Senior Industrial Functional Safety Engineer
Hybrid (San Francisco, CA)$100k - $200k + equityFull-timePosted 11mo ago
About the role
Senior Functional Safety Engineer to lead customer-facing engagements across the safety and compliance lifecycle for Saphira AI. Focus on hands-on functional safety engineering, risk assessment, and certification across industrial domains (not limited to automotive), with TÜV or similar certification preferred.
Responsibilities
- Lead Safety Cases & Risk Assessments: Drive development and execution of safety cases across robotics, automotive, and industrial applications; collaborate with customers to evaluate hazards, conduct risk analyses, and define mitigation strategies.
- Certification Enablement: Support customer certification efforts to meet UL, CE, FCC, and other global conformity marks; apply standards-based approaches across domains including Machinery/Robotics ISO 12100, ISO 10218-1/-2, ISO 13849-1/-2, and Functional Safety / EMC IEC 61508, IEC 61010-1, IEC 62368.
- Tools, Templates, and Methods: Develop and maintain checklists, templates, and structured methods for evaluating hardware and software against safety and compliance requirements.
- Lifecycle Leadership: Lead safety and compliance initiatives end-to-end—from hazard analysis to functional safety concept definition, requirements management, and verification/validation activities.
- Collaboration & Integration: Work with internal teams to build datasets, workflows, and safety engineering knowledge into the Saphira platform for scalable use across customer projects.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in functional safety engineering or safety consulting.
- Strong knowledge of international safety standards and certification processes across robotics, automotive, or related industries.
- Demonstrated experience leading safety case development and certification initiatives.
- Proficiency with safety and requirements management tools (e.g., DOORS, Polarion) and analysis methods (FMEA, FMEDA, FTA, HARA).
- Ability to navigate ambiguity and balance trade-offs while ensuring compliance with applicable standards.
- Excellent communication skills and experience working directly with customers or external certification partners.
Skills
Required:Functional safety engineeringCertification / standards knowledgeSafety case developmentSafety tools (DOORS, Polarion)
Last updated Oct 7, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About Saphira AI
Vanta for Hardware
Saphira is the easiest way for hardware products to get safety certified and reach market faster, such as industrial robots and heavy machinery.
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