Mr. McGinley has over 25 years of experience as a hardware, software, and systems developer. During that time, he's held roles in product management, requirements engineering, architecture, design, verification, and applications engineering. After starting his career in the telecoms sector focused on high-availability products, he shifted his focus to complex semiconductors for safety-critical applications. He’s led all aspects of safety engineering on products including, application processors, perception sensors (radar, camera, lidar), inertial measurement units, and battery management systems.
Mr. McGinley has held safety leadership positions at both Intel and Analog Devices (ADI), where he has had a decisive impact on shaping the functional safety strategy and business for these industry-leading companies. Indeed, he was the first safety practitioner at Intel, where he was instrumental in their decision to enter the automated driving market, owning all strategic and tactical safety deliverables in those initial days. At ADI, he was the principal safety practitioner, responsible for ensuring strategic programs achieved safety targets.
Mr. McGinley possesses expert knowledge of numerous safety, systems engineering, and quality management standards which he leverages to ensure the effective deployment of safety engineering across organizations. He represents Ireland on ISO/TC 22/SC 32/WG 8 (i.e., ISO 26262 & ISO 21448 working group). He holds a B.Sc. in Physics and an M.Sc. in Software Systems and numerous industry technology certifications.
