Principal Robotics Functional Safety Engineer
Core
Lead functional safety strategy and compliance for complex humanoid and mobile robotic systems from architecture through deployment.
Role type
Principal Robotics Functional Safety Engineer
Builds
Safety-critical robotic platforms (humanoids, mobile robots) for warehouse, manufacturing, and distribution environments
Domain
Robotics, Functional Safety, Industrial Automation
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Functional safety lifecycle management, risk assessment, safety requirement specification, FMEDA, SISTEMA analysis, validation planning, third-party vendor management, regulatory compliance (ISO 13849, IEC 61508, ANSI/RIA R15.08), cross-functional coordination, safety architecture design for AI/ML features
Preferred skills
TUV Functional Safety certification, safety firmware implementation, field deployment experience, CE marking support, SOTIF (ISO 21448), AI functional safety standards (ISO/IEC TS 22440), industrial mobile robot safety expertise, mentoring senior engineers
Technologies
SISTEMA, ISO 13849, IEC 61508, ANSI/RIA R15.08, ISO 10218, ISO 21448, ISO/IEC TS 22440
Responsibilities
Lead functional safety efforts from concept through deployment ensuring compliance with machinery directive and mobile robot standards; Drive architecture-level safety decisions balancing performance and risk; Create and maintain core safety deliverables including risk assessments and safety cases; Collaborate cross-functionally to define and validate safety-critical requirements for hardware and software; Support customer deployments ensuring safe integration; Oversee third-party vendors for verification and validation activities; Coordinate with compliance team on electrical and environmental regulations; Help design and validate functional safety architecture for AI and ML enabled features; Mentor engineers across the functional safety team
Seniority
Principal, strategy & mentorship
