Staff Functional Safety Engineer, Robotics Compute, DeepMind

Google

Mountain View, CA

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Analysis Skills, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Automation, Campaigns, Communication Skills, Computer Engineering, Computer Firmware, Computer Science, Computer Systems, Concrete, Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (DFMEA), Electrical Engineering, Electromechanical Systems, Embedded Systems, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), Failure Analysis, Hardware Design, High Level Architecture (HLA), ISO (International Organization for Standardization), Identify Issues, Industry Standards, Injections, International Electro-Technical Commission (IEC), Large-Scale Systems, Leadership, Metrics, Robotics, Root Cause Analysis, Safety Engineering, Safety Standards, Safety Systems, Structured Analysis, System Integration (SI), Systems Engineering, Validation Testing
LOCATION
Mountain View, CA
POSTED
30+ days ago

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience with systems automation, systems design and implementation.
  • 8 years of experience with technical infrastructure (e.g., deployment, maintenance, troubleshooting), and with reliability of technical infrastructure.
  • 3 years of experience working with system safety or functional safety projects and use of functional safety standards.
  • Experience with functional safety standards such as IEC 61508, ISO 13849,1SO 10218,ISO 26262, ISO 21448 (SOTIF), or similar frameworks.
  • Experience with functional safety engineering for embedded systems, automotive, robotics, or other hardware.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master's degree or PhD in a related technical field.
  • Certified Functional Safety Engineer(CFSE) or Certified Functional Safety Professional(CFSE) by TUV, Exida, or equivalent.
  • Experience working with external partners or vendors on safety assessments and system reviews.
  • Familiarity with highly integrated edge systems, high-performance computing, or mixed-criticality systems.

About the job

At Google DeepMind Robotics we are pioneering bringing AI to the physical world. We are powering an era of physical agents, enabling robots to perceive, plan, think, use-tools, and act to better solve complex tasks.

As a Staff Functional Safety Engineer, you will play a critical role in defining and implementing the functional safety architecture for high-performance robotics compute platforms. You will serve as a key bridge between high-level safety architectures and concrete deliverables.

Artificial intelligence will be one of humanity’s most transformative inventions. At Google DeepMind, we are a pioneering AI lab with exceptional interdisciplinary teams focused on advancing AI development to solve complex global challenges and accelerate high-quality product innovation for billions of users. We use our technologies for widespread public benefit and scientific discovery, ensuring safety and ethics are always our highest priority.

We are pushing the boundaries across multiple domains. Our global teams offer diverse learning opportunities and varied career pathways for those driven to achieve exceptional results through collective effort.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. US: $256000 - $279000 (USD) + 20% bonus targetLearn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement hardware/firmware safety features, including safety islands and fallback mechanisms. Conduct FMEDA and fault injection campaigns to evaluate diagnostics.
  • Lead testing and validation to ensure the entire hardware and software stack achieves strict certification against all targeted safety metrics and industry standards.
  • Collaborate with research teams to develop safety architectures for robotics models. Define safety goals, concepts, and cases. Specify target safety standards (e.g., ISO 26262, IEC 61508, ISO 10218, ISO TS 15066) and determine required integrity levels (SIL/ASIL). 
  • Guide engineering teams through safety and reliability methodologies (HARA, DFMEA, Fault Tree Analysis). Perform structured root cause analysis to resolve system failures.
  • Communicate effectively with both expert engineers and executive leadership. Oversee the deployment of complex electromechanical systems into large-scale, real-world operations.
Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.

About the Company

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So whether you develop new technology or creative campaigns, craft beautiful products or breakthrough partnerships, your work here is a chance to accomplish things that matter. Bring your insight, imagination, and healthy disregard for the impossible. Bring everything that makes you unique. Together, we can build for everyone.

Benefits

We strive to provide Googlers and their loved ones with a world-class benefits experience, focused on supporting their physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing. Our benefits are based on data, and centered around our users: Googlers and their families. They’re thoughtfully designed to enhance your health and wellbeing, and generous enough to make it easy for you to take good care of yourself (now, and in the future). So we can build for everyone, together.

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COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Computer Software
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
Paid Sick Days, Performance Bonus, Professional Development, 401K, Stock Options, Employee Events, Retirement / Pension Plans, Tuition Reimbursement, Work From Home, Life Insurance, On Site Cafeteria
FOUNDED
1998
WEBSITE
https://goo.gle/4dbno6V