Senior Robotic Functional Safety Architect — Equity Included

Groupe-Ebra-1; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity included

Private healthcare

23 days annual leave

Paid sick leave

Paid company holidays

Job summary

Humanoid is seeking a Senior Functional Safety Engineer to join the Systems Engineering team. You will lead safety lifecycle activities and develop safety-critical subsystems for our humanoid platform, HMND-01 Alpha, deployed in real industrial pilots.

You will collaborate across disciplines to define and validate safety requirements, perform analyses, and ensure compliance with global standards. This is a senior role demanding deep experience and strong communication with executive audiences.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in safety-critical systems.
• Experience with safety standards: IEC 61508, IEC 62061, ISO 13849, ISO 26262.
• Robotics safety standards: ISO 10218, ISO 13482, ISO 3691-4.
• Experience with safety case development and certification for autonomous systems.
• Hands-on design, implementation and validation of safety systems for mobile robots or dynamic systems.
• Strong written and verbal communication; ability to present to executives.

Responsibilities

• Lead or support safety lifecycle activities from concept to validation and certification.
• Develop safety assurance arguments for subsystems and products.
• Contribute to safety concept definition and technology development.
• Collaborate to define, communicate, and validate safety requirements for sensors, controllers, actuators.
• Perform safety analyses (FMEA, FMEDA, FTA, etc.).
• Create and maintain safety documentation (risk assessments, safety requirements, verification plans, test reports).
• Ensure compliance with regulations and international standards.

Skills

Functional safety

Embedded systems

Safety analyses

Technical writing

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Job description

Humanoid is seeking a Senior Functional Safety Engineer to join the Systems Engineering team. You will lead safety lifecycle activities and develop safety-critical subsystems for our humanoid platform, HMND-01 Alpha, deployed in real industrial pilots.

You will collaborate across disciplines to define and validate safety requirements, perform analyses, and ensure compliance with global standards. This is a senior role demanding deep experience and strong communication with executive audiences.