Automotive Senior Functional Safety Specialist M/f/d jobs at Red Hat in Spain, Sabadell

You can find more information about the technology here:

• Automotive SIG (https://sigs.centos.org/automotive/)

• CentOS Automotive SIG Announces New AutoSD Distro

What you will do

• Collaborate with a team to safety certify the platform for Red Hat’s first ever offering of Linux in cars

• Create and adapt Red Hat’s innovative functional safety life cycle

• Conduct assessments of software products

• Collaborate with internal and external assessors to ensure achievement of functional safety

• Conduct reviews to monitor the execution of the processes required for functional safety

• Perform safety impact assessments of software updates, bugs, and key performance indicator changes

• Coach and mentor others to increase functional safety competency

• Support the engineering teams for the functional safety life cycle activities

• Bring your experience with automotive functional safety to discussions about software development and release processes

What you will bring

• Previous experience conducting or assessing against international safety-related standards, e.g. ISO26262 (preferred) certification or other (IEC 61508, DO-178C)

• Previous experience conducting or assessing against international quality-standards for the automotive sector, e.g. IATF 16949, ISO / IEC 33000, CMMI, Automotive SPICE

• Experience with agile software development process, focused on short development cycles with demonstrable progress, and continuous planning with a team of peers

• Solid written and verbal communication skills in English

• Familiarity with Linux and modern operating systems concepts

The following are considered a plus:

• Involvement in open source communities and understanding of how open source and free software communities work

• Experience working as an RPM package maintainer

• Experience with continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD)

• Certified competence in functional safety

• Certified competence in Quality Management

• 5+ years of experience conducting assessments of software against ISO 26262

What you will do:

• Proactively monitor the maintenance of all IT-related systems

• Coordinate troubleshooting of frontline issues in the communications room and with the deployed audiovisual equipment

• Platform management to include video conferencing, digital signage, and print infrastructures

• Communicate with internal and external stakeholders on problem resolution

• Serve as a key technical engineering point of contact for office projects, including new offices, moves, expansions, refits, and integrations of company acquisitions

• Interpret customer needs to help develop comprehensive AV solutions

• Hardware procurement related to office IT build outs for office moves and expansions, as well as ongoing maintenance of office infrastructure

• Provide feedback on, and contribute to new office build standards

• Designer, integrator and support vendor management

What you will bring:

• Effective written and verbal skills in English

• Effective communication skills with technical and non-technical audiences

• Proven expertise in an IT hardware support role, working in a technical area and interacting with customers and executives

• An understanding of AV infrastructure as well as audio and video control systems such as Crestron, Kramer and Extron

• Some experience with IT communications room architecture, IP networks, switching and routing and physical network cabling infrastructure, AV infrastructure, and printing tools

• Experience in IT industry with a multi-platform background including Mac and Windows

• Proven record of experience working with external technology vendors in project execution

• Knowledge of the systems used in Audiovisual solutions Unified Communications (UC) platforms such as Google Meet, Cisco WebEx, Zoom, Slack

• Proactive and driven in your work.

• Experience in establishing priorities, working independently, and execution of objectives without supervision

• attention to details

• Ability to handle multiple tasks / projects at once

Nice to have:

• Experience in signal extension such as HDBaseT, AV-over-IP and Dante

• Working knowledge of AV/IT monitoring software

• Experience in configuring audio DSP equipment

• Working knowledge in Python scripting and automation

What will you do:

• Provide legal support for the quickly growing business of Red Hat in Europe, Middle East and Africa, Italy is one of Red Hat’s major markets in EMEA and will be one of the focus countries/regions (including the public sector business)

• Be responsible for the negotiation of Open Source software related contracts, including software licensing and software maintenance agreements; consulting agreements; reseller, distributor, cloud, hosting, OEM and other partner agreements

• Be responsible for the negotiation of supply agreements for the growing demand of our procurement team

• Educate customers about open source licensing and Red Hat’s subscription business model

• Design the deals with view to revenue recognition principles, support and coach sales-teams on deal structure and contract negotiations

• be the central point of contact for the roll-out of any new and updated agreements (including liaising with external counsel and translators)

• Act as interface between Sales, Operations and Finance

• Coordinate with management, as appropriate, to ensure any and all contractual matters are handled in a timely, efficient, and cost-effective manner and to ensure that processes and procedures will be developed and applied consistently

• Serve as a point of contact for legal, intellectual property and policy issues for Red Hat EMEA executives

• Serve as a trusted advisor and business partner by providing counsel and guidance for the accomplishment of overall business objectives of Red Hat, such as fostering a culture of innovation, while ensuring full compliance with applicable laws and regulations and avoiding unacceptable risks. Develop a thorough understanding of and familiarity with Red Hat's business, its people, products, technology, markets, facilities, customers and competitors to identify trends and formulate strategies accordingly

• Participate in region-specific Legal initiatives and cross-regional projects

What will you bring:

• Master degree in law, preferably with an Italian legal qualification

• The ideal candidate is admitted to the national bar or holds an equivalent qualification

• 5+ years of professional experience as an attorney/in-house lawyer, including substantial commercial transactional experience

• Knowledge of the Italian public sector business would be a plus

• Willingness to relocate to one of the above Red Hat offices, willingness to travel from time to time

• Excellent communication skills. Ability to speak, write and negotiate fluently in English, and Italian

• Excellent oral and written communication skills; acute attention to detail; excellent analytical abilities

• Ability to work independently, prioritize and execute flawlessly on multiple concurrent and often competing deliverables, whilst managing expectations of the business and meeting deadlines

• Outstanding interpersonal skills, including diplomacy and flexibility, and the ability to interface effectively and engender trust and confidence with personnel at many different levels

• Ability to work as a team member of the legal department in a scalable and accountable manner

• Demonstrating flexibility and autonomy

• Enthusiasm and "self-starter" qualities enabling him or her to manage responsibilities with an appropriate sense of urgency; desire “to make things happen”

• Exposure to a US based company and understanding of the cultural nuances would be a plus