# Senior Functional Safety Engineer (m/f/d)

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR Synapticon builds the motion control and actuator technology at the core of next-generation humanoid robots. As Senior Functional Safety Engineer you'll be working on Positron, our PLe/SIL3-rated safety architecture for humanoid robotics - one of the first functional safety systems built specifically for humanoids rather than adapted from industrial robot arms.You will own the tooling that keeps our safety evidence coherent - requirement files, our ALM system, test annotations and CI all need to agree with each other - and you will build and evolve it working alongside AI coding agents, every day. If that is your passion, apply and join our Safety Systems team in Schönaich (close to Stuttgart). HERE'S WHERE YOU MAKE AN IMPACT Own and continuously evolve the synchronisation between our requirement files and the ALM system, making the architectural calls that keep it robust as the product line grows Design and drive the CI checks that enforce safety evidence rather than merely describe it - traceability from requirements to tests, and coverage figures that can be relied on - setting the strategy other engineers build on Take full ownership of the automation ar

- **Id**: 969135
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/synapticon-senior-functional-safety-engineer-mfd>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Schönaich, Germany
- **Countries**: DE
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-16T14:43:02Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-16
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T03:40:39Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 53
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- **Benefits**: Flexible schedule, Gym membership, Hybrid work, Professional development
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Motors, Drives & Motion Control, Robotic Components & Sensors

## Company

- **Id**: 176515
- **Name**: Synapticon
- **Domain**: synapticon.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/synapticon>
- **Size band**: 11-50
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Personio

### Truth index

- **Grade**: D
- **Score**: 54
- **Open postings**: 17
- **Ghost share**: 0.765
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 68000
- **Max usd**: 117000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_seniority_country_remote_cell
- **Sample n**: 40

## Technologies

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## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: company_stale
- **Days open**: 52

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-16T16:38:22Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 18
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.406
- **P room**: 0.45
- **Age days**: 53
- **Expected fill days**: 32
- **Reasons**: conf:2, stale_co, win:tail
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

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