Safety Expert - Robotics & Drones
Aptiv
- Carmel, Indiana, United States
- Carmel, Indiana, United States
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Own the end-to-end robotics safety architecture for AMR and drone platforms, spanning sensors, perception, localization, planning, control, actuation, human-machine interaction, and connectivity. Define and maintain the system-level safety concept, including functional safety architecture, safety goals, safe operating states, degraded modes, and fault response strategies. Architect safety mechanisms and patterns, including: Safety monitors and supervisors Redundant and diverse sensing and compute paths Watchdogs and heartbeat mechanisms Safe motion and emergency stop behaviors Diagnostics, fault containment, and recovery
Partition safety-critical and non-safety workloads across SoCs, MCUs, safety MCUs, and offboard services, with clear freedom-from-interference strategies. Define clear interfaces, safety contracts, and assumptions between perception, localization, planning, control, safety functions, fleet systems, and cloud components. Ensure that the software and system architecture meets all derived safety, performance, timing, moding, and availability requirements.
Safety & Compliance Leadership
Lead software and system architecture alignment with applicable robotics and machinery safety standards, including (as applicable): IEC 61508 ISO 13849 ISO 10218 ISO 3691-4 ISO 12100
Collaborate with system safety engineers to: Define hazard analyses and risk assessments (HARA) Perform and review FMEAs, FTAs, and fault injection strategies Develop and maintain structured safety cases and safety arguments
Drive architectural decisions that enable certification, audits, and third-party assessments. Establish traceability from hazards -> safety goals -> technical safety requirements -> architecture -> implementation -> verification.
Technical Leadership & Governance
Serve as the technical authority for robotics safety architecture decisions, including tradeoffs between safety, performance, cost, and complexity. Lead architecture and safety design reviews across programs. Provide technical direction to teams developing perception, autonomy, control, and safety software. Mentor engineers on: Safetyoriented design patterns Defensive programming and diagnostics Faulttolerant robotics systems ROS2 usage in safetyconstrained systems
Validation, Simulation & Safety Verification
Define how simulation and digital twins (Gazebo, Isaac Sim, Webots, or custom platforms) support: Hazard validation Scenariobased safety testing Regression testing of safety behaviors
Shape testing and validation strategies including: Fault injection and robustness testing Safety regression and release qualification
Collaborate with DevOps and tooling teams to ensure CI/CD pipelines support safety evidence generation.
Lifecycle Robustness & Operations
Architect for robust operation in realworld industrial environments, including sensor degradation, network loss, environmental uncertainty, and human interaction. Define safe strategies for: Overtheair updates Remote monitoring and diagnostics Logging, telemetry, and observability
Ensure postdeployment changes preserve or improve the safety posture of deployed fleets.
Customer & Partner Engagement
Translate customer, regulatory, and partner safety expectations into system architecture and technical requirements. Support safetycritical PoCs, pilots, and demos with AMR, drone, and industrial automation partners. Contribute to longterm platform and ecosystem strategy: ROS2 distributions Safety middleware and toolchains Buildvsbuy decisions for safetyrelevant components
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience. 8+ years in robotics or embedded software, with 3-5+ years owning system or safety architecture. Handson experience deploying software on real robots (AMRs, AGVs, drones, industrial robots). Strong experience with ROS2, including architecturelevel use of nodes, DDS, executors, lifecycle management, and realtime considerations. Proven experience designing systems that include: Multisensor perception and fusion (vision, lidar, radar) Mapping and localization (SLAM, VIO, VO, fusion) Motion planning, navigation, and control Lowlevel motor control, actuator interfaces, and realtime loops
Linux and embedded systems background, including containerization and networked middleware. Ability to produce clear, auditable architecture and safety documentation. Excellent crossfunctional communication and technical leadership skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
Direct experience delivering safetycertifiable robotics systems in industrial, logistics, or warehouse environments. Formal involvement in functional safety development processes (IEC 61508, ISO 13849, ISO 26262, or related). Experience with safety MCUs, lockstep processors, and hardware safety mechanisms. Familiarity with heterogeneous SoCs (NVIDIA, Qualcomm, TI, Renesas, etc.) and safety partitioning. Experience with scenariobased safety testing and fault injection. Knowledge of industrial communication protocols (CAN, Ethernet, TSN). Exposure to cybersecurity considerations in safetycritical robotics. Experience working in startup or incubation environments with high ambiguity and ownership.
Traits we seek:
Curiously investigate everything - ability to solving problems analytically, creatively and collaboratively Lead with confidence - thought leaders who empower those around them Learn by doing - an entrepreneurial mindset that's driven by hands-on experimentation Embrace resilience - seeing every challenge as a learning opportunity and invitation to grow
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Sprachkenntnisse
- English
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