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Senior Functional Safety Engineer

Job Summary:

Our client in Carson, CA is looking for a Senior Functional Safety Engineer. This is a contract position.

What You Will Do:

As Hardware Functional Safety Engineer working in the Electric Power Conversion group, you will be responsible for performing functional safety development of internally designed power electronics components and drive-unit systems.

Core responsibilities for this role are:

Perform and document hardware safety analysis on the electrical hardware to address safety anomalies. Develop Hardware FTA, FMEA & FMEDA’s, DFA for electrical hardware design. Support reliability organization in deriving mission profiles, FIT rates for hardware components using IEC or Siemens standards. Develop hardware safety concepts, hardware safety requirements to lead/drive and provide electrical hardware design recommendations. Develop hardware safety concepts, hardware safety analysis and requirements for SoCs, PMICs and microcontrollers. Develop hardware architecture in safety critical path for different subsystems. Support (but not develop) software safety analysis (FTA, FMEA) and software safety requirements development. Develop upstream and downstream traceability between hardware safety, technical safety requirements, relevant test cases and work-products in traceability tool. Develop Design Verification Plan (DVP) for relevant hardware safety and system safety requirements including fault injections. Support the electrical hardware and power electronics software/controls test teams in executing test cases with troubleshooting. Support vehicle functional safety team in development of technical safety requirements and hazard analysis risk assessment. Documenting all relevant safety requirements, analysis, architecture implementation, verification and validation events for each sub-system.

What You Will Need:

Basics:

MS, BS or PhD in Electrical/Electronic Engineering. Embedded systems design experience. 5+ Years of experience in developing electrical safety hardware design with a functional safety engineering background in ISO 26262 part – 4,5 8 within the automotive or equivalent industries (e.g. aerospace). Understanding of electrical hardware design architecture preferably of Power Electronics applications. Detailed knowledge of electronics design and development process. Detailed experience analyzing electrical circuits preferably in power electronics applications. Prior experience of performing hardware FTAs, FMEDAs, DFAs at the component level. Ability to understand and create traceability in JAMA or similar requirements management tool. Ability to work with resilience, zooming out and with out of the box thinking. Strong team player with a drive to exceed expectations and meet deadlines. Experience working within a cross-functional team. Salary range: 87k - 120k annual. 

Preferred:

Tools expertise with Medini, Plato or similar strongly preferred. Experience with LTSpice or similar simulation tool with prior experince of simulating circuit failure effects. ISO 26262 Certified.

How You Will Be Successful:

Envision the Future Communicate Honestly and Broadly Seek Technology and Business “First” Embrace Diversity and Take Risks

What We Offer:

Competitive Salary Comprehensive Benefit Package 401(k) with matching contributions Paid Time Off Employee Discounts Free training on all Altair products

Why Work with Us:

Altair is a global technology company that provides software and cloud solutions in the area of data analytics, product development, and high-performance computing (HPC). Altair enables organizations in nearly every industry to compete more effectively in a connected world, while creating a more sustainable future. With more than 3,000 engineers, scientists, and creative thinkers in 25 countries, we help solve our customer’s toughest challenges and deliver unparalleled service, helping the innovators innovate, drive better decisions, and turn today’s problems into tomorrow’s opportunities.

Our vision is to transform customer decision making with data analytics, simulation, and high-performance computing.

For more than 30 years, we have been helping our customers integrate electronics and controls with mechanical design to expand product value, develop AI, simulation and data-driven digital twins to drive better decisions, and deliver advanced HPC and cloud solutions to support unlimited idea exploration. To learn more, please visit

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Altair is an equal opportunity employer. Our backgrounds are diverse, and every member of our global team is critical to our success. Altair’s history demonstrations a belief that empowering each individual authentic voice reinforces a culture that thrives because of the uniqueness among our team.

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