Senior Product Safety Engineer (IEC 61508, Hardware safety)

Role summary

Senior Product Safety Engineer responsible for product safety work across the safety lifecycle, with emphasis on IEC 61508, ISO 13849, ISO 10218, and related standards. The template can be adapted for Senior roles.

Responsibilities

• Support hazard analysis, risk assessment, safety concept, verification and release evidence for safety-critical systems.
• Coordinate engineering, quality and program stakeholders so safety requirements are traceable through design, implementation and validation.
• Review safety cases, test evidence, supplier inputs and change impacts against the agreed safety lifecycle.

Requirements

• Experience applying functional safety methods such as HARA, FMEA, FMEDA, fault tree analysis, safety requirements management or safety case development.
• Ability to translate safety goals and standards into practical engineering deliverables and clear cross-functional decisions.
• Working knowledge of safety-critical hardware, software, controls, embedded systems or industrial automation practices.

Nice to have

• Functional safety credential, assessor experience or prior ownership of audits and independent reviews.
• Experience with tool qualification, cybersecurity interfaces, SOTIF, machinery safety, autonomous systems or regulated product launches.

Standards

• IEC 61508
• ISO 13849
• ISO 10218
• IEC 60204-1
• IEC 61010
• UL 61010