Senior Industrial Functional Safety Engineer

About Saphira AI

The Enablement Layer for Physical AI

The role

We are seeking a **Senior Functional Safety Engineer** to join our team and lead customer-facing engagements across the safety and compliance lifecycle. The ideal candidate brings hands-on experience in functional safety engineering, risk assessment, and certification, and can provide both technical expertise and structured leadership in achieving certification outcomes. Candidates **must** have experience in industrial functional safety, **not just automotive**, and **should** have a relevant TÜV or similar certification.### Responsibilities* **Lead Safety Cases & Risk Assessments**\ Drive the development and execution of safety cases across robotics, automotive, and industrial applications. Collaborate with customers to evaluate hazards, conduct risk analyses, and define mitigation strategies.* **Certification Enablement**\ Support customer certification efforts to meet requirements for UL, CE, FCC, and other global conformity marks. Apply standards-based approaches across domains, including: * **Machinery/Robotics:** ISO 12100, ISO 10218-1/-2, ISO 13849-1/-2 * **Functional Safety / EMC:** IEC 61508, IEC 61010-1, IEC 62368* **Tools, Templates, and Methods**\ Develop and maintain checklists, templates, and structured methods for evaluating hardware and software against safety and compliance requirements.* **Lifecycle Leadership**\ Bring proven experience leading safety and compliance initiatives end-to-end — from hazard analysis to functional safety concept definition, requirements management, and verification/validation activities.* **Collaboration & Integration**\ Work with internal teams to build datasets, workflows, and safety engineering knowledge into the Saphira platform for scalable use across customer projects.### Qualifications* 5+ years of experience in functional safety engineering or safety consulting.* Strong knowledge of international safety standards and certification processes across robotics, automotive, or related industries.* Demonstrated experience leading safety case development and certification initiatives.* Proficiency with safety and requirements management tools (e.g., DOORS, Polarion) and analysis methods (FMEA, FMEDA, FTA, HARA).* Ability to navigate ambiguity and balance trade-offs while ensuring compliance with applicable standards.* Excellent communication skills and experience working directly with customers or external certification partners.