Senior Functional Safety Engineer

Humanoid • Cambridge, MA

21h

About The Position

Humanoid is developing commercially scalable, safe humanoid robots, including the HMND-01 platform for industrial environments. The Senior Functional Safety Engineer will join the Systems Engineering team and contribute to safety-related systems for industrial and home robots. Working closely with the Functional Safety Lead, this engineer will support safety lifecycle activities and lead development of safety-critical subsystems. The role focuses on delivering safety-related systems, developing safety assurance arguments, and supporting compliance, validation, and certification.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience and deep technical expertise in developing safety-critical systems.
• A proven record applying functional safety standards for embedded systems, such as IEC 61508, IEC 62061, ISO 13849, or ISO 26262, or similar standards.
• Experience with robotics safety standards such as ISO 10218, ISO 13482, or ISO 3691-4.
• Experience developing safety cases and supporting certification, especially for autonomous systems.
• Familiarity with safety standards for sensors and actuators, such as IEC 61496, IEC 62998, or IEC 61800-5-2.
• Hands-on experience designing, implementing, and validating safety systems for mobile robots or dynamic systems, such as AMRs, bipedal robots, exoskeletons, mobile manipulators, or robots with collaborative applications.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to author technical documentation, engage in detailed technical analysis with expert engineers, and deliver high-level summaries to executives.

Nice To Haves

• Understanding of AI functional safety standards, such as ISO/IEC TR 5469 or ISO PAS 8800, or similar.

Responsibilities

• Lead or support activities throughout the complete safety lifecycle, from initial concept through validation and certification.
• Lead or support the development of safety assurance arguments for individual subsystems and overall products.
• Contribute to safety concept definition and support detailed technical development of safety-critical systems.
• Collaborate across disciplines to define, communicate, and validate safety-critical requirements for sensors, controllers, and actuators, including hardware and software.
• Perform safety analyses such as FMEA, FMEDA, and FTA.
• Create and maintain technical documentation supporting the safety case, including risk assessments, functional safety concepts, safety requirement specifications (SRS), verification and validation plans, and test reports.
• Ensure compliance with regulations and international standards.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health coverage for US-based employees, including fully paid medical, dental, and vision insurance, virtual care, and employee assistance resources.
• 23 days of accrued PTO, separate sick leave, and paid company holidays.
• 401(k) retirement plan with a 4% employer match.
• Stock options with meaningful upside as the company scales.
• Free daily catered lunch, snacks, and drinks in the office.
• Collaboration with engineers, researchers, and product experts in AI and robotics.
• Freedom to influence the product and own key initiatives.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed