Senior Embedded Engineer, Safety

Symbotic•USA Andover, MA

13d•Hybrid

About The Position

Symbotic is seeking a Senior Functional Safety Software Engineer to join its Functional Safety Software team. This role involves designing, developing, and maintaining safety-critical software applications for advanced warehouse automation systems. The engineer will work with embedded software, real-time systems, hardware interfaces, and functional safety principles to ensure the reliable and compliant operation of robotic platforms. The position requires modern C++ development in QNX and POSIX environments, contributing to software architecture, hardware integration, test infrastructure, and functional safety activities in collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related engineering discipline; Master’s degree preferred.
Minimum of 5 years of experience developing systems-level or embedded software in complex technical environments.
Strong experience with C++, C, Rust, Go, or similar systems programming languages, with interest in modern C++ development.
Strong understanding of POSIX userspace concepts including threads, sockets, signals, IPC, and shared memory.
Experience working close to hardware, including interpreting datasheets, register maps, and hardware interface documentation.
Professional experience developing Python tooling or automation infrastructure, particularly for testing or integration workflows.
Familiarity with software development best practices including version control, code reviews, CI/CD, documentation, and maintainable software architecture.
Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work effectively across matrixed engineering organizations.

Nice To Haves

Experience with QNX or other real-time operating systems (RTOS).
Exposure to functional safety standards such as IEC 61508.
TÜV Functional Safety Engineer (FSE) certification.
Experience with hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing and automation.
Experience integrating vendor SDKs or working with binary communication protocols.
Contributions to open-source software projects or experience working in open-core development environments.

Responsibilities

Design and implement safety-relevant software components in modern C++17 running on QNX and POSIX-based systems.
Develop software services that interface directly with hardware peripherals, low-level communication protocols, and vendor SDKs.
Build and maintain Python-based hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) test automation infrastructure.
Participate in functional safety activities including hazard analysis, DFMEA, FMEDA, fault tree analysis, and safety reviews.
Collaborate with systems engineers, hardware engineers, project managers, and cross-functional development teams to achieve system safety goals.
Improve build systems, CI pipelines, developer tooling, and software test infrastructure used across the engineering organization.
Support internal audits, third-party safety assessments, and functional safety compliance efforts throughout the product lifecycle.
Travel up to 25% as needed to support integration, testing, and cross-functional collaboration.