Lead Functional Safety Engineer - Cobot Robotics (Remote)

standardbots.com; 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)

Paid time off

Job summary

Standard Bots is building the safest collaborative robot platform, designed to operate alongside humans in factory settings. The Lead of Functional Safety will own the safety case across our product line, interact with notified bodies, and drive verification on real hardware with fault injection.

You will lead a small team of safety engineers and work closely with hardware, firmware, and test teams to embed safety from the first sketch through certification.

Qualifications

• Experience in functional safety for industrial robots.
• Familiar with ISO 10218-1/2, ISO 13849-1/2, ISO 12100, IEC 61508.
• Ability to lead and mentor safety engineers.
• Ability to read schematics and firmware architecture.
• Hands-on safety verification on hardware.

Responsibilities

• Own the safety case across products, including analysis and certification plan.
• Liaise with assessors, notified bodies and NRTL.
• Verify safety functions on real robots with fault injection.
• Hire and lead safety engineers.
• Involve safety in design reviews from the first sketch.
• Collaborate with hardware, firmware, and test teams.

Job description

Standard Bots is building the safest collaborative robot platform, designed to operate alongside humans in factory settings. The Lead of Functional Safety will own the safety case across our product line, interact with notified bodies, and drive verification on real hardware with fault injection.

You will lead a small team of safety engineers and work closely with hardware, firmware, and test teams to embed safety from the first sketch through certification.