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Functional Safety Engineer

Job ID 2025-14247 Date posted 12/06/2025 Location Cambridge, United Kingdom Category Security
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Functional Safety Engineer

You will join an expert and motivated team responsible for crafting the next generation of Automotive and Industrial Architectures using cutting edge technologies, like AI, Chiplets, Quantum, etc. The role requires working on the HW and SW Architectures Safety Concept and Analysis for Automotive and Industrial applications in a dependability context, considering the impact of system attributes like Safety, Cybersecurity, Reliability, Availability, and Real-Time. You will use industry-standard coordinated design and analysis tools to conduct a comprehensive set of inductive and deductive, qualitative, and quantitative safety analyses and technology investigations.

Responsibilities:

  • Implement the Safety Analysis activities on the automotive and industrial HW, SW, System Architectures.
  • Contribute to exploration, continuous improvement, and standardization of methodologies; evaluation of new tools and proposal of new creative practices to enable efficient application and adoption of safety processes.
  • Deliver high-quality documentation, i.e., reports and work products, according to industry standards, groundbreaking methodologies, tools, and templates.
  • Get familiar with Functional Safety Standards and contribute to methods and processes used by the CT FuSa Team.

Required Skills and Experience:

  • A Master in Electronics or Computer Science or similar (PhD or relevant experience in industry would be a plus!).
  • Design and Verification of embedded electronics systems, HW and SW architectures, with experience of HDL languages, i.e. Verilog, VHDL and programming languages, i.e. Assembler, C, C++, Python.
  • Experienced with authoring and reviewing high-level quality documentation.
  • Strong interpersonal skills to convey sophisticated technical information efficiently.
  • We seek enthusiasm and flexibility; you are hardworking with a real passion for enabling others to succeed.

“Nice To Have”:

  • Experience in Cybersecurity technology projects (Plus!).
  • Experience in the development of ML/AI applications using state-of-the-art toolchains, i.e. Pytorch, TensorFlow (Plus!).
  • Experience with HW and SW Architecture Modelling. Model-Based System Engineering, ISO 15288, MagicGrid Framework, SysML 2.0 (Plus!).
  • Exposure and familiarity with Reliability methodologies.
  • Knowledge of automotive platforms for AD, ADAS, IVI, Digital Cockpit, SoC Architectures. 
  • Exposure to Safety Critical solutions and applications

In Return:

We offer a competitive reward package including healthcare and wellness support. In addition, there are other benefits such as a supplementary pension, and 25 days annual leave (with an option to buy an additional 5 days per year).

You will be working at the Arm HQ in Cambridge, and you will have plenty of opportunities in an evolving organization that is currently enabling the AI technological revolution in the mobile, infrastructure, industrial, and automotive domains.

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Arm is an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal opportunities are available to all applicants and colleagues. We are a diverse organization of dedicated and innovative individuals, and don’t discriminate on the basis of any characteristic.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Accommodations at Arm

At Arm, we want to build extraordinary teams. If you need an adjustment or an accommodation during the recruitment process, please email accommodations@arm.com. To note, by sending us the requested information, you consent to its use by Arm to arrange for appropriate accommodations. All accommodation or adjustment requests will be treated with confidentiality, and information concerning these requests will only be disclosed as necessary to provide the accommodation. Although this is not an exhaustive list, examples of support include breaks between interviews, having documents read aloud, or office accessibility. Please email us about anything we can do to accommodate you during the recruitment process.

Hybrid Working at Arm

Arm’s approach to hybrid working is designed to create a working environment that supports both high performance and personal wellbeing. We believe in bringing people together face to face to enable us to work at pace, whilst recognizing the value of flexibility. Within that framework, we empower groups/teams to determine their own hybrid working patterns, depending on the work and the team’s needs. Details of what this means for each role will be shared upon application. In some cases, the flexibility we can offer is limited by local legal, regulatory, tax, or other considerations, and where this is the case, we will collaborate with you to find the best solution. Please talk to us to find out more about what this could look like for you.

Equal Opportunities at Arm

Arm is an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal opportunities are available to all applicants and colleagues. We are a diverse organization of dedicated and innovative individuals, and don’t discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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