Automotive Functional Safety Architect – Silicon, SoC/NPU/AI Accelerators

September 10

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Axelera AI

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Artificial Intelligence • Hardware • Enterprise

Axelera AI is a leading provider of AI hardware acceleration technology tailored for generative AI and computer vision inference. The company offers advanced AI processing units designed to integrate seamlessly into innovations, focused on delivering high-performance, cost-effective, and energy-efficient AI solutions. Axelera AI's flagship product, the Metis AI Processing Unit, accelerates inference at the edge, making it ideal for applications like video analysis and multi-channel video analytics. The company is recognized for its deep tech innovations and is actively contributing to the advancement of AI by providing state-of-the-art AI acceleration capabilities for edge computing.

51 - 200 employees

Founded 2021

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🔧 Hardware

🏢 Enterprise

📋 Description

• Define and own the ISO 26262-compliant safety architecture for AI-enabled SoCs (ASIL B to D), focusing on chip-level implementation • Work with RTL and SoC architects to integrate fault-tolerant safety mechanisms, including ECC, lockstep, BIST, watchdogs, and other diagnostic features • Lead HARA, FMEDA, FTA, and DFA across hardware and system levels to support robust diagnostic coverage and compliance • Develop and validate technical and functional safety concepts, including requirements allocation, safety goals, and system-level safety paths • Partner with internal hardware, software, and systems teams to ensure safety requirements are implemented and validated across the stack • Act as technical lead in partner and customer engagements, including participation in European automotive consortia • Support external audits and liaise with certification bodies for ISO 26262 and SOTIF compliance • Incorporate ISO/SAE 21434 and ISO/PAS 21448 (SOTIF) standards into architecture and development for AI/ML-based systems • Contribute to and review the safety case, safety plan, safety manual, and traceability artifacts • Help define and enhance internal safety development processes, methodologies, and tooling infrastructure

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in semiconductor functional safety, specifically ISO 26262-compliant silicon development (ASIL B–D) • Strong hands-on expertise in hardware-level safety architecture, RTL fault detection, and diagnostic mechanism design • Proficiency in safety analysis methods such as FMEDA, HARA, FTA, and DFA • Experience interacting with functional safety assessors and certification bodies • Familiarity with SoC design workflows, verification flows, and embedded safety IP • Strong communication skills to lead external technical discussions with partners, customers, and auditors • Preferred: Experience with NPU/AI accelerator or high-performance computing silicon • Preferred: Working knowledge of ISO/SAE 21434 (cybersecurity) and SOTIF (ISO/PAS 21448) • Preferred: Background in AI/ML-based automotive applications (perception, autonomous systems) • Preferred: Experience using safety tooling such as Medini Analyze, Ansys, or proprietary FMEDA tools • Preferred: Participation in industry consortia or regulatory working groups

🏖️ Benefits

• Attractive compensation package • Pension plan • Extensive employee insurances • Option to get company shares • Flexible working arrangement (work from office or fully remotely within Europe; relocation option) • Open culture that supports creativity and continual innovation • Collaborative ownership and freedom with responsibility