Cisco

Actively Hiring

Functional Safety Engineer

Ann Arbor, USA

Full-time

Role Overview

Lead Cisco's development of functional safety processes, from early architecture through certification and production release.

About Cisco

At Cisco, we're revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era - and beyond. We've been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds.

Key Responsibilities

Lead Cisco's development of functional safety processes, from early architecture through certification and production release.
Develop and execute a functional safety management plan to ensure compliance with functional safety requirements applicable to our hardware platform.
Partner with hardware, embedded, software, mechanical, thermal, and test engineering teams, as well as supply chain, manufacturing, quality, and customer support teams to ensure success.

Requirements & Eligibility

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering and 8+ years of experience
Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering and 6+ years of experience
PhD in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering + 3 years in system level development
Experience leading functional safety planning and execution for hardware, semiconductor, embedded, power, or similar safety-critical systems
Experience developing and executing functional safety management plans
Experience applying safety analysis methods such as FMEA, FMEDA, FTA, DFA, HARA, dependent failure analysis, fault injection planning, or reliability assessment

Required Skills & Tech

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