Bedrock Robotics
Systems Engineer, Safety
San Francisco, CA · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Sep 8, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years of systems engineering experience; no alternatives stated.
- Education
- Bachelor's or advanced degree in systems engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or a related field.
About the job
Defines and maintains system-level architecture, requirements, and safety concepts for autonomous construction equipment operating around people and other equipment.
What you'll do
- Develop safety-focused system requirements and metrics, and support functional and technical safety concepts.
- Lead or contribute to safety analyses and define safety mechanisms across hardware, software, and mechanical subsystems.
- Support design reviews, verification and validation planning, and root cause analysis of field or test issues.
What they ask for
- 8+ years of systems engineering experience, including direct involvement in functional safety work products (e.g., under ISO 13849, ISO 26262, or IEC 61508).
- Experience with verification and validation methods, safety analysis and risk assessment, and writing and tracing system-level requirements.
- Bachelor's or advanced degree in systems engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or a related field.
- Ability to work across hardware, software, and mechanical teams and communicate technical tradeoffs clearly.
Nice to have
- Experience with autonomous or robotic systems, particularly in unstructured or dynamic environments.
- Experience with STPA, third-party safety assessment, autonomy sensing and compute hardware, or heavy equipment and related machinery.
Tools
ISO 13849, ISO 26262, IEC 61508, HARA, FMEA, STPA, FTA, cameras, lidar, GNSS, IMUs
AI focus
The role supports safety engineering for autonomous construction equipment; it does not specify developing AI algorithms.
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