Staff Systems Safety Engineer

The role

You will be the technical authority for the safety of humanoid robots from concept through customer deployment. You will author system safety architecture and the safety case while providing technical leadership to engineers.

What you will do

• Provide technical leadership to systems safety engineers
• Set technical direction across the safety team and mentor engineers
• Author the system-level safety architecture and functional safety concept
• Serve as technical authority for safety trade-offs and residual risk recommendations
• Author and maintain the safety case
• Perform system-level safety analyses such as system fault trees and common-cause failure analysis
• Lead in-depth design reviews of safety-critical subsystems
• Define the safety lifecycle and safety engineering methods

Required qualifications

• Hands-on leadership of functional or system safety for complex robotic, machinery, or autonomous products
• Expertise in hazard analysis, risk assessment, hierarchy of controls, safety function definition, and safety lifecycle under IEC 61508, IEC 62061, ISO 13849, and ISO 12100
• Experience with robot and machinery safety standards such as ISO 10218, ANSI/A3 R15.06, ANSI/A3 R15.08, and ISO 25785-1
• Experience with the safety of robot deployments at customer sites
• Experience providing technical leadership and mentoring to safety engineers
• Experience building a safety case and working with notified bodies, NRTLs, or third-party assessors
• Familiarity with safety of AI/ML-enabled systems and requirements tools such as JAMA
• Strong executive communication, strategic thinking, and judgment
• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Robotics, Computer Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
• 12+ years of relevant experience
• 7+ years in functional or system safety
• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer

Nice to have

• Master's degree
• Certified functional safety expert or professional (e.g., TÜV, exida)

About the company

Apptronik is a human-centered robotics company developing AI-powered robots to support humanity. Their flagship humanoid robot, Apollo, is built to collaborate with people in industries such as manufacturing and logistics.