- Job title
- Senior Industrial Functional Safety Engineer
- Job location
- San Francisco, CA, US / Remote (US; DE)
- Job description
- We are seeking a **Senior Functional Safety Engineer** to join our team and lead customer-facing engagements across the safety and compliance lifecycle. The ideal candidate brings hands-on experience in functional safety engineering, risk assessment, and certification, and can provide both technical expertise and structured leadership in achieving certification outcomes. Candidates **must** have experience in industrial functional safety, **not just automotive**, and **should** have a relevant TÜV or similar certification.
### Responsibilities
* **Lead Safety Cases & Risk Assessments**\
Drive the development and execution of safety cases across robotics, automotive, and industrial applications. Collaborate with customers to evaluate hazards, conduct risk analyses, and define mitigation strategies.
* **Certification Enablement**\
Support customer certification efforts to meet requirements for UL, CE, FCC, and other global conformity marks. Apply standards-based approaches across domains, including:
* **Machinery/Robotics:** ISO 12100, ISO 10218-1/-2, ISO 13849-1/-2
* **Functional Safety / EMC:** IEC 61508, IEC 61010-1, IEC 62368
* **Tools, Templates, and Methods**\
Develop and maintain checklists, templates, and structured methods for evaluating hardware and software against safety and compliance requirements.
* **Lifecycle Leadership**\
Bring proven experience leading safety and compliance initiatives end-to-end — from hazard analysis to functional safety concept definition, requirements management, and verification/validation activities.
* **Collaboration & Integration**\
Work with internal teams to build datasets, workflows, and safety engineering knowledge into the Saphira platform for scalable use across customer projects.
### Qualifications
* 5+ years of experience in functional safety engineering or safety consulting.
* Strong knowledge of international safety standards and certification processes across robotics, automotive, or related industries.
* Demonstrated experience leading safety case development and certification initiatives.
* Proficiency with safety and requirements management tools (e.g., DOORS, Polarion) and analysis methods (FMEA, FMEDA, FTA, HARA).
* Ability to navigate ambiguity and balance trade-offs while ensuring compliance with applicable standards.
* Excellent communication skills and experience working directly with customers or external certification partners.