Senior Embedded Safety Engineer - Autonomy

AIM Intelligent Machines, Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Equity

Medical/dental/vision

401(k)

Life insurance

Travel opportunities to jobsites

Job summary

AIM Intelligent Machines, Inc. is seeking a Senior Embedded Safety Engineer to shape the functional safety strategy for autonomous heavy equipment.

You will collaborate across firmware, electrical, robotics, and systems engineering to define safety requirements, evaluate hazards, and ensure safe deployment of our autonomous machines. You will lead hazard analyses, develop verification strategies, and translate safety goals into concrete hardware and software constraints while driving evidence

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in embedded safety or safety-critical product development.
• Hands-on experience applying functional safety standards (ISO 26262, IEC 61508) to hardware and software.
• Experience performing hazard analyses, risk assessments, and failure mode evaluations.
• Ability to translate safety requirements into practical engineering decisions.
• Strong cross-disciplinary communication and independent decision making.

Responsibilities

• Define AIM's Functional Safety Strategy for autonomous heavy equipment.
• Collaborate with Firmware, Electrical, Robotics, and Systems Engineering to develop safety requirements and mechanisms.
• Conduct hazard analyses, risk assessments, and failure mode evaluations.
• Translate safety requirements into hardware and software design constraints and verify them.
• Build, validate, and maintain the Safety Case with traceability from hazards to evidence.
• Drive safety considerations through product development and deployment readiness.

Skills

Embedded systems

Functional safety

Hazard analysis

Verification strategies

Safety requirements

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Independent decision making

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related field

Tools

ISO 26262

IEC 61508

Job description

AIM Intelligent Machines, Inc. is seeking a Senior Embedded Safety Engineer to shape the functional safety strategy for autonomous heavy equipment.

You will collaborate across firmware, electrical, robotics, and systems engineering to define safety requirements, evaluate hazards, and ensure safe deployment of our autonomous machines. You will lead hazard analyses, develop verification strategies, and translate safety goals into concrete hardware and software constraints while driving evidence