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Senior Staff Functional Systems Safety Engineer - Robot Safety

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Job Summary

Lead functional safety architecture and hazard mitigation for 1X humanoid robots, ensuring safety requirements are defined, implemented, validated, and operationalized as the systems scale. Drive functional safety frameworks across robot hardware, autonomy, controls, and operational systems, perform hazard analysis (FMEA, fault-tree, risk assessment), and develop safety mechanisms including fault detection, redundancy, and fail-safe behaviors. Partner across autonomy, controls, hardware, software, manufacturing, and operations.

Location: United States

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering

Key Responsibilities

•Lead the development of functional safety architectures, hazard mitigation strategies, and systems-level safety engineering practices for 1X humanoid robots.
•Define and implement scalable functional safety frameworks across robot hardware, autonomy, controls, and operational systems.
•Conduct hazard analysis including FMEA, fault-tree analysis, and risk assessment across integrated robotics platforms.
•Partner cross-functionally with Autonomy, Controls, Hardware, Software, Manufacturing, and Operations to embed safety requirements throughout the system lifecycle.
•Develop and validate safety mechanisms, fault detection systems, redundancy strategies, and operational fail-safe behaviors; improve deployment readiness through rigorous safety testing and governance.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 170,000 - 259,000 annually

Equity and Bonus:Equity

Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionPaid Leave401kParental Leave

Key Requirements

•10+ years of experience in functional safety, robotics safety, autonomous systems, aerospace, automotive, industrial automation, or related safety-critical engineering fields.
•Experience designing and implementing functional safety architectures for complex integrated systems.
•Strong understanding of safety standards such as ISO 13849, IEC 61508, ISO 26262, IEC 62061, or equivalent frameworks.
•Experience working with robotics systems, controls systems, embedded systems, or autonomous platforms.
•Bachelor’s degree in Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related technical field.

Experience:10+ yearsRoboticsAutonomous systemsAerospaceAutomotiveIndustrial automation

Education:Bachelor's

Skills:Technical communicationCross-functional leadershipSystems-level thinkingDriving ambiguous initiativesBuilder mindset

Tech Stack:Functional safetySystems safetyRobotics safetyFMEAFault-tree analysisHARASTPAISO 13849IEC 61508ISO 26262IEC 62061Fault detectionRedundancyFault-tolerant systemsSafety testingSafety validationAutonomy stacksPerception systemsMotion planningControls engineering

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