Safety Engineer

The role

The Safety Engineer will own functional safety end-to-end for a robotics platform. This includes hazard analysis, architectural decisions, component selection, certification, and real-world testing.

What you will do

• Lead the safety lifecycle including hazard analysis, risk assessment, SIL/PL determination, safety requirements specification, and validation.
• Design safety architectures for a mobile, dynamically balancing robot.
• Select and justify safety-rated components.
• Drive certification efforts and own the technical file.
• Partner with mechanical, electrical, controls, and AI teams.
• Build test fixtures, procedures, and evidence to prove safety claims.
• Translate evolving standards into engineering decisions.

Required qualifications

• 5–10 years of safety engineering experience on industrial robots, collaborative robots, AGVs/AMRs, or comparable machinery.
• Deep working knowledge of ISO 13849, IEC 62061, IEC 61508, and ISO 10218 (or ANSI/RIA R15.06).
• Software safety experience (IEC 61508-3) in addition to systems-level work.
• Hands-on experience taking a product through safety certification.
• Comfort with FMEA, FTA, HAZOP, and STPA.
• Strong communication skills.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with ISO/TS 15066 for collaborative applications.

About the company

Mind Robotics is building Physical AI for real-world industrial deployment, starting with the factory floor.