Lead Safety Systems Engineer (Robotics)

Location: Seattle, United States

Company

hirify.global develops autonomous heavy machinery by combining robotics, software, hardware, and mission-critical infrastructure for construction jobsites.

What you will do

• Define system-level safety architectures across hardware, software, control systems, and multiple machine platforms.
• Design redundancy, fault detection, safe-state transitions, degraded operating modes, watchdog systems, safety controllers, and emergency-stop architectures.
• Develop and maintain the system safety case, including traceability from hazards and requirements to mitigations and validation evidence.
• Lead hazard analysis using FMEA, HAZOP, Fault Tree Analysis, and STPA, and define operational design domains for terrain, weather, visibility, proximity, and human presence.
• Define safe human-machine interaction, operator override mechanisms, safety perimeters, and machine-state communication.
• Establish verification, validation, fleet safety observability, incident analysis, and continuous-learning frameworks for deployed autonomous machines.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or a related technical field.
• 7+ years of experience designing or validating safety-critical systems.
• Experience with FMEA, HAZOP, Fault Tree Analysis, or STPA.
• Strong understanding of hardware-software system integration and verification and validation strategies for complex systems.
• Ability to work across multidisciplinary engineering teams with strong analytical and communication skills.

Nice to have

• Safety architecture experience for autonomous systems, robotics platforms, heavy machinery, industrial robotics, automotive, or aerospace systems.
• Experience with ISO 17757, ISO 19014, ISO 13849, IEC 61508, ISO 26262, or SOTIF.
• Experience with human-robot interaction safety, fleet telemetry, system observability, regulatory processes, or certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Ownership of safety architecture across the autonomy stack and deployed fleet.
• Collaboration across robotics, software, hardware, machine learning, engineering, and operations.
• Competitive compensation and equity.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401(k), and life insurance.
• Opportunity to see safety systems operate on autonomous machines deployed worldwide.