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Functional Safety Systems Senior Engineer

Qualcomm

On-site
Bangalore, India
Full-time
Senior
4+ yrs
Salary not listedPosted 3w ago

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Job description

Qualcomm is hiring a Functional Safety Systems Senior Engineer — a full-time, based in Bangalore, India role. Apply directly on Qualcomm's careers page below.

Functional Safety Systems, Senior Engineer

Location: Bangalore, India

Department: Hardware Engineering

Work Location: onsite


Company:

Qualcomm India Private Limited

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware Engineering

General Summary:

As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives digital transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all. As a Qualcomm Hardware Engineer, you will plan, design, optimize, verify, and test electronic systems, bring-up yield, circuits, mechanical systems, Digital/Analog/RF/optical systems, equipment and packaging, test systems, FPGA, and/or DSP systems that launch cutting-edge, world class products. Qualcomm Hardware Engineers collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop solutions and meet performance requirements.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 1+ year of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field.

We are seeking engineers with experience in system software and device level functional safety concepts and implementations. This position will be a hands-on role in leading Functional Safety concepts and requirements in existing and next generation ADAS/Autonomy systems offered by Qualcomm, while optimizing and exercising the full capability of the Qualcomm Snapdragon platform.


Responsibilities shall include the following

  • Responsibilities will include leading functional safety related activities for stack development and ensure ISO 26262 compliance with respect to SW architecture, development processes, and work products.

  • Communicates and coordinates FuSa topics within the project(s).

  • Conduct and support safety analyses (e.g. HARA, FMEA, FTA, HAZOP) and identify areas of improvement. 

  • Creates documentation and artifacts according ISO26262 (e.g. FSC, TSC, Safety Case)

  • Ensures proper requirements management and traceability (Safety)

  • Ensures the adherence to SW safety methods & metrics

  • Working with vendors and partners to ensure functional safety requirements are fulfilled by the components that they provide

  • Work with internal and external functional safety assessors to ensure compliance with ISO 26262

  • Basic SOTIF understanding

 

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.

  • 4+ years Systems, Software, and Safety Engineering in auto Industry.

  • Collaborative work experience with good communication skills involving customers, vendors, and internal development teams.

  • Structured problem-solving capability and ability to work with teams on root cause analyses.

 

Preferred Qualifications

  • 3+ years Automotive experience and familiarity with Safety work products, experience with Functional Safety Software systems development in auto industry meeting IS0 26262 standards.

  • Knowledge and experience in the development of ECUs for the automotive industry

  • Hands on Requirements Management Tools and establishing traceability for functional safety requirements e.g. DOORS, etc.

  • Knowledge and understanding of ISO26262 (Concept, System, SW)

  • Knowledge in ASPICE, safety analyses and requirements management

  • Experience in automotive or other safety related industries (e.g. aviation)

  • Hands on with ALM tools like CodeBeamer is preferred.

  • Expertise with Failure Modes and Effect Analysis (FMEA) and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)

  • Basic SOTIF understanding with RRA, STPA experience

Applicants: Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. You may e-mail disability-accomodations@qualcomm.com or call Qualcomm's toll-free number found here. Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities. (Keep in mind that this email address is used to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. We will not respond here to requests for updates on applications or resume inquiries).

Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.

To all Staffing and Recruiting Agencies: Our Careers Site is only for individuals seeking a job at Qualcomm. Staffing and recruiting agencies and individuals being represented by an agency are not authorized to use this site or to submit profiles, applications or resumes, and any such submissions will be considered unsolicited. Qualcomm does not accept unsolicited resumes or applications from agencies. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Qualcomm employees or any other company location. Qualcomm is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes/applications.

If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers.

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