Safety Engineer

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U.S. role benchmark (BLS OEWS)

$116,543 U.S. median for this role

Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)

+9.8% - Much faster than average

Matched to SOC 15-1252 - Software Engineering aggregate by role bucket.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.

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Engineering From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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Senior From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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Early From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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About this role

Safety Engineer Palo Alto, California, United States About the Role We're looking for a Senior Safety Engineer who can own functional safety end-to-end for our humanoid platform: hazard analysis, architectural decisions, component selection, certification, and the messy real-world testing in between. Standards like ISO 3691-4, and ISO 10218 tell you what outcomes you must achieve. ISO 25785-1 is currently under development requiring robot dynamic stability control including zero-energy pose protocols, and fall zone markings. They do not tell you how to get there with a bipedal, dynamically balancing, multi-DOF system that doesn't fit cleanly into the assumptions those standards were written under. We need someone who treats that gap as the interesting part of the job - not a blocker. Responsibilities - Lead the safety lifecycle for our humanoid platform: hazard analysis, risk assessment, SIL/PL determination, safety requirements specification, and validation - Design safety architectures (E-stops, safety-rated monitored stops, power and force limiting, speed and separation monitoring) appropriate to a mobile, dynamically balancing robot - Select and justify safety-rated components : controllers, sensors, contactors, and where no off-the-shelf component fits, design or specify alternatives that achieve equivalent safety integrity - Drive certification efforts , and own the technical file - Partner with mechanical, electrical, controls, and AI teams to bake safety into the design rather than bolt it on - Build the test fixtures, procedures, and evidence needed to prove our safety claims - Stay ahead of evolving standards (ISO 25785-1, the in-progress humanoid-specific work, etc.) and translate them into

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