Software Functional Safety Architect

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THE ROLE: 

As Functional Safety Architect, part of AMD Functional Safety team, you will be directly impacting the certification of key AMD products, targeting critical AMD growth markets such as digital cockpit and autonomous driving. Your task will be to provide technical leadership for the product line safety function and for its customers. You will perform this in close cooperation with different functional owners within AMD.​

This challenging role will not only require extensive project leadership skills but also a thorough understanding of system safety standards within the automotive and industrial markets.​

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THE PERSON:

You are a system‑minded software technologist who brings structure, clarity, and technical depth to the challenge of delivering safety‑compliant software on complex SoCs. You think in terms of software architecture, diagnostics, safety mechanisms, and end‑to‑end behavior, and you can translate high‑level safety goals into implementable, verifiable software strategies.

You operate comfortably across firmware, drivers, platform code, and safety frameworks. You anticipate failure modes, design robust mitigations, and ensure software is instrumented, traceable, and backed by credible evidence. You excel at guiding cross‑functional teams—SoC architects, hardware designers, firmware teams, validation, and systems engineering—toward coherent, audit‑ready functional‑safety solutions.

You communicate clearly, challenge assumptions with data, and balance rigor with pragmatism. You thrive in environments where safety, performance, and architectural complexity must coexist.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Define and architect software safety mechanisms for complex embedded systems on Arm, Tensilica, and x86 controllers in compliance with ISO 26262, IEC 61508, or equivalent functional safety standards
• Develop safety architecture concepts including fault detection, fault handling, and fault tolerance strategies
• Design and implement software safety requirements to achieve ASIL-B/C/D or SIL 2/3 compliance
• Create and maintain safety architecture documentation and safety cases
• Design safety-critical software components for Linux and RTOS (Real-Time Operating Systems) environments
• Implement and optimize safety mechanism such as watchdog timer (WDT) strategies for system monitoring and fault detection
• Develop deterministic scheduling algorithms and real-time task management solutions
• Design partition and isolation mechanisms to prevent fault propagation
• Implement diagnostic coverage mechanisms including memory protection, control flow monitoring, and data integrity checks
• Build and integrate the code into main repository, resolve outstanding issue during integration
• Strategize testing methods and implement as per ISO-26262 requirements or equivalent safety standards
• Lead or collaborate with Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
• Conduct Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) , Dependent Failure Analysis (DFA) and Freedom From Interferences analysis (FFI)
• Define and track safety metrics including diagnostic coverage, single-point fault metrics, and latent fault metrics
• Perform safety analysis on software architecture and identify potential systematic failures
• Collaborate with hardware architects to define hardware-software safety interfaces
• Guide software development teams on safety requirements implementation
• Review code and designs for compliance with safety coding standards (MISRA C/C , CERT C)
• Support safety assessments and audits with functional safety assessors

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE: 

• Experience with software development
• Experience with the ISO26262 standard​
• Extensive knowledge of system safety and monitoring methods​
• Exposure to systems architecture 
• Solid programming skills in Python, C, or C   
• High level of communication and teamwork capability​
• Analytical and structured​

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS: 

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electrical Engineer, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a closely related field 

LOCATION: Austin, TX

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