Safety Engineer
Sunrise Robotics Corporation · Remote · CET +/- 3 ·
COMPENSATION
€•• – ••k
Listed on the employer's job board (Ashby)
- Fully remote (CET +/-3h)
- 5+ years experience
- Functional safety expert
- EU Machinery Regulation
- Travel 25%
You will define and implement safety strategies for robotic cells that combine industrial arms, cameras, and sensors. Working closely with robotics and software engineers, you will integrate safety into motion planning and perception algorithms early in the design process. Your work ensures compliance with evolving EU machinery regulations while enabling high-mix manufacturing automation.
What you'll do
- Define the safety concept for the cell platform to minimize repeated assessments
- Provide safety input during initial design reviews and sign off on solutions
- Specify and validate safety functions for PLCs and robot controllers
- Prepare risk assessments, CE technical files, and Declarations of Conformity
- Manage site safety including layout, guarding, and acceptance tests
- Investigate root causes of safety faults and incidents
- Create safety content for manuals and support presales inquiries
What you'll need
- At least five years in machinery safety for industrial machines or robots
- Experience with risk assessments and CE marking preparation or signing
- Proficiency in specifying safety functions for PLCs and safety sensors
- Knowledge of ISO 12100, ISO 13849, and EU Machinery Regulation
- Ability to review software designs and discuss algorithm behavior
- Experience making safety decisions in ambiguous regulatory areas
- Strong written English skills for clear requirement documentation
- Willingness to travel approximately 25% of the time
Nice to have
- TÜV Functional Safety Engineer or CMSE qualification
- Experience creating safety concepts for machine families
- Background in collaborative or fenceless robot applications
- Knowledge of safety in motion control or perception software
- Experience scaling production from small batches to dozens
Stack
- Safety PLC
- Robot safety controller
- Radar sensors
- Scanners
- Light curtains
How you'll work
- Fully remote within three hours of Central European Time
- Regular visits to cells in Ljubljana and customer sites
- Travel required about 25% of the time