Dexterity
Lead Functional Safety Engineer
$186K–$232K
Redwood City, CA · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 17, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years of functional safety experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or a related engineering discipline.
About the job
Leads functional safety engineering for industrial robots, autonomous mobile systems, and drivetrains, overseeing safety lifecycle work and compliance for deployment across global markets.
What you'll do
- Own the safety lifecycle, from risk assessment and requirements through architecture, implementation, verification, and validation.
- Establish safety processes and governance, and lead safety analyses, testing, documentation, reviews, and audits.
- Guide implementation and compliance, and support safe deployment and customer operations through technical guidance, procedures, training, and troubleshooting.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or a related engineering discipline.
- 10+ years of functional safety experience in robotics, automation, autonomous systems, or other safety-critical industries.
- Proven ownership of the full safety lifecycle, from risk assessment and PLr/SIL determination through implementation, verification, and validation.
- Hands-on experience with motion controls, safety PLCs, sensors, brakes, safety-rated networks, and PLC or embedded programming.
Nice to have
- Functional safety certification (TÜV, CFSE, CFSP, or CMSE).
Pay
USD 186,000–232,000 (per-year-salary)
Tools
motion controls, safety PLCs, sensors, brakes, safety-rated networks, PLC, embedded programming, FMEA/FMEDA
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