Sr Functional Safety HDE, Last Mile Delivery Automation

Amazon is seeking a Hardware Functional Safety Engineer to define and guide the design of safety-critical hardware and controls for autonomous delivery vehicles. This role will establish the functional safety architecture and requirements across vehicle controls autonomy compute sensing actuation power communications and diagnostics. The preferred candidate will have demonstrated experience developing embedded control systems performing hardware safety analyses applying automotive functional safety standards and working with internal engineering teams and external vehicle autonomy and technology partners.

Key job responsibilities
Functional Safety Architecture: Define and guide the design of safety-critical vehicle hardware embedded controls and autonomy interfaces.

Hazard and Risk Analysis: Perform hazard assessments and safety analyses across vehicle autonomy and supporting systems.

Safety Requirements: Develop safety plans safety concepts functional and technical safety requirements and verification and validation plans.

Hardware Safety Design: Define safety mechanisms diagnostics redundancy degraded operating modes and safe-state behaviors for safety-critical hardware.

Safety Analysis: Perform qualitative and quantitative analyses including FMEA FMEDA FTA and dependent failure analysis.

Standards Application: Apply automotive functional safety standards throughout the development lifecycle and guide engineering teams on required processes and work products.

Cross-Company Collaboration: Work with internal teams and external autonomy vehicle and technology partners from concept through integration testing validation and deployment.

Verification and Validation: Develop and review functional specifications design verification plans test procedures and safety evidence.

Program Execution: Drive safety issues to closure and ensure systems can be manufactured deployed operated and maintained safely.

Safety Assurance: Ensure systems comply with applicable automotive and autonomous-vehicle safety standards including ISO 26262 ISO 21448 and UL 4600.

- Experience in developing functional specifications design verification plans and functional test procedures

- Masters degree in electrical engineering computer engineering or equivalent
- Experience working with interdisciplinary teams to execute product design from concept to production
- Experience with the project management of technical projects

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees supervisors and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees supervisors and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal state and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies exercise sound judgment effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism and safeguard business operations and the Companys reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at CA SANTA CLARA - 157900.00 - 213600.00 USD annually
USA WA Bellevue - 137300.00 - 185700.00 USD annually