Functional Safety Technical Leader (Hybrid)

Cisco
Austin
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 139,200 - 201,400 annuallyFunction: Administration & Executive AssistanceExperience: 8+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Leadership","Cross-functional collaboration"]

Lead functional safety for Cisco’s power engineering platform, guiding efforts from early architecture through certification and production release. Build and execute functional safety management plans to meet applicable safety requirements. Partner across hardware, embedded, software, mechanical, thermal, test, supply chain, manufacturing, quality, and customer support teams to ensure compliance and successful delivery for fault-managed power systems.

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Functional Safety Technical Leader (Hybrid)

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Job Summary

Lead functional safety for Cisco’s power engineering platform, guiding efforts from early architecture through certification and production release. Build and execute functional safety management plans to meet applicable safety requirements. Partner across hardware, embedded, software, mechanical, thermal, test, supply chain, manufacturing, quality, and customer support teams to ensure compliance and successful delivery for fault-managed power systems.
Location: Austin
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance

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 applicable functional safety requirements.
  • •Partner with engineering teams across hardware, embedded, software, mechanical, thermal, and test to ensure functional safety success.
  • •Collaborate with supply chain, manufacturing, quality, and customer support teams to support compliance and delivery.
  • •Guide work through functional safety reviews, supplier evidence reviews, audits, assessments, or certification activities.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 139,200 - 201,400 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision401kPaid ParentalDisabilityLife InsurancePaid Holidays

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering with 8+ years of experience, or Master’s with 6+ years, or PhD with 3+ years of 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.
  • •Apply safety analysis methods such as FMEA, FMEDA, FTA, DFA, HARA, dependent failure analysis, fault injection planning, or reliability assessment.
  • •Experience defining or reviewing safety mechanisms for fault detection, diagnostics, fault isolation, redundancy, safe-state behavior, or hardware-software interfaces.
Experience:8+ yearsSafety-critical systemsHardwareSemiconductorPower engineeringEmbedded systems
Education:Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering
Skills:LeadershipCross-functional collaboration
Tech Stack:IEC 61508ISO 26262IEC 62368UL 1400-1FMEAFMEDAFTADFAHARAFault injection planning

Company Brief

Cisco
Global technology company that designs, manufactures, and sells networking hardware, telecommunications equipment, and high-technology services and products for enterprises, service providers, and governments worldwide.
Industry: Networking Equipment
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: San Jose, United States
Founded: 1984
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