System Safety Engineer, Collaborative Robots

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace, or Systems Engineering
• 3+ years of experience in Systems Engineering, or a related field
• Experience with reliability-focused safety analysis techniques such as:
• Failure Modes, Effects, and Diagnostic Analysis (FMEDA)
• Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
• Design Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (DFMEA)
• Familiarity with safety metrics including:
• Single Point Fault Metric (SPFM)
• Latent Fault Metric (LFM)
• Probabilistic Metric for Hardware Failure (PMHF)
• Failures in Time (FIT)
• Experience implementing designs with IEC 61508 or equivalent functional safety standard
• Experience writing, managing, and tracing safety and reliability requirements across development stages
• Highly motivated teammate with excellent oral and written communication skills
• Enjoy working in a fast paced, collaborative and dynamic start-up environment as part of a small team
• Willing to occasionally travel

Desirable

• We’re looking for a Systems Engineer, Reliability who will help us define the way our novel robotic systems achieve safety certification and long-term system reliability
• This is a unique opportunity to join a startup on the ground floor of a safety certification program and help build a robust framework for analyzing and validating robot safety and reliability from day one
• Collaborative Robotics is a team of innovators and builders redefining the future of human-robot interaction
• We are working to realize a world where robots are a trusted extension of your surroundings
• They work, adapt, and react around you
• Not the other way around
• Perform detailed reliability and safety analyses (e.g., FMEDA, FTA, FIT) to validate design and component selection, with a focus on meeting certification and safety performance criteria
• Support safety certification efforts by executing analysis under the IEC 61508 (or similar) standard for functional safety
• Translate failure and reliability insights into clear, actionable requirements for engineering teams to implement
• Collaborate cross-functionally with hardware and software engineers to assess and improve component and subsystem robustness
• Participate in the definition and evolution of internal tools, processes, and documentation standards for safety and reliability evaluation
• Support the creation of safety certification work products and interface with certification bodies as needed
• Communicate complex technical topics clearly, avoiding jargon, to support collaboration across disciplines