System Engineer Functional Safety | SR WVB

Texas Instruments•Chandler, AZ

About The Position

At TI, System Engineers work to identify ideal roadmap opportunities for a business and are responsible for defining new products and platforms based on market opportunity. To do this, they leverage strong technical knowledge of our existing portfolio, deep understanding of the technologies, standards and protocols within an industry or end equipment, and an ability to engage with customers and translate their requirements into technical specifications that will solve their problems. Systems engineers also partner closely with marketing and applications engineers, as well as design teams, to ensure our roadmap is both meeting customer and market requirements and is technically optimized and manufacturable at a price and cost point that makes sense for the business. System Engineers must be proficient at converting customer requirements to a specification (whether IC specification, or safety concept), as well as execute towards development timelines and on-time project delivery. About the Product Line APP's Wide VIN Buck (WVB) product line is the foundation of one of TI's highest-share, longest-running product lines anchored in Automotive (ADAS, Infotainment & Cluster, Body Electronics & Lighting) and Industrial (Automation, Building Automation, Test & Measurements) and now investing in Datacenter solutions. It's a portfolio in active reinvention: new packaging, new power architectures, and emerging process technologies like GaN, pushing the limits of power density and performance. You'll be a System Engineer focused on the Functional Safety aspect of our devices across the entire WVB Product Line.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering
3+ years of relevant functional safety experience

Nice To Haves

Relevant Functional Safety Certification (e.g. ISO 26262/IEC61508, TUV SUV)
Experience understanding requirements for Power ICs within the Automotive and Industrial markets
Strong understanding of analog/mixed-signal IC's and their application
Experience promoting/marketing ICs and driving design wins by providing system solutions
Strong customer facing skills
Strong time management skills that enable on-time project delivery
Ability to quickly ramp to define functional safety diagnostics for present & next generation Power Wide-VIN Buck Regulators
Ramp quickly to enable hardware and/or software safety architecture requirements for our buck regulators
Ability to collaborate on functional safety development needs including training materials and reference designs
Support functional safety related CA/PA (Correct Action/Preventive Action) to address customer issues, returns and questions
Interpret functional safety standards (e.g. IEC 61508/ISO 26262) from a semiconductor component perspective taking into account system applications (specifically buck regulators)
Familiar with functional safety standards such as IEC 61508 and ISO 26262 and quickly ramp-up with TI’s product safety requirements (QSS 024-002)
Ability to work independently to take and/or influence appropriate actions, including at management level, when potential functional safety related execution challenges and/or other issues arise
Ability to interface with customers and other internal support functions such as Legal, Sales, Marketing, Quality and Product Safety Advisory Team
Ability to influence appropriate technically driven decisions, including sensitivity and ability to maintain TI’s public image
Thorough attention to detail and above reproach ethics
Ability to establish strong relationships with key stakeholders critical to success, both internally and externally
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Demonstrated strong interpersonal, analytical and problem-solving skills
Ability to work in teams and collaborate effectively with people in different functions
Ability to take the initiative and drive for results

Responsibilities

Identify ideal roadmap opportunities for a business and define new products and platforms based on market opportunity.
Leverage strong technical knowledge of existing portfolio, deep understanding of technologies, standards, and protocols within an industry or end equipment.
Engage with customers and translate their requirements into technical specifications.
Partner with marketing and applications engineers, as well as design teams, to ensure roadmap meets customer and market requirements, is technically optimized, and manufacturable.
Convert customer requirements to a specification (IC specification, or safety concept).
Execute towards development timelines and on-time project delivery.
Focus on the Functional Safety aspect of devices across the entire WVB Product Line.
Evaluate customer's system for Functional Safety requirements to determine the appropriate semiconductor safety level and safety features for Power products.
Define functional safety diagnostics for present & next generation Power Wide-VIN Buck Regulators.
Enable hardware and/or software safety architecture requirements for buck regulators.
Collaborate on functional safety development needs including training materials and reference designs.
Support functional safety related CA/PA (Correct Action/Preventive Action) to address customer issues, returns and questions.
Interpret functional safety standards (e.g. IEC 61508/ISO 26262) from a semiconductor component perspective taking into account system applications (specifically buck regulators).
Work independently to take and/or influence appropriate actions, including at management level, when potential functional safety related execution challenges and/or other issues arise.
Interface with customers and other internal support functions such as Legal, Sales, Marketing, Quality and Product Safety Advisory Team.
Influence appropriate technically driven decisions, including sensitivity and ability to maintain TI’s public image.
Establish strong relationships with key stakeholders critical to success, both internally and externally.