Hardware Functional Safety Engineer

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc•Austin, TX

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

At AMD, our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences—from AI and data centers, to PCs, gaming and embedded systems. Grounded in a culture of innovation and collaboration, we believe real progress comes from bold ideas, human ingenuity and a shared passion to create something extraordinary. When you join AMD, you’ll discover the real differentiator is our culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world’s most important challenges—striving for execution excellence, while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. Join us as we shape the future of AI and beyond. Together, we advance your career. THE ROLE: As a Hardware 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. THE PERSON: You are a practical, standards‑savvy Functional Safety Engineer who thrives at the intersection of silicon, firmware, and platform. You combine strong systems thinking with hands‑on safety analysis, and you’re comfortable guiding cross‑functional teams to achieve credible, audit‑ready compliance for complex SoCs used in automotive and industrial markets. You thrive in collaborative environments, moving fluidly between design, verification, architecture, and program teams. You communicate clearly, challenge assumptions respectfully, and drive alignment on safety decisions. You enjoy digging into the root cause of issues, closing gaps with rigor, and producing hardware safety artifacts that stand up to internal reviews and external audits.

Requirements

Experience with the ISO26262 standard is a must
Extensive knowledge of system safety and monitoring methods
Bachelors or Masters degree in computer engineering/Electrical Engineering

Nice To Haves

Experience with SOC design and microprocessor architecture
Experience with software development is a plus

Responsibilities

Performing safety concept exploration and scope evaluation
Refining the Safety Concept
Performing the High level safety analysis (FMEA/FMEDA/FTA DFA, FFI) using the Safety Analysis tools at architectural/concept level
Defining HW and SW safety requirements
Performing the verification planning (including safety verification plan to verify safety metrics, pre-silicon and post silicon)
Defining and maintaining the Safety Manual.
Be responsible for assessing and determining product line compliance to the ISO/IEC metrics.
Direct re-use of safety cases and re-use of designs through advice, metrics reporting, and timely escalation in order to achieve the required standards of leadership in safety and cost.
Recognize when and how to address critical system safety topics with customers and represent the business in forums.
Participate in evaluations of proposed technical solutions (in decided architecture) with the purpose to judge the possibility of developing and calibrating a SW solution
Participate as a representative of the AMD FuSa team within system teams (for example when performing Hazard Analysis, FMEA, FTA, etc)