What we need

We are looking for a Senior Systems Engineer to join our Functional Safety team. Your job will be to guide the development of safety systems for Symbotic, ensuring safe and efficient human/machine interaction. The Senior Systems Engineer works to integrate technical disciplines and functions throughout the development cycle by creating and maintaining a rigorous, structured development process.

What we do

The Functional Safety team is integral in ensuring that Symbotic's efficient and cutting-edge warehouse automation solutions adhere to the highest standards of safety and compliance.

What youll do

• Guide the development of safety systems for Symbotic products through a structured process from stakeholder requirements and Concept of Operations through to system and subsystem design and test, working with engineering, support, and test teams, as well as with customers.

• Run an ISO 12100 risk assessment process and generate requirements for safety systems to mitigate risks.

• Collaborate with engineering in the design of a safety architecture and hazard mitigations.

• Create and manage cross-functional system and subsystem requirements for safety systems.

• Collaborate with the test team to facilitate the development and documentation of appropriate tests and ensure coverage for all requirements.

• Create and manage traceability from requirements to verification and validation.

• Write system and subsystem design documents for safety systems.

• Run FMEAs, identify and document gaps, track mitigations, and support process for FMEDAs.

• Become an internal expert on applicable standards, e.g. ISO 10218, ISO 62998, ISO 13849, IEC 61508, etc., and how they apply to Symbotic systems.

What youll need

• BS degree or equivalent in an engineering-related discipline.

• Minimum 8 years of experience as an engineer working on complex hardware/software systems.

• Minimum 5 years of experience in systems engineering in a regulated domain; e.g. medical devices, avionics, or machine safety.

• Creativity and comfort with taking initiative and developing new processes.

• Meticulous nature and drive to find gaps in current understanding and processes.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills for internal and external customers.

• Strong documentation skills and practice.

• Experience creating and managing requirements and traceability.

• Experience running risk analyses and FMEAs (ideally supporting FMEDAs as well)

• Good technical leadership, planning and organization/control skills.

• Ability to read, understand and use established standards from bodies such as ISO, IEC, NFPA, UL, etc.

Our Environment

• Up to 15% of travel may be required. Employees must have a valid drivers license and the ability to drive and/or fly to client and other customer locations.

• The employee is responsible for owning a credit card and managing expenses personally to be reimbursed on a bi-weekly basis.

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