Architect, Functional Safety

Rockwell Automation is a global technology leader focused on helping the world’s manufacturers be more productive, sustainable, and agile. With more than 28,000 employees who make the world better every day, we know we have something special. Behind our customers - amazing companies that help feed the world, provide life-saving medicine on a global scale, and focus on clean water and green mobility - our people are energized problem solvers that take pride in how the work we do changes the world for the better.

We welcome all makers, forward thinkers, and problem solvers who are looking for a place to do their best work. And if that’s you we would love to have you join us!

Summary

Job Description

Responsible for technical leadership and development of functional safety technologies and standards for use in Rockwell Automation products. These core product lines might involve Programmable Automation, Communications, I/O systems or Industrial Automation Software. These are industry-leading industrial automation products.

In this position, you will define, design and develop new features and platforms that meet Functional Safety standards, and customer expectations. Development is performed in a team environment utilizing sound engineering and software development practices and technology, and typically involves highly complex system design or product architecture design. Responsibilities include developing and documenting safety concepts, as well as collaborating with individuals and teams who execute the implementations.

What You Will Do

Does advance work, including requirements, on a feature before a development team is in place. Evaluate the suitability of that technology to meet our business and engineering objectives. As part of this, work directly with suppliers to arrive at the information we need to make informed judgements.Participate with technology management, product marketing and development engineering to establish project objectives and requirements related to functional safety. Evaluates technology solutions.Create safety concepts for next generation capabilities or products. This includes the ability to do deep technical analysis of reliability metrics, failure modes, diagnostic coverage, etc., in order to determine feasibility of approaches to meet targets established by international standards.Develop architectural designs and complex system designs that meet the requirements. Provide skills needs and time estimation for the design. Consider tradeoffs between requirements, speed, cost and reliability in the choice of a design approach.Presents technical approaches with sound qualitative and quantitative analysis to certifying agencies.Maintain technical expertise in field. Keep current through contacts with educational institutions, professional societies, and technical publications. Maintain awareness of applicable new technologies, processes, and trends.Promote and coordinate, technical activities with standards organizations, consortia, government agencies, leading universities and other Rockwell organizations. May be asked to participated in standards activities.Functions as a go-to person for functional safety expertise. Consults across multiple teams. Assist as requested with problem resolution, product design reviews, and technical strategy analysis and development.Significantly contribute to the development and implementation of the product strategic direction in functional safety.Understand complex control system concepts.Conduct tasks following applicable health, safety, quality and environmental regulations (state/federal laws, ISO 9001, ISO 14000, etc.) as well as Rockwell Automation policies and procedures.You will be remote in this roleYou will report into the Director LOGIX Architechture

The Essentials - You Will Have

Bachelor's degree required or equivalent years of experience

The Preferred- You May Also Have

Minimum of 12 years in product development experienceA minimum of five years of functional safety product development experience.Intimate familiarity with structured/disciplined product development (IEC 61508 V-model, DOD-STD-2167A, ISO 26262, …)Experience with a minimum of three IEC 61508 product certifications or equivalent certification in non-Industrial industries (medical device, avionics, automotive, etc.).Demonstrated knowledge and experience with key functional safety technologies such as lock-step processors, software encoded processing, etc.Direct involvement with the Industrial Automation industry.Experience in highly available systems.Experience with both local and global technical development team environments.You are a Technology change leader.Requires an ability to sell ideas and present strategies at all organization levels.Previous technical team leadershipAgile software development using Scrum/SAFeMust be able to travel occasionally to customer and vendor sites throughout the world.

What We Offer

Health Insurance including Medical, Dental and Vision 401k Paid Time off Parental and Caregiver Leave Flexible Work Schedule where you will work with your manager to enjoy a work schedule that can be flexible with your personal life. To learn more about our benefits package, please visit at www.raquickfind.com .

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

Rockwell Automation is an Equal Opportunity Employer including disability and veterans.

If you are someone with a disability and you need assistance or reasonable accommodation during the application process, please contact our services team at +1 (844) 404-7427.

This position is part of a job family. Experience will be the determining factor for position level and compensation.

Compensation The Base Salary Compensation for this role is

152,800.00 - 229,200.00 USD Annual with an annual target bonus of 8% of base salary. Actual pay will be based on factors such as skills, knowledge, education, and experience

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer including disability and veterans.

If you are an individual with a disability and you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation during the application process, please contact our services team at +1 (844) 404-7247.