Lead Functional Safety Engineer
Core
Lead the functional safety organization to design, verify, and certify AI-native industrial robots for safe human collaboration.
Role type
Lead Functional Safety Engineer (building a safety organization)
Builds
AI-native industrial robots (collaborative arms)
Domain
Robotics / Industrial Automation / Functional Safety
Required skills
ISO 10218, ISO 13849, ISO 12100, IEC 61508, FMEA, FTA, HAZOP, STPA, SISTEMA, hardware schematic reading, firmware architecture review, third-party safety assessment, fault injection testing
Preferred skills
Notified body or NRTL assessor experience, mobile manipulators/AMRs (ANSI/RIA R15.08, ISO 3691-4), safety controller design, startup shipping experience
Technologies
ISO 10218, ISO 13849, ISO 12100, IEC 61508, ANSI/RIA R15.08, ISO 3691-4
Responsibilities
Own the safety case across products including analysis, architecture, and certification plans; act as technical voice toward notified bodies and NRTLs; perform verification on real robots including fault injection; hire and lead functional safety engineers; integrate safety into design reviews from the first sketch
Seniority
Lead, building and managing a team
