As Functional Safety Engineering Lead, you will own the implementation of our functional safety strategy end-to-end — from hazard analysis through certification — across our robotics platforms. You start as the core owner of the function: building it from the ground up, with the mandate to grow and lead a team as we scale. You'll work directly with our hardware, software, and systems teams, integrate the safety-relevant work of external experts and solution vendors, into one coherent and category-leading safety architecture. You will also represent us to certification bodies, safety auditors, and join ISO technical committees shaping the emerging safety standards for humanoid robots.
Key Responsibilities:
Own HARA activities across our robotic platforms, from early concept through production.
Define and allocate safety requirements across hardware, software, and mechanical systems, including subsystems and components sourced from external vendors.
Build and maintain the safety case, safety plan, and safety manual in line with the relevant standard(s) (e.g., ISO 26262, IEC 61508, ISO 13849) and the emerging humanoid-/AI-specific standards we help shape, including ISO 25785 and ISO 22440.
Lead FMEA/FMEDA, fault tree analysis (FTA), and other safety analysis activities.
Work intensively with external functional safety experts and solution vendors to integrate their safety-relevant deliverables (components, subsystems, analyses) into our overall safety suite and development lifecycle.
Actively contribute to the development of emerging humanoid robot safety standards — in particular ISO 25785 and ISO 22440 — and represent us in the relevant ISO technical committees and working groups shaping these standards.
Act as the primary point of contact for certification bodies, notified bodies, and safety auditors.
Work closely with hardware, software, systems, and quality teams to embed functional safety into the development lifecycle.
Establish functional safety processes, templates, and tooling from the ground up.
Coach engineers across the organization on functional safety principles and practices today, and build and lead a dedicated functional safety team as the function scales.
Track evolving standards and regulatory requirements relevant to robotics and physical AI beyond those you help shape directly, adapting internal practices accordingly.