At the heart of product innovation and development, our Systems Engineering Department transforms market demands into safe, certifiable, and competitive solutions and architectures. By collaborating closely with software, hardware, safety, and certification teams, we ensure every product meets the highest standards while adapting to fast-evolving market needs. Our mission is to enable seamless human-robot collaboration and deliver solutions that are safe, compliant, and ready for the future. Join us to shape the next generation of human-robot systems by owning system-level requirements, integration, and alignment, with architectural responsibilities as needed. If you thrive in cross-functional teamwork and technical excellence, you’ll find extraordinary opportunities with us.
Your Mission and ChallengesDefine the Blueprint: Serve as the senior technical authority on certification standards (ISO 13849, ISO 10218, IEC 61508, ISO 12100) and compliance strategies for the entire robotic product portfolio; be the go-to expert for complex certification decisions.
Navigate the Unknown: Develop certification strategies for novel robotic architectures (collaborative robots, mobile manipulators, humanoids) where standards coverage is incomplete or evolving; drive risk-based argumentation in semi-standardized domains.
Evidence & Argumentation: Build and maintain the certification case structure, defining argumentation frameworks, evidence mapping, and compliance matrices; assess design evidence and test reports for certification sufficiency and technical defensibility.
Authority Dialogue: Act as Neura's primary technical liaison with notified bodies (TÜV, SGS, UL, Intertek) and certification authorities at the senior working level; represent the company in complex negotiations on scope, technical feasibility, and conformity routes.
Coach & Mentor: Design and deliver targeted training and mentorship programs for the Certification Engineering team; build internal capability on certification strategy, standards interpretation, and notified body engagement.
Standards Forecasting: Monitor standards evolution (incl. ISO/TR 23482, ISO 13482, ISO/TR 25785-1, EU AI Act implications, emerging autonomous robotics guidance) and proactively assess impact on certification scope, timelines, and strategy.
Knowledge Architect: Document certification strategies, precedents, lessons learned, and risk-based argumentation frameworks to build institutional knowledge and accelerate certification timelines for future products.
Seniority & Certification Body Background: 5+ years of hands-on experience in product certification, conformity assessment, or regulatory engineering for machinery, robotics, or comparable complex systems; prior experience inside a certification body (TÜV, Exida, SGS, etc.) is a definite advantage.
Standards Mastery: Expert-level understanding of EU Machinery Regulation 2023/1230, CE marking, ISO 13849, ISO 10218, IEC 61508, ISO 12100, and EMC/LVD requirements; working knowledge of ISO 26262 and ISO/PAS 21448 (SOTIF) is a strong plus.
Risk-Based Argumentation: Demonstrated expertise developing certification strategies for semi-standardized or novel domains where full standards coverage does not exist; able to defend technical argumentation to notified bodies on novel robotic architectures (humanoids, AI-enabled systems).
Authority Engagement: Proven track record of collaborative, direct interactions with notified bodies, test laboratories, and certification authorities; experience negotiating scope, timelines, and conformity assessment routes at the technical and organizational level.
Skills Required
- 5+ years hands-on experience in product certification, conformity assessment, or regulatory engineering for machinery, robotics, or comparable complex systems
- Expert-level understanding of EU Machinery Regulation 2023/1230 and CE marking processes
- Expert-level knowledge of ISO 13849, ISO 10218, IEC 61508, ISO 12100 and EMC/LVD requirements
- Proven experience developing risk-based certification strategies and defending technical argumentation for semi-standardized or novel robotic architectures
- Proven track record engaging and negotiating with notified bodies, test laboratories, and certification authorities (e.g., TÜV, SGS, UL, Intertek)
- Experience building and maintaining certification case structures, evidence mapping, and compliance matrices
- Experience designing and delivering training and mentorship programs for certification engineering teams
- Prior experience inside a certification body (TÜV, Exida, SGS, etc.)
- Working knowledge of ISO 26262 and ISO/PAS 21448 (SOTIF)
What We Do
NEURA Robotics is a German high-tech company founded in 2019 in Metzingen near Stuttgart with the vision to revolutionize the world of robotics. More than 180 team members from over 30 countries are working on advanced technologies in the fields of environmental perception, drive and control technology, material science, mechanical design, and artificial intelligence. We are expanding the cognitive capabilities of robots and make breakthrough advances in a variety of areas to bring robots and humans closer together, making many areas of work more attractive, creative, and social again. That's why everything we do runs under the guiding principle "we serve humanity". In a very short period of time, NEURA Robotics has developed robots and technologies that are characterized above all by their outstanding performance as well as safe and human-centred way of working. In this way, a wide variety of application fields can be covered, from intelligent production to medical technology. All major robot components are developed and designed in-house. Imprint: https://www.neura-robotics.com/legal Privacy: https://www.neura-robotics.com/privacy
