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Functional Safety Technical Leader (Hybrid)

Cisco · Austin, Texas, US · On-site

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About the role

The Cisco Common Hardware Group (CHG) is growing its next-generation power engineering team. You'll join industry-leading innovators in the field of Fault Managed Power (FMP) to redefine how DC power is distributed in buildings and datacenters in the AI era. We firmly believe that efficiency, reliability, and above all, safety is the cornerstone of power delivery systems. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • 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
  • Experience applying safety analysis methods such as FMEA, FMEDA, FTA, DFA, HARA, dependent failure analysis, fault injection planning, or reliability assessment
More about this role

The application window is expected to close on: 11/28/2026

The Cisco Common Hardware Group (CHG) is growing its next-generation power engineering team. You'll join industry-leading innovators in the field of Fault Managed Power (FMP) to redefine how DC power is distributed in buildings and datacenters in the AI era. We firmly believe that efficiency, reliability, and above all, safety is the cornerstone of power delivery systems. Because full product development—from design to qualification to production—is within our team, we’re able to think differently, experiment more, and work quickly. Join us to power the future of the digital world.

  • 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 functional safety requirements applicable to our hardware platform.
  • Partner with hardware, embedded, software, mechanical, thermal, and test engineering teams, as well as supply chain, manufacturing, quality, and customer support teams to ensure success.
  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering and 8+...

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