Senior System Safety Engineer - REMOTE

PEAK Technical Services Inc.; Tulsa (OK); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

PEAK Technical Services Inc. is seeking a Senior Product Safety Engineer to provide technical leadership in product-level system safety for complex pipeline inspection tools and equipment in a fully remote role.

You will lead safety analyses, develop safety rationales, and ensure conformance with IEC/ISO standards across design, testing, and lifecycle stages. The role emphasizes reviewing electrical, mechanical, and control-system designs, collaborating with engineering and test teams, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related technical field.
• 8+ years of experience in electrical engineering, product safety, functional safety, compliance engineering, certification engineering, or safety-critical product development.
• Experience applying structured safety methods to complex products, systems, or equipment.
• Strong understanding of hazard analysis, risk reduction, safety requirements, verification planning, validation evidence, and residual-risk assessment.
• Working knowledge of functional safety and safety-related control concepts, such as ISO 13849, IEC 61508, IEC 62061, or similar frameworks.
• Familiarity with hazardous-location, explosive-atmosphere, and ignition-risk concepts related to electrical/electronic equipment.
• Strong knowledge of DC power distribution, batteries, current limiting, fusing, protection circuits, stored energy, fault currents, and thermal effects
• Ability to review electrical schematics, PCB layouts, cable and connector drawings, enclosures, BOMs, test data, and safety documentation.
• Ability to determine whether design assumptions, protection methods, and verification evidence adequately support safety requirements.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with both engineering and executive-level audiences.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain a formal safety evaluation process for product and tool designs.
• Develop and maintain documented safety rationales for pipeline inspection tools.
• Lead and facilitate FMEA, Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), hazard analysis, and other system safety activities.
• Identify credible hazards and threats and establish appropriate technical justification for risk exclusions.
• Identify applicable safety standards, engineering practices, and certification requirements.
• Review mechanical, electrical, and control-system designs and provide safety-focused recommendations.
• Partner with engineering and test teams to ensure safety recommendations are implemented and verified.
• Review and manage safety-related work performed by suppliers and contractors.
• Review test plans, test results, verification evidence, and safety documentation.
• Communicate safety-case status, unresolved assumptions, verification gaps, mitigation options, and residual risk to engineering teams and management.

Skills

FMEA

FTA

Hazard analysis

System safety

Functional safety

Safety standards knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Electrical schematics review

PCB layouts review

Job description

Senior System Safety Engineer

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Peak is seeking an experienced Senior Product Safety Engineer to join our client's team in a fully remote role. This position will provide technical leadership in product-level system safety for complex pipeline inspection tools and associated equipment.

This is a product safety engineering role, focused on identifying and reducing electrical, mechanical, and environmental risks throughout the design, development, testing, integration, and lifecycle of engineered products. It is not a general EHS or workplace safety position.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain a formal safety evaluation process for product and tool designs.
• Develop and maintain documented safety rationales for pipeline inspection tools.
• Lead and facilitate FMEA, Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), hazard analysis, and other system safety activities.
• Identify credible hazards and threats and establish appropriate technical justification for risk exclusions.
• Identify applicable safety standards, engineering practices, and certification requirements.
• Review mechanical, electrical, and control-system designs and provide safety-focused recommendations.
• Partner with engineering and test teams to ensure safety recommendations are implemented and verified.
• Review and manage safety-related work performed by suppliers and contractors.
• Review test plans, test results, verification evidence, and safety documentation.
• Communicate safety-case status, unresolved assumptions, verification gaps, mitigation options, and residual risk to engineering teams and management.
• Provide independent, evidence-based technical recommendations regarding product safety and risk.

Senior-Level Expectations

• Apply sound engineering judgment when standards, field history, operating conditions, and business requirements do not provide an obvious solution.
• Identify missing information and close safety-critical gaps through analysis, testing, supplier input, or expert review.
• Make timely and technically defensible recommendations using available data while clearly documenting assumptions, uncertainty, severity, likelihood, and residual risk.
• Challenge unsupported assumptions and ensure risk controls provide meaningful safety improvements.
• Balance safety requirements with product functionality, cost, schedule, manufacturability, and field conditions.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related technical field.
• 8+ years of experience in electrical engineering, product safety, functional safety, compliance engineering, certification engineering, or safety-critical product development.
• Experience applying structured safety methods to complex products, systems, or equipment.
• Strong understanding of hazard analysis, risk reduction, safety requirements, verification planning, validation evidence, and residual-risk assessment.
• Working knowledge of functional safety and safety-related control concepts, such as ISO 13849, IEC 61508, IEC 62061, or similar frameworks.
• Familiarity with hazardous-location, explosive-atmosphere, and ignition-risk concepts related to electrical/electronic equipment.
• Strong knowledge of DC power distribution, batteries, current limiting, fusing, protection circuits, stored energy, fault currents, and thermal effects.
• Ability to review electrical schematics, PCB layouts, cable and connector drawings, enclosures, BOMs, test data, and safety documentation.
• Ability to determine whether design assumptions, protection methods, and verification evidence adequately support safety requirements.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with both engineering and executive-level audiences.