Head of Autonomous Safety & Compliance

AIM Intelligent Machines; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

AIM Intelligent Machines is seeking a senior safety engineering leader to define and own the product safety roadmap for autonomous earthmoving machines. You will partner with product, hardware, and software teams to deliver executable safety requirements and drive certification readiness.

You will build system-level safety architectures across AI, controls, and HMI, and lead safety programs from concept to field validation while coordinating with third-party certifiers to ensure regulatory

Qualifications

• 10+ years safety engineering experience in robotics or complex electro-mechanical systems.
• Proven ownership of a full product safety certification cycle.
• 5+ years building the product safety team.
• Expertise with ISO 17757, ISO 19014, ISO 13849, IEC 61508, ISO 26262, or SOTIF.

Responsibilities

• Build the product safety roadmap end-to-end and deliver executable safety requirements to drive product development.
• Develop safety requirements and technical safety concepts with product, hardware & software engineering, and verification teams.
• Develop system-level safety architectures across AI, hardware, software, autonomy, HMI, and controls.
• Develop and own the safety plan for safety-critical functions including HARA, SFMEA, FTA, and DFMEA across the portfolio.
• Partner with 3rd party certification agencies and lead the process of securing safety & compliance certifications.
• Build the process to integrate and drive safety-critical-design using a simulation-first framework for safety verification.
• Generate product safety documentation including safety plans, risk analyses, gap analyses, and compliance reports.
• Lead the analysis of safety incidents, near misses, and fleet telemetry to proactively identify risks.

Skills

Safety engineering

Product safety certification

Team leadership

Standards knowledge

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Electrical, Robotics, or related field

Tools

Simulation-first framework

HIL/SIL testing

Fault injection

Fleet telemetry

Field validation

Job description

AIM Intelligent Machines is seeking a senior safety engineering leader to define and own the product safety roadmap for autonomous earthmoving machines. You will partner with product, hardware, and software teams to deliver executable safety requirements and drive certification readiness.

You will build system-level safety architectures across AI, controls, and HMI, and lead safety programs from concept to field validation while coordinating with third-party certifiers to ensure regulatory