Senior Embedded Safety Systems Engineer

Boston Dynamics; Waltham (MA); On-site; USD 155,000 - 193,000; Full time

Job summary

Boston Dynamics is seeking a Senior Staff Systems Engineer, Embedded Safety on the Safer Robotics Team in Waltham, MA. You will lead the systems engineering methodology for MCU/MPU-based embedded safety-critical firmware and work with Safety Firmware Engineers during board bring-up and driver development.

You will drive requirements, traceability, and safety analyses, define architectures, and support safety cases for autonomous robotic platforms, interfacing with hardware and software teams

Qualifications

• 7+ years in systems engineering or embedded firmware for complex robotics.
• Fluent with Git, Linux, Jira; Jama or equivalent requirements management.
• Proficiency in C/C++ for embedded firmware and Python for test automation.
• Deep familiarity with IEC 61508, ISO 26262, or IEC 62304 safety standards.
• Ability to read schematics, datasheets, and low-level protocols (SPI, I2C, CAN, UART, Ethernet).

Responsibilities

• Lead embedded system architecture and firmware requirements.
• Establish end-to-end traceability from requirements to verification.
• Collaborate with Safety Firmware and Test Engineers on HIL/SIL tests.
• Perform structured safety analyses (HARA, FMEA, FTA) to identify edge cases.

Skills

Embedded systems

C/C++

Python

Safety standards

Requirements tracing

Tools

Jama

Git

Jira

Job description

Boston Dynamics is seeking a Senior Staff Systems Engineer, Embedded Safety on the Safer Robotics Team in Waltham, MA. You will lead the systems engineering methodology for MCU/MPU-based embedded safety-critical firmware and work with Safety Firmware Engineers during board bring-up and driver development.

You will drive requirements, traceability, and safety analyses, define architectures, and support safety cases for autonomous robotic platforms, interfacing with hardware and software teams