Safety-critical Lead (IEC 61508, Safety leadership)

Role summary

Safety-critical Lead responsible for safety-critical work across the safety lifecycle, with emphasis on IEC 61508, ISO 13849, IEC 62061, and related standards. The template can be adapted for Lead / Manager, Hybrid 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
• IEC 62061
• ISO 3691-4