Functional Safety (FuSa) Engineer - Bucharest, Romania, United States
About the role
This role is for a Functional Safety (FuSa) Engineer to drive safety across silicon, hardware, and software for perception systems deployed in safety-critical robotics and automation. You will own safety work products from concept through certification.
What you'll do
- Lead functional safety activities per ISO 26262 across the product lifecycle.
- Develop safety concepts, HARA, FMEA/FMEDA, and FTA.
- Define and allocate safety requirements across silicon, hardware, and software.
- Collaborate with design teams to implement safety mechanisms and achieve diagnostic coverage.
- Support safety validation, verification, and audits.
- Maintain safety work products and documentation for certification.
What you'll need
- BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- 5+ years in functional safety for automotive, industrial, or robotics systems.
- Working knowledge of ISO 26262 and/or IEC 61508.
- Experience with safety analyses (HARA, FMEA, FMEDA, FTA).
- Ability to derive and manage safety requirements across hardware and software.
- Strong systems thinking and cross-functional collaboration.
Nice to have
- ASIL-D hardware or software development experience.
- Semiconductor/SoC safety (safety island, diagnostics, lockstep) experience.
- SOTIF (ISO 21448) and/or cybersecurity (ISO 21434) awareness.
- Certified Functional Safety Engineer (or equivalent).
- Robotics, LiDAR, or autonomous systems background.
Skills: ISO 26262, HARA, FMEA/FMEDA, safety mechanisms, ASIL-D
This role has been open 1 day — well below the 58-day median for Automotive/Functional Safety Engineering roles.
Automotive/Functional Safety Engineering · Automotive Safety
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Open roles in category
115
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Median days open
58 d
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Median salary
$260k
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| Metric | Lyte AI | All employers we track in this specialty (115 roles · 25 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 115 |
| Median days open | 1 d | 58 d (−57 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $260k |
Skills observed across this category: ISO 26262, HARA, FMEA/FMEDA, safety mechanisms, ASIL-D
Who's hiring in this category
- NXP Semiconductors · 23 open roles · median 57 d
- NVIDIA · 14 open roles · median 49 d
- Qualcomm · 13 open roles · median 94 d
- Arm Holdings · 10 open roles · median 56 d
- Infineon Technologies · 9 open roles · median 23 d
- Mobileye · 9 open roles · median 37 d
How we counted: 115 open Automotive/Functional Safety Engineering (Automotive Safety) roles from 25 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 18 Sept 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Figures refresh nightly.