Senior Systems Engineer

Senior Systems Engineer

Time type: full time

Posted on: December 06, 2024

Job requisition id: R4305

What we need 

We are looking for a Senior Systems Engineer to join our Functional Safety team. Your job will be to guide the development of safety systems for Symbotic, ensuring safe and efficient human/machine interaction. The Senior Systems Engineer works to integrate technical disciplines and functions throughout the development cycle by creating and maintaining a rigorous, structured development process. 

What we do 

The Functional Safety team is integral in ensuring that Symbotic's efficient and cutting-edge warehouse automation solutions adhere to the highest standards of safety and compliance. 

What you’ll do 

• Guide the development of safety systems for Symbotic products through a structured process from stakeholder requirements and Concept of Operations through to system and subsystem design and test, working with engineering, support, and test teams, as well as with customers. 

• Run an ISO 12100 risk assessment process and generate requirements for safety systems to mitigate risks. 

• Collaborate with engineering in the design of a safety architecture and hazard mitigations. 

• Create and manage cross-functional system and subsystem requirements for safety systems. 

• Collaborate with the test team to facilitate the development and documentation of appropriate tests and ensure coverage for all requirements. 

• Create and manage traceability from requirements to verification and validation.  

• Write system and subsystem design documents for safety systems. 

• Run FMEAs, identify and document gaps, track mitigations, and support process for FMEDAs. 

• Become an internal expert on applicable standards, e.g. ISO 10218, ISO 62998, ISO 13849, IEC 61508, etc., and how they apply to Symbotic systems. 

What you’ll need 

• BS degree or equivalent in an engineering-related discipline. 

• Minimum 8 years of experience as an engineer working on complex hardware/software systems. 

• Minimum 5 years of experience in systems engineering in a regulated domain; e.g. medical devices, avionics, or machine safety. 

• Creativity and comfort with taking initiative and developing new processes. 

• Meticulous nature and drive to find gaps in current understanding and processes. 

• Excellent oral and written communication skills for internal and external customers. 

• Strong documentation skills and practice. 

• Experience creating and managing requirements and traceability. 

• Experience running risk analyses and FMEAs (ideally supporting FMEDAs as well) 

• Good technical leadership, planning and organization/control skills. 

• Ability to read, understand and use established standards from bodies such as ISO, IEC, NFPA, UL, etc. 

Our Environment  

• Up to 15% of travel may be required. Employees must have a valid driver’s license and the ability to drive and/or fly to client and other customer locations.  

• The employee is responsible for owning a credit card and managing expenses personally to be reimbursed on a bi-weekly basis.  

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