Category Engineering Hire Type Employee Job ID 12239 Remote Eligible No Date Posted 17/07/2025
Our Silicon IP business is all about integrating more capabilities into an SoC—faster. We offer the world’s broadest portfolio of silicon IP—predesigned blocks of logic, memory, interfaces, analog, security, and embedded processors. All to help customers integrate more capabilities. Meet unique performance, power, and size requirements of their target applications. And get differentiated products to market quickly with reduced risk.
We're looking for a Functional Safety / Cybersecurity Manager to join our IP team.
We're looking for a Functional Safety / Cybersecurity Manager to join our IP team.
Synopsys is seeking a Functional Safety / Cybersecurity Manager whose primary mandate is to ensure that Synopsys Automotive IPs comply with ISO 26262 and related standards for automotive functional safety and reliability. In addition, this person is to ensure compliance with ISO21434. This position will work globally with internal development teams and external customers to ensure conformance to related quality, functional safety, automotive reliability, and cybersecurity requirements.
The Automotive Functional Safety / Cybersecurity Manager is responsible for:
- Management of all Work Products listed in the project Safety Plan / Cybersecurity Plan
- Management of Work Products derived from those requirements at all product lifecycle levels (Concept, Architectural and HW levels)
- Coordination of internal development teams and automotive customers to ensure functional safety / Cybersecurity compliance
- Coordination with product teams to evaluate customer requirements related to quality, functional safety, cybersecurity, and automotive reliability
- Coordination with the Functional Safety / Cybersecurity and internal development teams on projects and task planning, progress tracking and reporting
- Participation in quality, functional safety, and Cybersecurity reviews and provide reports
- Maintenance and enhancement of functional safety / cybersecurity methods and templates
Key Qualifications
- Must have BSEE in EE with 10+ years of relevant experience or MSEE with 8+ years of relevant experience
- Knowledge of one or more of protocols: DDR / PCIE / UCIE
- Solid Working Understanding of semiconductor development flows (digital design background advantageous)
- Formal training in ISO 26262
- Working knowledge of ISO21434
- PMP highly desirable
- Experience with various ISO 26262 work products (Hardware focus) such as Technical Safety Concept; Safety Plan; FMEA Analysis; FMEDA Analysis; Dependent Fault Analysis; Safety Manual; Safety Case
- Experience as a Functional Safety Manager in safety critical applications with solid understanding of hardware development (at the IP level) and functional lifecycle management
- Experience in qualifying systems with embedded hardware (at the IP level) to various ISO 26262 ASIL levels up to ASIL D
- Proficient in English
- Working knowledge of JAMA / Doors / or similar
- Working understanding of automotive reliability standards such as AEC Q100 is an advantage
- Working understanding of quality standards such as ISO 9001 or IATF 16949 is an advantage
At Synopsys, we want talented people of every background to feel valued and supported to do their best work. Synopsys considers all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, military veteran status, or disability.