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Robotics Safety and Compliance Lead

Santa Clara, CA💼 Full-time🗓 2026-04-10 → 2026-10-03

Core

Lead safety, risk, and compliance for robotics labs and data collection environments, establishing frameworks to ensure safe operations and audit readiness.

Role type

Senior safety and compliance program lead (robotics)

Builds

Safety standards, SOPs, risk mitigation frameworks, and a scalable safety function

Domain

Robotics, AI, and embodied AI operations

Required skills

risk assessment, incident management, safety program development, stakeholder influence, audit readiness, technical standards knowledge (ISO/ANSI)

Preferred skills

robotics/manufacturing experience, people management, technical background (ROS/Python), compliance tooling automation

Technologies

ROS, Python, motion capture systems, teleoperation software

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end safety and compliance for robotics labs; set safety strategy and roadmap; develop and implement safety standards and SOPs; conduct risk assessments across lab setups; serve as escalation point for safety risks; lead incident response and root cause analysis; conduct regular audits; build safety training and champion networks; partner with engineering on safe system design; hire and mentor safety team members

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with program leadership

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