System Safety Engineer, Mining/Industrial

Applied Intuition•Sunnyvale, CA

1d•$125,000 - $225,000•Onsite

About The Position

Applied Intuition is seeking a Systems Safety Engineer with hands-on experience in system-level safety analysis, hazard identification, risk assessment, and safety case development for autonomous and semi-autonomous heavy machinery. The role focuses on enabling safe deployment of mining and industrial autonomous systems through practical safety engineering activities. The ideal candidate will be able to build and drive machine-level safety cases end-to-end, develop safety requirements from operational hazards, and work directly with engineering teams to close safety gaps through design, validation, and operational controls. Candidates with strong ISO 26262 Part 4 (System Development) experience are encouraged to apply. Prior mining experience is beneficial but not mandatory.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in electrical engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline
3+ years of system safety experience with a primary focus safety per ISO 26262 Part 6
Hands-on experience developing system-level safety analyses and safety artifacts for complex electromechanical systems
Strong experience with HAZOP, FMEA, safety requirement derivation, risk assessment, and safety case development
Good understanding of vehicle and machine control systems including braking, steering, propulsion, hydraulics, and autonomous control functions
Ability to analyze interactions between hardware, software, controls, operators, and operational environments
Experience collaborating across software, hardware, and systems engineering teams to implement safety requirements end-to-end
Experience defining safety requirements and mitigation strategies from identified hazards and failure modes
Experience supporting verification and validation activities for safety-critical systems
Hands-on experience producing safety work products across the V-cycle
Candidates with automotive functional safety experience, particularly ISO 26262 Part 4, HARA, FSC/TSC development, ADAS, or autonomous driving systems, are considered relevant and transferable to this role

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with requirements management and traceability tools (JAMA, DOORS, Polarion, or equivalent)
Working knowledge of machine safety and industrial safety standards such as ISO 19014, ISO 17757, ISO 13849, IEC 62061, and ISO 12100
Experience working with mining, construction, agricultural, industrial, robotics, autonomous vehicle, or heavy equipment programs is desirable
Previously worked on OS, Device drivers and Platform level Safety is value added

Responsibilities

Develop and own machine-level safety cases for autonomous mining vehicle deployments and driverless operations
Design and develop hazard identification and risk assessment activities for machine functions and operational scenarios, including HAZOP, System FMEA, Functional Failure Analysis, Operational Risk Assessment, and Safety Gap Analysis
Perform safety analysis and derive Machine Safety Requirements (MSRs) for Brake-by-Wire systems, Steer-by-Wire systems, Throttle-by-Wire systems, Shift / Transmission-by-Wire systems, Emergency Stop systems, Autonomous motion control systems, and Remote operation functions
Analyze hazardous machine behavior, failure modes, and fault propagation paths to identify required prevention, detection, and mitigation measures
Translate operational hazards and engineering findings into clear, implementable system safety requirements and verification criteria
Support architecture reviews and identify safety gaps across sensing, compute, controls, hydraulics, actuation, communication, and operational processes
Work across vehicle functions including braking, steering, propulsion, autonomy, operator controls, machine monitoring, and site integration activities
Support development of validation strategies and safety acceptance criteria for machine-level demonstrations and driverless deployments
Collaborate with systems, controls, autonomy, software, hardware, and validation teams to ensure safety requirements are implemented and verified end-to-end
Participate in machine bring-up, fault injection activities, safety validation, field testing, and site acceptance activities
Review HW FMEDAs, reliability analyses, diagnostic coverage assumptions, and fault detection mechanisms to support machine-level safety arguments
Support customer safety reviews, regulator discussions, operational readiness reviews, and deployment sign-offs.