Safety-critical Assessor (IEC 61508)

Role summary

This role requires a full-time, on-site presence at our office in Nyon, Switzerland. We are unable to offer remote or hybrid arrangements, so candidates should be based locally or prepared to relocate.

Responsibilities

• Identify applicable directives, regulations, harmonised standards and class rules early in the development cycle and translate them into design requirements (EU, North America, marine)
• Select and manage notified bodies, NRTLs, classification societies and test laboratories, own budgets, schedules and contracts for certification work
• Plan and witness type tests, factory acceptance tests (FAT) and site acceptance tests (SAT)
• Lead risk assessments to ISO 12100 and hazard studies (HAZID, HAZOP to IEC 61882)
• Lead design and process FMEA (IEC 60812) for stacks, balance of plant, containers and fuel processing
• Run explosion-protection assessments: hazardous area classification (IEC 60079-10-1), ventilation and gas detection concepts, and equipment selection
• Specify and verify safety functions to ISO 13849 (PL) and IEC 61508, including safety requirement specifications and validation reports
• Compile and maintain technical construction files, CE Declarations of Conformity, type-approval dossiers and certification reports
• Write and review user, installation, operation and maintenance manuals, safety instructions and labelling
• Maintain the standards register and assess the impact of new or revised standards
• Manage certification change control: assess design changes for impact on existing certificates
• Act as the internal authority on certification scope: ensure in-service conformity of series production with certified designs, and support procurement and supply chain on material and packaging compliance (e.g. RoHS, packaging regulations).
• Support design reviews and supplier qualification, including component certificates (ATEX, PED, electrical)

The role covers, but is not limited to, the frameworks below. Working knowledge of most is expected; deep expertise in several is required

• IEC 62282 series, CSA/ANSI FC 1:2021, ISO 16110-1 and Machinery Regulation (EU) 2023/1230

Requirements

• Master’s or bachelor’s degree in mechanical, electrical, chemical, process or safety engineering, or equivalent
• 5+ years in product certification, compliance or safety engineering for complex electromechanical or process equipment (energy, gas, process, machinery or marine)
• Direct experience with hydrogen or fuel cell systems and the IEC 62282 series, CSA/ANSI FC 1 or ISO 16110
• Proven track record of taking products through CE marking and third-party certification with notified bodies or NRTLs
• Hands-on experience leading FMEA, HAZOP and risk assessments, and documenting them to auditor standard
• Solid knowledge of ATEX / IECEx, hazardous area classification and explosion-protection concepts
• Experience specifying and validating safety functions to ISO 13849 and/or IEC 61508
• Excellent technical writing: clear, structured, audit-ready technical files and manuals
• Fluent English, written and spoken

Nice to have

• Marine type approval with a classification society (DNV, LR, BV, ABS) or IGF Code projects
• Experience with fuel processing, reformers or fire equipment, and with pressure equipment under PED
• Certified functional safety qualification or ATEX/IECEx competence certification
• Familiarity with North American codes (NEC, NFPA) and UL/CSA certification
• Rigorous and structured, with a strong safety mindset and an eye for detail
• Pragmatic: finds compliant solutions that keep development moving
• Confident communicator with engineers, auditors, authorities and customers
• Self-driven in a fast-growing, scale-up environment; comfortable owning topics end to end

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