Lead Functional Safety Engineer

present of AI; City of Glen Cove (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Standard Bots builds US-built industrial robot arms that workers train by demonstration through an AI platform.

The role focuses on owning the safety case for collaborative robots from design through third-party certification. You will test safety functions on real hardware, perform fault injection, and lead a growing safety team while defending the technical argument before assessors.

Qualifications

• Hands-on testing of safety functions on real hardware
• Experience defending safety arguments in external safety assessments
• Fluency with ISO 10218 and ISO 13849 safety standards
• FMEA, FTA, HAZOP, STPA methods
• Leading safety engineers in a small team

Responsibilities

• Own the safety case for collaborative robot arms from early design to external certification
• Test safety functions on hardware including fault injection
• Defend technical safety arguments in assessor rooms
• Build and lead a small safety team as the role grows

Skills

Fault injection

Safety verification

Safety assessment

ISO 10218

HAZOP

Job description

This role owns the safety case for robot arms that work beside people without cages, from early design through third party certification. A strong candidate has taken collaborative robots or similar machinery through external safety assessment and can defend the technical argument in the room. The work is hands on, testing safety functions on real hardware including fault injection, and building a small safety team.

How it fits the AI era

The robots are taught by demonstration through an AI platform rather than written code, so safety has to hold even when customers with little robot experience set the arms up themselves. AI changes how the machines are taught and how fast products ship, but proving a safety function on real hardware and arguing the case to assessors stays human work. Safety designed in from the first sketch matters more as volume and product count grow.

How it builds AI experience

The role builds judgment about how AI driven teaching and control affect safety functions, tested on hardware rather than in documents. Experience with fault injection and verification of software and firmware safety functions is the practical path in. Knowing where standards end and real safety begins is the core skill to develop.

Worth showing

• Third party safety assessment
• ISO 10218 and 13849 fluency
• Fault injection on hardware
• FMEA FTA HAZOP STPA
• Leading safety engineers

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About Standard Bots

Standard Bots makes US-built industrial robot arms that workers can train by showing them what to do, through an AI platform, instead of writing traditional robot code.