VLSI Functional Safety Hardware Architect

About the role

Envision Employment Solutions is recruiting a VLSI Functional Safety Hardware Architect for a partner IT services and IT consulting company. The role defines and builds the safety mechanisms inside complex ASICs and SoCs, turning ISO 26262 requirements into RTL that is traceable, verifiable and ready for certification, acting as the bridge between the functional safety team and the chip designers.

Key responsibilities

• Contribute to SoC architecture definition, subsystem design and RTL microarchitecture
• Design and integrate functional safety mechanisms at RTL and SoC level in line with ISO 26262 and target ASIL levels
• Translate safety requirements into RTL and keep traceability through implementation and verification
• Configure, integrate and customise internal, third-party and black-box IPs
• Create and maintain IP-level documentation covering safety requirements, mechanisms, diagnostics, assumptions and integration constraints
• Support fault analysis, safety reviews and functional safety work products throughout the lifecycle
• Collaborate with safety, verification, design and system teams, considering SoC-to-PCB interactions

Required profile

• 10+ years of experience in ASIC and/or SoC development
• Practical experience applying ISO 26262 and ASIL requirements in semiconductor development
• Experience implementing and documenting safety mechanisms such as redundancy, fault detection and safety monitoring
• Solid experience with IP integration, configuration and customisation
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

Required skills

• Strong hands-on RTL design in Verilog and SystemVerilog
• Knowledge of ARM and/or RISC-V, AXI and NoC interconnects
• Understanding of hardware-software interaction and board-level considerations