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Senior Machine Safety Engineer

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StageDirectory listedStandardsISO 12100 · ISO 13849 · IEC 62061IndustryIndustrial machinerySenioritySeniorRegionMultiple locationsWork modeHybridSource year2026Role familyTest & verificationSegmentOtherEmployerEmployer profileToolsPythonLanguagesEnglish
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Role summary

You will join a small, senior system test team in our Safety, Sensing and Industrial Components business.

Responsibilities

  • Own system test end to end for your products: turn requirements into risk-based test plans, then execute functional, interoperability, timing and fault-injection tests.
  • Build and improve hardware test rigs with safety controllers, safety light curtains, IO-Link masters and EtherNet/IP networks.
  • Validate that the system enters a safe state and reports the right diagnostics when faults occur.
  • Root-cause complex, cross-domain issues together with development and drive them to closure.
  • Grow our test automation and contribute to test strategy and coverage.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Electronics, Automation, Mechatronics, Controls or Computer Engineering, or equivalent professional experience in system, integration or hardware test.
  • Professional experience testing electronic or industrial automation products, hands-on with test hardware.
  • English language skills at CEFR B2 level or above.

Nice to have

  • Three or more years in system or integration test of industrial automation, machine safety or electronics products.
  • Experience with an industrial network — EtherNet/IP and CIP, or a comparable one such as PROFINET or EtherCAT.
  • Experience with safety or smart-device technologies such as GuardLink, OSSD safety outputs, IO-Link or safety light curtains.
  • Test automation experience with Python, LabVIEW or TestStand, and comfort with lab instruments such as an oscilloscope and programmable power supply.

Standards

  • ISO 12100 Safety of Machinery - Risk Assessment and Risk Reduction
  • ISO 13849 Safety-Related Parts of Control Systems
  • IEC 62061 Safety of Machinery - Functional Safety of Control Systems

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