Functional Safety Manager

The role

The Functional Safety Manager will own all standard and regulatory requirements for products and serve as the named Functional Safety Manager for the product lifecycle. This role acts as a bridge between the IEC 61508 safety lifecycle and customer safety arguments.

What you will do

• Own the standards picture across products and markets including IEC 61508, ISO 13849 and IEC 62061
• Serve as the named Functional Safety Manager owning the safety plan, lifecycle phases, gate criteria, competence records, and the safety case
• Hold the gates and be accountable for whether evidence is adequate and independent
• Author safety manuals and subsystem data packs
• Own certification body relationships end-to-end
• Run the regulatory watch for EU Machinery Regulation readiness and standards revisions
• Close the loop from field modification impact analysis and safety anomalies

Required qualifications

• 7+ years in functional safety as a practising engineer embedded, systems, hardware, or safety-critical software in industrial, automotive, aerospace, medical, or similar regulated domains
• At least one product taken through third-party certification end-to-end
• Deep fluency in IEC 61508 parts 1–3
• Working knowledge of ISO 13849 and IEC 62061 from the supplier side
• The judgement to review safety analysis critically
• Comfort with influence rather than line authority
• A collaborative, questioning mindset
• B.S. or higher in an engineering discipline, or equivalent experience

Nice to have

• TÜV Rheinland FS Engineer or Exida CFSE/CFSP certification
• machinery and off-highway experience (AGV and AMR under ISO 3691-4, agricultural machinery under ISO 25119)
• safety-element-out-of-context or compliant-item work
• EU Machinery Regulation readiness programs
• autonomy and SOTIF exposure (UL 4600, ISO 21448)
• time on the other side of an assessment, at a certification body or as a contracted assessor

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• unlimited PTO
• stock options
• 3% 401(k) match
• paid holidays
• parental leave

Before you apply

• Applications accepted through the end of December 2026

About the company

FORT Robotics provides a platform for safe, secure, and dynamic control of autonomous machines. Their solutions include Wireless E-Stop and Safe Remote Control to protect people, data, and machines.