Senior Electronics Engineer – Functional Safety

Rivr; Zürich; On-site; CHF 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

RIVR, part of Amazon, seeks a Senior Electronics Engineer – Functional Safety to own hardware-level safety for our robotic systems. You will design fault-tolerant circuits, implement diagnostics, and substantiate safety with FMEDA, SIL calculations, and robust derating.

You will collaborate with electronics, firmware, and systems teams to ensure safe, reliable operation and comprehensive hardware safety documentation. In-person presence is required at our Zürich offices.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years designing electronics hardware for Functional Safety-certified products.
• Experience with IEC 61508, ISO 13849, or ISO 26262 preferred.
• PCB-level hardware delivering SIL 2/3 or equivalent certification.
• Background in analog, power, or mixed-signal circuit design.
• Hands-on FMEDA and SIL metric calculations on own designs.
• Ability to derive reliability data and perform component derating.

Responsibilities

• Design fault-tolerant circuits for safety-critical subsystems.
• Implement hardware diagnostics and monitoring mechanisms.
• Ensure defined safe states when faults are detected.
• Apply failure-mitigation techniques at component/PCB level.
• Perform FMEDA and compute SIL metrics for verification.
• Select and derate components based on reliability data.
• Advise architects on hardware safety constraints and review layouts.
• Collaborate with firmware, mechanical, and systems teams to integrate safety.

Skills

Schematic design

PCB layout

Fault-tolerant design

FMEDA

SIL calculations

Diagnostics

Derating for reliability

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Master's in Electrical Engineering

Relevant safety-certified hardware experience

Tools

SPICE

PCB design tools

Job description

RIVR, part of Amazon, seeks a Senior Electronics Engineer – Functional Safety to own hardware-level safety for our robotic systems. You will design fault-tolerant circuits, implement diagnostics, and substantiate safety with FMEDA, SIL calculations, and robust derating.

You will collaborate with electronics, firmware, and systems teams to ensure safe, reliable operation and comprehensive hardware safety documentation. In-person presence is required at our Zürich offices.