Lead Safety Engineer, Robotics

OpenAI
San Francisco
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 342,000 - 468,000 annuallyFunction: Administration & Executive AssistanceSkills: ["Leadership","Communication","Cross-functional collaboration","Problem-solving","Risk assessment"]

Lead the product safety strategy for OpenAI’s robotics program, working with leadership, engineering, research, legal, and policy teams to embed safety from development through deployment. Define hazard analyses, risk assessments, and safety cases; influence architecture, regulatory strategy, and certification plans across robotic platforms.

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Lead Safety Engineer, Robotics

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Job Summary

Lead the product safety strategy for OpenAI’s robotics program, working with leadership, engineering, research, legal, and policy teams to embed safety from development through deployment. Define hazard analyses, risk assessments, and safety cases; influence architecture, regulatory strategy, and certification plans across robotic platforms.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Define and lead the product safety strategy for robotic systems across the development lifecycle.
  • •Monitor and influence emerging regulatory frameworks, industry standards, and policy developments relevant to robotics and autonomous systems.
  • •Partner with engineering teams to translate safety requirements into product architecture, design decisions, and engineering requirements.
  • •Develop and maintain system-level hazard analyses, risk assessments, and safety cases for robotic products.
  • •Establish safety requirements, verification strategies, and evidence-generation plans to support product development and future certification activities.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 342,000 - 468,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •Deep expertise in product safety and robotics safety
  • •Experience with safety/regulatory frameworks such as ISO 10218, ISO 13849, IEC 61508, ISO 12100, ANSI/RIA standards
  • •Experience developing hazard analyses, risk assessments, safety cases, or certification strategies for complex electromechanical systems
  • •Experience working with regulators, standards organizations, certification bodies, or industry working groups
  • •Ability to translate safety requirements into product architecture, design decisions, and engineering requirements
Experience:RoboticsSafetyRegulatory
Skills:LeadershipCommunicationCross-functional collaborationProblem-solvingRisk assessment
Tech Stack:FMEAHazard analysisRisk assessmentRegulatory compliance

Company Brief

OpenAI
Develops and deploys advanced generative AI models (including ChatGPT and DALL·E) and AI infrastructure, providing APIs and consumer products to accelerate safe AGI for broad benefit.
Industry: AI & Machine Learning
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Hectocorn (USD 100B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2015
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