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Safety Engineer

Mind Robotics· Hardware Engineering
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Palo AltoFull-timePosted 5mo ago

About the role

Senior Safety Engineer to own end-to-end functional safety for a humanoid robotic platform, including hazard analysis, architectural decisions, component selection, certification, and real-world testing.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the safety lifecycle for our humanoid platform: hazard analysis, risk assessment, SIL/PL determination, safety requirements specification, and validation.
  • Design safety architectures (E-stops, safety-rated monitored stops, power and force limiting, speed and separation monitoring) appropriate to a mobile, dynamically balancing robot.
  • Select and justify safety-rated components: controllers, sensors, contactors, and design/specify alternatives where off-the-shelf components do not fit.
  • Drive certification efforts, and own the technical file.
  • Partner with mechanical, electrical, controls, and AI teams to bake safety into the design.
  • Build the test fixtures, procedures, and evidence needed to prove safety claims.
  • Stay ahead of evolving standards (ISO 25785-1, in-progress humanoid-specific work) and translate them into engineering decisions.

Qualifications

  • 5–10 years of safety engineering experience on industrial robots, collaborative robots, AGVs/AMRs, or comparable machinery.
  • Deep working knowledge of ISO 13849, IEC 62061, IEC 61508, and ISO 10218 (or ANSI/RIA R15.06); familiarity with ISO/TS 15066 for collaborative applications.
  • Software safety experience (IEC 61508-3) in addition to systems-level work.
  • Hands-on experience taking a product through safety certification — owning the technical narrative and defending it to assessors.
  • Comfort with FMEA, FTA, HAZOP, STPA, and the judgment to know which to use.
  • A creative mindset and ability to architect novel safety solutions aligned with standards.
  • Strong communication skills to explain safety tradeoffs to executives, engineers, and external assessors.

Skills

Required:Safety lifecycle management
Last updated Aug 19, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Mind Robotics

Physical AI for the Real World

Mind Robotics is building intelligent robotics for industrial deployment. We believe the fastest path to broadly capable robots is through clearly defined, high-impact environments. We are starting where the need is most.

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