Senior Functional Safety Engineer
Redwood CityRemoteFull-time
AI Summary
Senior Functional Safety Engineer overseeing safety analyses, architecture, verification, and regulatory compliance for robotic systems across multiple markets.
About this role
About Dexterity
At Dexterity, we believe robots can positively transform the world. Our breakthrough technology frees people to do the creative, inspiring, problem-solving jobs that humans do best by enabling robots to handle repetitive and physically difficult work. We’re starting with warehouse automation, where the need for smarter, more resilient supply chains impacts millions of lives and businesses around the world.
Dexterity's full-stack robotics systems pick, move, pack, and collaborate with human-like skill, awareness, and learning capabilities. Our systems are software-driven and hardware-agnostic and have already picked over 15 million goods in production. And did we mention we’re customer-obsessed? Every decision, large and small, is driven by one question – how can we empower our customers with robots to do more than they thought was possible?
Dexterity is one of the fastest-growing companies in robotics, backed by world-class investors such as Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Obvious Ventures. We’re a diverse and multidisciplinary team with a culture built on passion, trust, and dedication. Come join Dexterity and help make intelligent robots a reality!
About the Role
As a Functional Safety Engineer, you will lead functional safety design and verification initiatives of robotic systems and support regulatory compliance for North America, European, and Japanese markets. The ideal candidate will have an in-depth understanding of applicable industry standards and will strive to balance an innovative engineering mindset with established design and safety principles in a new and emerging industry. You will take a key role in Dexterity’s scale and global expansion by designing and implementing safe and compliant solutions.
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Skills
ANSI/RIA R15.06ANSI/RIA R15.08CE Directives (Machinery Regulation, EMC)Documentation For ComplianceEtherCAT/FSoEEthernet/IPFault DetectionFault ToleranceFMEAFTAFunctional Safety Standards (ISO 10218, ISO 13849, IEC 61508, IEC 62061)Function Block DiagramsIEC 60204IEC 61496IEC 62061Ladder LogicMicrocontrollersMixed-signal DesignModbusPLCProfinetRedundancyRegulatory ComplianceRisk AssessmentSafety ArchitecturesSafety ChecklistsSafety PoliciesSafety Validation & VerificationSIL-based RequirementsSIL DeterminationSOPsStructured TextTraining ToolingUL 1740UL 3100
