Electrical and Machine Safety Engineer Job Newark area,New Jersey USA,Engineering

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The Staff Electrical and Machine Safety Engineer is responsible for providing technical leadership for electrical design, machine safety, field labeling, and European conformity of new and modified manufacturing equipment. This role helps Cepheid design, qualify, and sustain safe, compliant automated assembly equipment used in high-volume production of diagnostic disposables. This position reports to the Sr. Director, Systems Engineering and is part of the Automation Engineering group located in Newark, California, and will be an on-site role.

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this role, you will have the opportunity to:

Lead electrical and machine safety activities for new and modified manufacturing equipment, including defining design requirements, conducting design reviews and risk-reduction activities, supporting equipment qualification, and determining release readiness.
Develop, review, and implement machine safeguarding systems using safety controllers or programmable logic controllers (PLCs), safety relays, light curtains, interlocks, area scanners, emergency-stop systems, and other risk-reduction measures, including performing and documenting machine safety risk assessments and developing equipment-specific Lockout/Tagout procedures.
Define electrical and machine safety scopes of work and provide technical direction to internal teams and equipment suppliers through equipment design, build, commissioning, and installation, including coordination of field labeling and European conformity activities with Field Evaluation Bodies, Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories, and other applicable assessment bodies.
Design, test, commission, and troubleshoot electrical control systems, control panels, power distribution systems, fieldbus networks, and associated automation equipment in a high-volume manufacturing environment, and support Lockout/Tagout and qualified electrical worker training for manufacturing personnel.
Develop and implement electrical and machine safety standardization across manufacturing equipment platforms, including equipment upgrades, obsolescence management, supplier and component selection, and continuous improvement activities.

The essential requirements of the job include:

Experience applying ISO 12100 and ISO 13849-1 or IEC 62061 to define risk-reduction measures, determine required performance levels or safety integrity levels, and verify machine safety functions for automated equipment.
Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of related experience, master's degree with 3+ years of related experience, or doctoral degree with 0-2 years of related experience in electrical design, machine safety, controls engineering, or industrial automation.
Working knowledge of applicable machine electrical and safety…