Senior Functional Safety Engineer - Autonomous Hardware

Bedrock Robotics Inc; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Bedrock Robotics Inc in San Francisco is seeking a senior Functional Safety Engineer focused on HW to define the safety concept for our autonomous construction systems. You’ll collaborate with safety, hardware and software teams to implement ISO-based standards and robust fault-handling mechanisms.

You will lead safety analyses (HARA, FMEA, FMEDA, FTA), specify HW safety requirements, and help shape test infrastructure and verification plans as we scale retrofitted autonomous machines nationwide.

Qualifications

• Direct experience delivering functional safety work products according to ISO 13849, ISO 26262, IEC 61508 or similar.
• Strong foundational knowledge of safety engineering techniques such as HARA, FMEA, FMEDA, FTA, and STPA.
• Experience defining and executing verification & validation in a safety context, including fault injection and HIL testing.
• Familiarity with design and implementation of safety mechanisms and fault handling measures, such as TMR, watchdogs, redundancy management, and graceful degradation.

Responsibilities

• Help define the functional safety concept for the system.
• Author technical safety concepts at the HW level.
• Partner with HW team to understand architectural requirements for future HW platforms.
• Author HW safety requirements and drive design of safety mechanisms.
• Establish test plans for verification and validation of the safety requirements.
• Define test infrastructure and automation to support timely program execution.
• Execute safety analysis such as HARA, FMEA, FMEDA, and FTA.

Skills

Functional safety

HARA

FMEA

FMEDA

FTA

STPA

HIL testing

Education

BS or advanced degree in engineering

Job description

Bedrock Robotics Inc in San Francisco is seeking a senior Functional Safety Engineer focused on HW to define the safety concept for our autonomous construction systems. You’ll collaborate with safety, hardware and software teams to implement ISO-based standards and robust fault-handling mechanisms.

You will lead safety analyses (HARA, FMEA, FMEDA, FTA), specify HW safety requirements, and help shape test infrastructure and verification plans as we scale retrofitted autonomous machines nationwide.