AMR Safety Lead

Rockwell Automation; Grand Rapids (MI); Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance including Medical,  D

401k

Paid Time off

Parental and Caregiver Leave

Flexible Work Schedule

Job summary

Rockwell Automation seeks an AMR Safety Lead to own the functional safety of AMR products. You will guide safety alignment across software, hardware, and services, partnering with safety engineers globally and reporting to the Electrical and Safety Manager of the AMR Business.

Role involves remote work in Michigan, Ohio, or Rhode Island, with up to 10% travel. You will mentor teams, drive safety policy adoption, and ensure compliance with ISO and IEC standards while leading safety investigations

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Legal to work in the USA (no visa sponsorship)
• Willingness to travel up to 10% domestically and internationally.

Responsibilities

• Provide functional safety expertise across multiple teams during all product lifecycle phases.
• Align functional safety goals with Rockwell's safety guidelines and standards.
• Define and improve AMR safety policies, processes, templates and best practices.
• Participate on standards committees to align portfolio with regulatory needs and business outcomes.
• Lead the AMR safety strategy with cross-functional teams.
• Advise regional stakeholders on customer needs and safety priorities.
• Oversee residual risk management and safety documentation.
• Lead investigations into safety incidents and report findings.
• Interpret and implement evolving standards (ISO 3691-4, ISO 13849, IEC 62061, IEC 61508, ANSI B56.5).
• Mentor engineers on hazard analysis, risk assessment and safety requirements.

Skills

Functional safety

Hazard analysis

Risk assessment

Safety requirements development

Leadership / mentoring

ISO 3691-4 / IEC 62061 / ISO 13849

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive-level representation

Regulatory standards knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant field

Tools

TUV Functional Safety Engineer certification

Job description

Michigan, United States
Ohio, United States
Rhode Island, United States

Rockwell Automation is a global technology leader focused on helping the world's manufacturers be more productive, sustainable, and agile. With more than 28,000 employees who make the world better every day, we know we have something special. Behind our customers - amazing companies that help feed the world, provide life-saving medicine on a global scale, and focus on clean water and green mobility -our people are energized problem solvers that take pride in how thework we do changes the world for the better.

We welcome all makers, forward thinkers, and problem solvers who are looking for a place to do their best work. And if that's you we would love to have you join us!

Job Description

As the AMR Safety Lead, you will serve in a senior role responsible for the overall functional safety of the AMR Business' products. You will guide functional safety alignment across the teams in the AMR Business (software, hardware, and services etc.) and working with other safety engineers at Rockwell to ensure consistent safety implementation. You will report to the Electrical and Safety Manager of the AMR Business, but partner across all businesses and segments globally depending on need and fit with the AMR products.

You will be work in a remote working environment from Michigan, Ohio or Rhode Island.

Your Responsibilities:

• Provide functional safety expertise across multiple teams during all phases of the product lifecycle.
• Work with the safety leads of different departments at Rockwell to align the AMR business with our overall goals and objectives concerning functional safety and regulatory needs.
• Define and continuously improve and guide alignment of AMR Business's safety policies/processes with the larger Rockwell safety guidelines. Including; functional safety processes, methods, templates, and best practices across the business.
• Participate on standards committees relevant to AMRs to ensure our portfolio of products and services are positioned effectively to deliver the business outcomes, applications, and capabilities.
• Take an ownership role in architecting the AMR safety strategy. This includes collaboration with systems, product management, engineering, services, and operation teams across the business. Stay up-to-date on industry trends, emerging technologies, and competitive product launches.
• Provide guidance to key regional stakeholders on customer needs and business priorities with respect to functional safety statements and interruptions.
• Maintaining oversight of residual risk management and customer-facing safety documentation.
• Lead investigations into safety incidents internally and externally and provide appropriate responses and reports.
• Drive interpretation and implementation of evolving standards such as ISO 3691-4, ISO 13849, IEC 62061, IEC 61508, ANSI B56.5, and related regulations.
• Mentor engineers and technical leaders on hazard analysis, risk assessment, safety requirements development, and functional safety principles.

The Essentials: You Will Have:

• Bachelor's Degree in Relevant Field.
• Legal authorization to work in the USA. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening
• Availability for travel up to 10% of the time domestic and international.

The Preferred - You Might Also Have:

• Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience.
• Prior experience with international regulatory standards or similar industry working committees
• Represent the company at an executive level with key customers, industry groups, standards committees, and distributors.
• Work with a geographically dispersed team
• Expert level of automation industry knowledge with a focus on machine safety
• TUV Functional Safety Engineer or Functional Safety Expert Certification (or equivalent)
• Working knowledge of ISO 13849, IEC 61508, IEC 62061, EU Machinery Regulation 2023/1230, or other relevant standards

What We Offer:

• Health Insurance including Medical, Dental and Vision
• 401k
• Paid Time off
• Parental and Caregiver Leave
• Flexible Work Schedule where you will work with your manager to enjoy a work schedule that can be flexible with your personal life.
• To learn more about our benefits package, please visit at www.raquickfind.com.

This position is part of a job family. Experience will be the determining factor for position level and compensation.

At Rockwell Automation we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

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