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Product Safety Engineer (ISO 13849)

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StageDirectory listedStandardsISO 13849 · ISO 10218 · ISO 12100 · IEC 60204-1 · NFPA 79IndustrySemiconductorSeniorityMid-levelRegionMassachusetts, USWork modeRemoteSource year2026Role familyFunctional safety engineeringSegmentMachinery OEMEmployerEmployer profile
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Role summary

The organization is seeking a Product Safety Engineer to work in our Chelmsford, MA headquarter in Greater Boston, supporting the development of semiconductor manufacturing solutions. The organization provides automation solutions for chip manufacturing globally. Among many technological areas, we design and build precision robots and systems for wafer handling. This role offers excellent opportunities for technical growth and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Responsibilities

  • This individual will be responsible for developing, implementing and monitoring product safety programs and policies for the organization semiconductor products (including vacuum and atmospheric robots, vacuum cluster tools, EFEMs, etc.).
  • Ensures compliance with government, customer focused, and industry health and safety laws and guidelines throughout the product lifecycle.
  • Conducts and oversees safety and compliance reviews and evaluations of new and existing products.
  • Creates test plans for new and updated products.
  • Works with cross-functional teams to create and maintain product risk assessments and address hazard mitigations.
  • Provides recommendations to product-related safety escalations, and/or accidents and work with teams to devise plans of action. Conduct training for other groups within the organization to aid in awareness and design for compliance.
  • Evaluate products to relevant functional safety standards (i.e. , ISO 10218).
  • 2 to 5 years of experience with machine safety standards and industry guidelines such as EN/IEC 60204-1 and NFPA 79. Semiconductor equipment and SEMI S2 experience is preferred.
  • Experience using risk assessment methodologies outlined in . Experience with SEMI S10 is preferred.
  • EMC testing experience is preferred.
  • Cyber Security experience is preferred.
  • Associate's Degree with equivalent experience. Bachelor’s or Master's Degree in an Engineering related subject area is preferred.

Standards

  • ISO 13849 Safety-Related Parts of Control Systems
  • ISO 10218 Robots and Robotic Devices - Safety Requirements
  • ISO 12100 Safety of Machinery - Risk Assessment and Risk Reduction
  • IEC 60204-1 Electrical Equipment of Machines
  • NFPA 79 Electrical Standard for Industrial Machinery

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