skills
analytical skillsproblem-solving skillscommunication skillsdocumentation skillscollaborative mindsetleadershipmentoringcross-functional collaborationcustomer engagementtechnical guidance