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Amazon · Nreading, MA

# Hardware Development Engineer, Functional Safety

US, MA, N.reading Operations 

Listed on Amazon’s official careers site. Posted June 29, 2026. Check that it is still open and apply there.
[Apply on Amazon’s careers site →](https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/10460840/hardware-development-engineer-functional-safety)

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## Job description

Amazon Industrial Robotics is seeking a talented, enthusiastic, and motivated Hardware Functional Safety Engineer to define and design safety-relevant controls for robotics systems and industrial equipment. This candidate should be motivated to adapt well-tried design and safety principles and industrial safety standards into a new and emerging industry. The preferred candidate would have demonstrated experience developing embedded control systems, experience with machine safety and/or functional safety standards, and possess excellent communication skills.

### Key job responsibilities

- Guiding the design of controls for robotics and industrial automation equipment for use in a functionally safe product.

- Performing hazard and risk assessments, and safety analyses of robotics and industrial automation equipment

- Writing or reviewing safety requirement specifications, safety management plans, safety concepts, and verification and validation plans.

- Applying IEC industrial standards for the development lifecycle of a robotic control system, and coaching developers on processes to apply during this phase.

- Collaboratively participating in interdisciplinary teams to execute product designs from concept to production including design, prototype, test, validation, and certification.

- Writing or reviewing functional specifications, design verification plans and test procedures

- Analyzing failure modes of control circuits, the effect of the failure, and identifying mitigations and diagnostics

- Driving projects to closure; ensuring that systems can be manufactured, deployed, maintained, and meet regulatory requirements for certification

- Ensuring control systems comply to machinery safety standards (ISO 13849, IEC 62061, IEC 61508, IEC 61496)

## At a glance
- Posted by the employer: Jun 29, 2026
- First seen by OpenNash: Jul 10, 2026
- Last checked: Nov 8, 2026
- Listed for: 132 days
- Location: US, MA, N.reading[Apply on Amazon’s careers site →](https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/10460840/hardware-development-engineer-functional-safety)

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