Head of Safety Engineering for AI-Driven Cobots (Remote)

Standard Bots; United States; Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Stock Options

Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

401(k)

Job summary

Standard Bots is seeking a Lead Safety Engineer to build the safety organization for its AI-native cobots. You’ll own the safety case, liaise with notified bodies, and lead a small cross-disciplinary team across hardware, firmware and test.

You’ll shape safety by design from day one. You’ll ensure robots are safe in real-world use, align with ISO 10218-1/2, ISO 13849-1/2, IEC 61508, and related standards, and drive verification on hardware.

Qualifications

• Experience leading industrial safety programs for collaborative robots or similar complex systems.
• Proven ability to own safety cases and defend them to external assessors.
• Strong knowledge of ISO 10218-1/2, ISO 13849-1/2, ISO 12100 and IEC 61508.

Responsibilities

• Own the safety case across products, including analysis, architecture and certification planning.
• Lead and mentor the functional safety engineers joining after you.
• Collaborate with hardware, firmware and test teams to verify safety on real robots.
• Interface with notified bodies and NRTL assessors as the technical voice.
• Drive safety-by-design reviews from the first sketch through production.

Skills

Functional safety engineering

Safety case development

Hardware fault injection

Team leadership

Technical communication

Education

Tools

FMEA

FTA

HAZOP

STPA

SISTEMA

Job description

Standard Bots is seeking a Lead Safety Engineer to build the safety organization for its AI-native cobots. You’ll own the safety case, liaise with notified bodies, and lead a small cross-disciplinary team across hardware, firmware and test.

You’ll shape safety by design from day one. You’ll ensure robots are safe in real-world use, align with ISO 10218-1/2, ISO 13849-1/2, IEC 61508, and related standards, and drive verification on hardware.