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Senior Systems Engineer – Product Safety

Remote: 
Full Remote
Contract: 
Experience: 
Expert & Leadership (>10 years)
Work from: 
Texas (USA), United States

Offer summary

Qualifications:

Industry expertise in Systems Engineering and risk assessment, Prior experience in safety standards adherence.

Key responsabilities:

  • Lead safety risk assessments and development of safety plan
  • Develop product safety requirements and technical concepts
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Apptronik Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Scaleup https://www.apptronik.com/
51 - 200 Employees
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Job description

Apptronik is building robots for the real world to improve human quality of life and to help solve the ever-increasing labor shortage problem. Our team has been building some of the most advanced robots on the planet for years, dating back to the DARPA Robotics Challenge. We apply our expertise across the full robotics stack to some of the most important and impactful problems our society faces, and expect our products and technology to change the world for the better.  We value passion, creativity, and collaboration to help us overcome existing technological barriers in the industry to create truly innovative products. 

You will join a team developing state-of-the-art general-purpose robots designed to operate in human spaces and with human tools. It is designed to work alongside humans, mobilize to human spaces, and manipulate the world around it.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Systems Engineer to lead and execute our Product Safety roadmap and drive functional safety architecture & design of our general-purpose robots. This is a unique opportunity to have a large impact at a high growth start-up. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, with a successful track record of building the product safety roadmap, leading safety requirements of complex electro-mechanical products in compliance with regulatory standards, we’d love to speak with you.

 

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead safety risk assessments with internal stakeholders, build an executable product safety roadmap, summarize compliance reports & impact analysis.
  • Be the leader within Apptronik on product and functional safety and develop the safety plan for safety critical functions according to IEC61508.
  • Develop and document product safety requirements and technical safety concept.
  • Lead the system level failure analysis and guide component level analysis for Apptronik’s robot product portfolio.
  • Partner with product management, design engineering, service, and maintenance to drive the safety design, compliance with technical standards and regulatory frameworks.
  • Partner with product validation to ensure clear documentation of verification results of safety functions and requirements.

 

Required Skills:

  • Industry expertise in Systems Engineering, risk assessment and safety analysis
  • Prior experience in taking products to commercialization in adherence to safety standards.
  • Demonstrated experience in functional safety (IEC61508, ISO 26262, ISO 13849)
  • Leadership experience in change management to execute the safety roadmap.
  • Experience with compliance and functional safety tools & processes.
  • Expertise is requirements management tools (such as JAMA) and framework to document, review, and approve safety requirements.

 

Preferred Experience:

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Master’s degree preferred)
  • At least 10+ years of systems engineering experience leading safety for complex electro-mechanical systems and robotics.

 

Perks: 

  • Competitive base w/ benefits 
  • Highly motivating equity incentive package 
  • Hybrid work schedule for applicable roles (i.e. work from home in some capacity) 
  • Flexible work hours policy 
  • Professional development opportunities 
  • Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • 401k plan 

 

 

*This is a direct hire.  Please, no outside Agency solicitations. 

Apptronik provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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Experience

Level of experience: Expert & Leadership (>10 years)
Industry :
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
Spoken language(s):
English
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Other Skills

  • Leadership
  • Collaboration

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