Functional Safety Systems, Senior Engineer
Bangalore, IndiaPosted Jul 23, 2026
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Company:
Qualcomm India Private Limited
## Job Area:
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware Engineering
General Summary:
As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives digital transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all. As a Qualcomm Hardware Engineer, you will plan, design, optimize, verify, and test electronic systems, bring-up yield, circuits, mechanical systems, Digital/Analog/RF/optical systems, equipment and packaging, test systems, FPGA, and/or DSP systems that launch cutting-edge, world class products. Qualcomm Hardware Engineers collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop solutions and meet performance requirements.
Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
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Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 1+ year of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field.
We are seeking engineers with experience in system software and device level functional safety concepts and implementations. This position will be a hands-on role in leading Functional Safety concepts and requirements in existing and next generation ADAS/Autonomy systems offered by Qualcomm, while optimizing and exercising the full capability of the Qualcomm Snapdragon platform.
Responsibilities shall include the following
* Responsibilities will include leading functional safety related activities for stack development and ensure ISO 26262 compliance with respect to SW architecture, development processes, and work products.
* Communicates and coordinates FuSa topics within the project(s).
* Conduct and support safety analyses (e.g. HARA, FMEA, FTA, HAZOP) and identify areas of improvement.
* Creates documentation and artifacts according ISO26262 (e.g. FSC, TSC, Safety Case)
* Ensures proper requirements management and traceability (Safety)
* Ensures the adherence to SW safety methods & metrics
* Working with vendors and partners to ensure functional safety requirements are fulfilled by the components that they provide
* Work with internal and external functional safety assessors to ensure compliance with ISO 26262
* Basic SOTIF understanding
Minimum Qualifications
* Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
* 4+ years Systems, Software, and Safety Engineering in auto Industry.
* Collaborative work experience with good communication skills involving customers, vendors, and internal development teams.
* Structured problem-solving capability and ability to work with teams on root cause analyses.
Preferred Qualifications
* 3+ years Automotive experience and familiarity with Safety work products, experience with Functional Safety Software systems development in auto industry meeting IS0 26262 standards.
* Knowledge and experience in the development of ECUs for the automotive industry
* Hands on Requirements Management Tools and establishing traceability for functional safety requirements e.g. DOORS, etc.
* Knowledge and understanding of ISO26262 (Concept, System, SW)
* Knowledge in ASPICE, safety analyses and requirements management
* Experience in automotive or other safety related industries (e.g. aviation)
* Hands on with ALM tools like CodeBeamer is preferred.
* Expertise with Failure Modes and Effect Analysis (FMEA) and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
* Basic SOTIF understanding with RRA, STPA experience
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