Sr. Staff System Safety/Functional Safety Engineer

We welcome all curious engineers, solution-oriented thinkers, innovative persons who are looking for a place to do their best work on MediaTek's automotive projects!

Job DescriptionResponsible for technical leadership and development of functional safety technologies and standards for use in MediaTek products. (Computing Platform, wireless connectivity, infotainment, power management, etc.). These are industry-leading products.Your primarily role will be to define, design and develop new features and platforms that meet Functional Safety, System Safety standards and customer expectations. Preliminary use case analysis is required to define system capabilities. Responsibilities include developing and documenting safety concepts, as well as collaborating with team executing the implementations.

What You Will Doanalysis and evaluations of functional safety architectures used in both, conventional emergency shut down systems and highly available systems. Evaluate the suitability of the specific technology to meet customers and MediaTek objectives from an engineering standpoint. Work with all kinds of relevant suppliers to arrive at the information needed to make informed judgements.with technical marketing departments, advanced technology management and development engineering to establish project goals and requirements related to system safety activities.design and imagine conventional and innovative functional safety concepts for future generation product capabilities. This includes to do advanced deep technical analysis of reliability metrics, failure modes identification, diagnostic coverages techniques, dependent failure analysis and architectural system evaluations with the objective to determine the feasibility of different solutions to meet targets established by international standards and customer expectations.to expose technical solutions to diverse auditors from peers, technical and business customers and suppliers and to upper MediaTek management, this also includes the capability to present strong argumentation to certifying agencies.architectural designs at the whole scope of the application, including vehicle level features, vehicle architectures down to IPs micro architectures. Communicate and coordinate safety designs with IP teams. Consider tradeoffs between requirements, time to market, cost and quality. Provide workload estimation and skills needed to accomplish the milestone.technical expertise in field. Create and maintain relationship with educational institutions Worldwide, professional societies (SAE, VDA, SIA, IEEE etc.) and technical publications. Maintain awareness of applicable new technologies, processes and trends.Functions as a go-to person for functional/system safety expertise in a specific domain. Consults across multiple teams. Assist as requested with problem resolution, product design reviews, and technical strategy analysis and development.Understand complex control system concepts and contribute to the development and implementation of the product strategic direction in functional safety / system safety.Conduct tasks following applicable health, safety, quality and environmental regulations (state/federal laws, ISO 9001, ISO 14000, etc.) as well as MediaTek policies and procedures.Intimate understanding in at least 2 or more Functional Safety / System Safety standards such as : ISO 26262, IEC 61508, ISO PAS 21448 SOTIF, UL 4600, IEC 61511, EN 5012x, ISO 10218, IEC 62061, IEC 60601.

The Essentials DegreesBachelor’s, Master’s degree (desired), or PhD + significant experienceAutomotive Experience or equivalentSignificant Experience on any of the following Vehicle level control Functions such as, but not limited to: Engine, Power Train, Passive safety, Cybersecurity, ADAS, Autonomy, Infotainment, Lighting, Suspension, Braking and Steering Control Systems.

The preferred - You may also haveIntimate familiarity with structured/disciplined product development (V-model, DOD-STD-2167A, ISO 26262, IEC 61508, ISO PAS 21448 SOTIF, UL 4600, IEC 61511, EN 5012x, ISO 10218, IEC 62061, IEC 60601, etc).5 years on HW and/or SW/FW Design experience + HW/SW Architecture Experience.5 years on System’s Engineering methodology experience + Requirements Management + System Level Architecture.3 years on Technical Project Management experience including Functional Safety (FSM).3 years Functional Safety Analysis Experience, ASIL decomposition and ASIL allocation.5 years’ Experience with product certification, products assessments and audits (automotive, health care, aviation, railway, process industries, robotics, etc.)Probability and Statistics knowledge.Application Level – Vehicle Level - Use Case analysis and Definition.Exposure to any of the following Associations: SAE, SIA, VDA, IEEE.Demonstrate and able to clearly explain the most popular safety mechanisms or diagnostics used in a computing unit their effectiveness and purpose.Use Case Exposure like: Electric Vehicles, ADAS, Hybrid Vehicles, Autonomous Vehicles, Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs), Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs), Highly Automated Vehicles, Grade of Automations GoA 3/4 Railway, Unmanned Vehicles Aerial and Underwater Experience.

StandardsDesirable: Member of any Standard CommunityISO 26262 (Automotive)IEC 61508 (Mother Standard – Functional Safety)ISO PAS 21448 (SOTIF)UL 4600 (Safety - Evaluation of Autonomous Products)IEC 61511 (Process Industries - SIS)EN 5012x (CENELEC - Railway)ISO 10218 (Robotics)IEC 62061 (Machinery)IEC 60601(Medical devices - Healthcare)SAE J3016 (Automation Levels)SAE J2980 (ASIL Hazard Classification)ASPICE (Evaluation system/software development processes)MISRA (Programming language guidelines)

If you like innovation, have a customer-oriented mindset and are a technology change leader then this is a place for you. Welcome to apply even if you do not meet 100% of the requirement in the job description. We value more attitude than skills!

Salary range: $180,000 - $250,000Employee may be eligible for performance bonus, short and long term incentive programs. Actual total compensation will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience and qualifications. In addition, MediaTek provides a variety of benefits including comprehensive health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays, Paid time off (PTO), Parental leave, 401K and more.MediaTek is an Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation.