Cadence ยท 5 months ago
Functional Safety Manager
CORK 01
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expCadence is a pivotal leader in electronic design, building upon more than 30 years of computational software expertise. The Functional Safety Manager will be responsible for the ISO 26262 safety management of Cadence design IP products targeted for automotive products, and development of ISO 26262 compliant processes, infrastructure, and work products.
AerospaceElectronic Design Automation (EDA)HardwareMobileSemiconductorSoftware
Responsibilities
Act as Functional Safety Manager for safety related hardware and software products
Analyze impact of ISO 26262 releases for DIP and create Functional Safety awareness across department
Perform safety management activities according to relevant standards during all project phases (concept, product development, production) such as developing safety plans including defining the necessary safety related activities, work products and processes
Manage creation of safety work products which include the Safety Plan, Safety Manual, Safety Requirements, and Safety Analysis including FMEDA and DFA and Safety Verification and Validation activities
Collaborate with project engineers, marketing & development team, safety consultants, vendors and customers on Functional Safety activities
Define and implement functional safety processes associated with hardware development
Create/review functional safety documentation according to ISO 26262
Conduct reviews with product teams to ensure functional safety standards are being met throughout product development cycles
Qualification
Required
BSEE/BS Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering (or equivalent). MS preferred
10+ or more years of relevant work experience
Experience with ISO 26262 standard. Preferable if holds Safety certification
Experience in functional safety compliance, testing or auditing or QA (quality assurance) of embedded HW/SW systems
Experience in safety analysis of hardware including FMEA, FMEDA and DFA
Experience in working with certification bodies to gain product certification to ISO26262
Experience with standards-based embedded HW/SW systems Product Development Life Cycle i.e. HW IP design and verification processes, ASIC design methodologies, and software development tools and methods
Familiarity with Configuration, Requirements, and Documentation Management tools (e.g. GitHub, Jama, DOORS, JIRA, etc)
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and clear, concise documentation writing skills
Excellent verbal and written communications skills and the ability to communicate complex ideas succinctly and persuasively to peers, management, customers and partners
Preferred
Proven record of taking customer safety requirements from concept to final product
Experience in working with certification bodies to gain product certification to ISO26262
Experience in fault injection techniques
Experience in development of software safety diagnostic routines
Experience in Software Quality and process (e.g., SPICE, CMMI)
Experience of applying MISRA standards in software development
Knowledge of ISO 9001 Quality Management standard
Knowledge of cybersecurity and ISO21434
Company
Cadence
Cadence is a market leader in AI and digital twins, pioneering the application of computational software to accelerate innovation in the engineering design of silicon to systems.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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Leadership Team
Paul Cunningham
Senior Vice President and General Manager
Tom Beckley
Senior Vice President, Custom IC & PCB Group
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