Senior Staff Functional Safety Engineer

Infineon Technologies

Infineon Technologies

United States · California, USA · San Francisco, CA, USA · San José Province, San José, Costa Rica
Posted on Mar 11, 2026
#WeAreIn for jobs that impact everyone's life. Bridging needs with innovation - where customer challenges become our next big idea. As a Senior Staff Functional Safety Engineer in our Customer Collaboration and Technical Marketing team, you work hand-in-hand with our customers, enabling them to transform our products into cutting-edge designs, all while building longlasting partnerships that thrive on success. Are you in?

Your Role

Key responsibilities in your new role

Own the technical confirmation measures to prove the product meets its safety requirements through analyses and tests. Main tasks include, but are not limited to:

  • Conduct safety analyses during product development to ensure that the safety-related requirements are achieved
  • The Safety Analysis is conducted by the FS-SE together with the Concept Engineer
  • The support of TCI, HW Design, Layout, Verification, and Qualification at different safety analysis phases is also required

Provide the FS-SE deliverables:

  • Qualitative FTA
  • Quantitative FTA
  • DFA
  • FMEDA
  • HAZOP
  • Base Failure Rate calculations based on industry standards SN29500 and ISO26262-11:2018 4.6.2.1.1 (former IEC TR 62380)
  • Failure Rate and Hardware Architectural Metrics calculation to verify fulfillment of safety requirements
  • Verification review report of FTA, DFA, FMEDA and HAZOP
  • Reviews of safety requirements by review of RDDF Work Products(AA, PRQ, PASC, HWRQ, SWRQ, HWDRQ, SWURQ)
  • Safety Analysis Report & Safety Analysis Summary Report. This covers product HW, SW and firmware (where applicable)

Your Profile

Qualifications And Skills To Help You Succeed

  • Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Electronics, or a related technical field
  • Proven experience in functional safety engineering in automotive and/or semiconductor industries with explicit emphasis on ISO 26262-4, 5, 10, and 11
  • Strong understanding of power electronics, DC-DC converter topologies (e.g., buck converter), and thermal management principles
  • Familiarity with automotive qualification standards (AEC-Q100,AEC-Q200, ISO26262) and design for reliability
  • Experience with various design tools, such as CAD, CAM, CAE,and simulation programs
  • Excellent communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking abilities
  • Ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams and manage projects within defined scope, budget, and timeline

Desired skills:

  • Knowledge of automotive systems architecture, including those for electric and hybrid vehicles, autonomous driving, and ADAS
  • Experience with advanced product quality planning (APQP) and production parts approval process (PPAP) in the automotive industry

#WeAreIn for driving decarbonization and digitalization.

As a global leader in semiconductor solutions in power systems and IoT, Infineon enables game-changing solutions for green and efficient energy, clean and safe mobility, as well as smart and secure IoT. Together, we drive innovation and customer success, while caring for our people and empowering them to reach ambitious goals. Be a part of making life easier, safer and greener.

Are you in?

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Infineon Technologies Americas Corp., is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition, family care status, military or veteran status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal laws.

Employment at Infineon is contingent upon proof of your legal right to work in the United States under applicable law, verification of satisfactory references and successful completion of a background check and drug test, and signing all your on-boarding documents.

In some instances, if applicable, U.S. export control laws require that Infineon obtain a U.S. government export license prior to releasing technologies to certain persons. This offer is contingent upon Infineon's ability to satisfy these export control laws as related to your employment and anticipated job activities. The decision whether or not to submit and/or pursue an export license to satisfy this contingency, if applicable, shall be at Infineon's sole discretion.

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In the United States, it is required to disclose a salary range to applicants. The Wage range that the company expects to pay for a qualified candidate in the United States is:

Minimum of $155,040.00 Salary per year/ Maximum of $213,180.00 Salary per year

In addition, all employees will be eligible to participate in an incentive plan.