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Staff Autonomy Safety Engineer - Robot Safety

San Carlos, CA💼 Full-time💰 $170,000–$170,000🗓 2026-06-17 → 2026-07-31

Core

Designing and implementing autonomy safety systems, risk mitigation strategies, and validation frameworks to ensure humanoid robots operate safely alongside humans in real-world environments.

Role type

Staff Autonomy Safety Engineer

Builds

Scalable robot safety architectures, autonomy validation systems, simulation frameworks, and operational risk mitigation strategies for humanoid robotics platforms.

Domain

Robotics, Autonomous Systems, Safety-Critical Engineering

Deliverable

production ML models | infrastructure

Required skills

Robotics safety, autonomous systems, controls engineering, systems-level thinking, safety validation, testing, simulation, risk analysis, hazard assessment, Python, C++, distributed systems

Preferred skills

Humanoid robots, autonomous vehicles, industrial robotics, safety standards (ISO 13849, IEC 61508, ISO 26262), robotics simulation environments, perception systems, controls, motion planning, reinforcement learning safety

Technologies

Python, C++, ISO 13849, IEC 61508, ISO 26262

Responsibilities

Design and implement scalable robot safety architectures and autonomy validation systems; Establish safety evaluation methodologies and operational risk mitigation strategies; Partner cross-functionally to define and enforce safety requirements; Improve operational reliability through safety analysis and testing frameworks; Develop scalable processes for identifying and mitigating autonomy-related risks.

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with strategic scope

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