Lead Safety Engineer, Robotics

Job summary

Responsibilities

We are seeking a Lead Robotics Safety Engineer to define and lead the product safety strategy for our robotics program. You will work closely with leadership, engineering, research, legal, and policy teams to ensure safety is integrated into our products from the earliest stages of development…

• Define and lead the product safety strategy for robotic systems across the development lifecycle.
• Monitor and influence emerging regulatory frameworks, industry standards, and policy developments relevant to robotics and autonomous systems.
• Partner with engineering teams to translate safety requirements into product architecture, design decisions, and engineering requirements.
• Develop and maintain system-level hazard analyses, risk assessments, and safety cases for robotic products.
• Establish safety requirements, verification strategies, and evidence-generation plans to support product development and future certification activities.

What they're looking for

• Deep expertise in product safety, functional safety, systems safety, robotics safety, or related disciplines.
• Experience working with safety and regulatory frameworks such as ISO 10218, ISO 13849, IEC 61508, ISO 12100, ANSI/RIA standards, or comparable safety standards.
• Experience developing hazard analyses, risk assessments, safety cases, or certification strategies for complex electromechanical systems.
• Familiarity with robotics, autonomous systems, industrial equipment, consumer products, medical devices, automotive systems, aerospace systems, or other safety-critical…
• Experience working with regulators, standards organizations, certification bodies, or industry working groups.