Cristiano Novello

Cristiano Novello is an experienced functional safety expert currently serving as Senior Principal Functional Safety Manager at Cadence Design Systems since August 2024. Previously, Cristiano held the role of Principal Functional Safety Manager at indie Semiconductor from February 2023 to August 2024, and prior to that, served as Senior Manager of Quality and Functional Safety at Synopsys Inc, leading the Functional Safety Methodology and Assessment group for the IP business. Additional roles include Functional Safety Architect at MELEXIS and Senior Functional Safety Application Engineer at Infineon Technologies, where responsibilities encompassed designing solutions for automotive products and providing technical support for customers. Cristiano's educational background includes a Master’s degree in Electronics from Università degli Studi di Trieste and a Classical Maturità from Liceo Classico S.Bernardino da Siena. Skills include FMEDA, fault injection methodologies, and various design and verification processes within the automotive sector.