Software Engineer - Embedded & Functional Safety Software

Software Engineer - Embedded & Functional Safety Software

(Customer‑Facing, High‑Impact)

Our Purpose

TERADYNE - where experience meets innovation and driving excellence in every connection. We foster an inclusive culture that values diversity, collaboration, and continuous learning, enabling us to deliver robotics solutions that are not only innovative, but also safe, reliable, and trusted by customers.

Opportunity Overview

We are looking for a Software Engineer with a strong background in embedded and low‑level robotics software, and a clear focus on functional safety and safe system behavior, to join a customer‑facing front‑office engineering team.

This role is well suited for engineers coming from embedded R&D, firmware, or safety‑critical domains who want to see their work directly impact robots operating in real customer environments. You will work close to deployed systems, owning safety‑relevant and hardware‑near issues observed in the field, and ensuring that safety mechanisms behave correctly under real operating conditions.

The position sits between field deployments and core R&D. You will implement fixes where possible, improve and validate safety logic, and escalate well‑characterized issues when deeper architectural changes are required.

What This Role Is About

• Ensuring safe robot behavior under real‑world, customer‑specific conditions
• Solving embedded and firmware issues with clear safety relevance
• Working hands‑on with safety logic, safety controllers, and monitoring mechanisms
• Using field feedback to strengthen functional safety mechanisms over time
• Maintaining deep technical ownership while increasing customer impact

Key Responsibilities

• Take end‑to‑end ownership of embedded and safety‑related software issues observed in customer deployments
• Investigate safety‑relevant incidents, unexpected stops, degraded behavior, or fault scenarios
• Analyze logs, traces, watchdog events, fault reports, and system resets from deployed robots
• Reproduce safety‑critical failures in lab and controlled environments
• Design and implement fixes and improvements in embedded C/C++ software
• Work with microcontrollers, real‑time constraints, and low‑level drivers, with safety as a primary concern
• Implement, validate, and improve safety mechanisms such as monitoring, fault detection, redundancy, and safe states
• Work with SICK safety logic, including configuration, debugging, and validation
• Use and contribute to Safety Designer configurations and safety logic design
• Assess whether issues can be resolved within the front‑office scope or require structured escalation to core R&D
• Escalate issues with clear safety impact analysis, reproduction steps, and mitigation proposals
• Collaborate closely with electronics, systems, safety specialists, and R&D teams
• Contribute to improving testing, validation, and deployment pipelines to prevent safety regressions

This is not a traditional support or compliance role.

You are expected to analyze, modify, and improve safety‑related embedded software and logic, not just document or report issues.

All About You

Mandatory Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in software development with strong C++ / C focus
• Solid experience debugging embedded systems, preferably in robotics or safety‑relevant contexts
• Hands‑on experience with robot firmware or embedded robotics software
• Ability to reason about system behavior across software, electronics, mechanics, and physical effects
• Strong focus on robustness, determinism, and predictable system behavior
• Experience working with field‑reported issues and ambiguous failure modes
• Experience with test‑driven development and agile methodologies
• Fluent in spoken and written English
• M.Sc. in Robotics Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a closely related field

Proficiency Required in Several of the Following

• Functional safety concepts such as hazard mitigation, fault detection, monitoring, and safe state handling
• SICK safety controllers and safety logic, including configuration and troubleshooting
• Experience using Safety Designer for safety logic design and validation
• Embedded C development for microcontrollers
• Hardware‑level debugging (JTAG, SWD, logic analyzers, oscilloscopes)
• CAN bus, CANopen, and safety‑relevant communication patterns
• Watchdogs, diagnostics, and fault‑handling mechanisms
• Sensor and motor controller interfacing with safety considerations
• Li‑Ion batteries and battery management systems
• Ability to read and contribute to electrical schematics
• Firmware update, flashing, and rollback strategies
• CI/CD and automated testing for embedded and safety‑related software
• Version control systems (e.g., Git)
• Experience collaborating across front‑office, electronics, safety, and R&D teams
• Experience using AI development tools

Personal Attributes

You are driven by building safe and trustworthy robotic systems. You take ownership of issues that matter, are comfortable working close to deployed robots, and can balance pragmatism with rigor. You know when to implement fixes, when to strengthen safeguards, and when to escalate issues with a clear understanding of safety impact. You value reliability, traceability, and learning from real‑world behavior.

We are only considering candidates local to the position location. This position does not offer relocation or visa sponsorship.