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System Safety Engineer, Mining/Industrial

Sunnyvale💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-14 → 2026-09-26

Core

Develop and own machine-level safety cases for autonomous mining vehicle deployments and driverless operations, enabling safe deployment of mining and industrial autonomous systems.

Role type

Senior IC system safety engineer (autonomous heavy machinery)

Builds

Safety cases, safety requirements, and validation strategies for autonomous mining and industrial vehicles

Domain

Autonomous systems / Mining and Industrial equipment

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

ISO 26262 Part 6, HAZOP, FMEA, safety requirement derivation, risk assessment, safety case development, system-level safety analysis, electromechanical system safety, hardware/software/control interaction analysis, verification and validation of safety-critical systems

Preferred skills

ISO 26262 Part 4, HARA, FSC/TSC development, ADAS, autonomous driving systems, ISO 19014, ISO 17757, ISO 13849, IEC 62061, ISO 12100, mining/construction/agricultural/robotics/autonomous vehicle experience, OS/device drivers/platform level safety

Technologies

JAMA, DOORS, Polarion

Responsibilities

Develop and own machine-level safety cases for autonomous mining vehicle deployments; Design and develop hazard identification and risk assessment activities (HAZOP, System FMEA, Functional Failure Analysis, Operational Risk Assessment, Safety Gap Analysis); Derive Machine Safety Requirements (MSRs) for brake-by-wire, steer-by-wire, throttle-by-wire, shift/transmission-by-wire, emergency stop, and autonomous motion control systems; Analyze hazardous machine behavior, failure modes, and fault propagation paths; Collaborate with systems, controls, autonomy, software, hardware, and validation teams to ensure safety requirements are implemented and verified end-to-end; Support machine bring-up, fault injection activities, safety validation, field testing, and site acceptance activities; Review HW FMEDAs, reliability analyses, and fault detection mechanisms; Support customer safety reviews, regulator discussions, operational readiness reviews, and deployment sign-offs.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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