Functional Safety Group Lead — Systems & Strategy

NEURA Robotics; Germany (OH); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

NEURA Robotics seeks a senior leader to own system-level safety engineering, guiding the team from architecture to risk-based decisions. You will drive process maturity, safety analyses, and compliance across product variants in a fast-paced robotics environment.

You will mentor high-performing safety engineers, define roadmaps, and ensure timeliness and quality of safety deliverables while advancing a culture of continuous improvement and ongoing competency development.

Qualifications

• Leader with several years of functional safety experience.
• Strong foundation in ISO 13849, ISO 10218, IEC 61508; ISO 26262 or ISO/PAS 21448 is a plus.
• Expert in safety analyses (HARA, FMEA, FTA) and advanced methods like STPA.

Responsibilities

• Lead & grow a safety engineering team across seniority levels; own hiring, development, and retention.
• Define the technical roadmap for functional safety engineering to align with the product portfolio.
• Establish standardized safety processes, templates, tools, and advanced analysis methods.
• Act as escalation point and authority for complex safety decisions and resource prioritization.
• Foster a safety-focused culture balancing rigor with startup velocity.
• Ensure safety deliverables meet quality standards and program timelines.

Skills

Team leadership

Functional safety

Systems engineering

Risk assessment

STPA

Model-based safety analysis

Safety tools

Education

Professional safety certification (TÜV/Exida)

Tools

Medini Analyze

APIS IQ

DOORS

Polarion

JIRA

Job description

NEURA Robotics seeks a senior leader to own system-level safety engineering, guiding the team from architecture to risk-based decisions. You will drive process maturity, safety analyses, and compliance across product variants in a fast-paced robotics environment.

You will mentor high-performing safety engineers, define roadmaps, and ensure timeliness and quality of safety deliverables while advancing a culture of continuous improvement and ongoing competency development.