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Senior Systems Engineer, Functional Safety

Senior Systems Engineer, Functional Safety

companySymbotic
locationWaltham, MA, USA
PublishedPublished: 12/4/2024
Engineering
Full Time

Senior Systems Engineer, Functional Safety

Time type: full time

Posted on: December 03, 2024

Job requisition id: R4305

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 you’ll 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 you’ll 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 driver’s 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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