Principal Safety Engineer

Highlights

• Define safety principles for NEO humanoid robots operating in real homes.
• Invent new ways to eliminate risk across hardware, controls, and AI behavior.
• Help ship humanoid robots that work alongside people at scale.

What they offer

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Generous paid time off, company holidays, and parental leave
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Flexible Spending Accounts and Health Savings Accounts options
• Commuter benefits
• Short-term and long-term disability, and life insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Onsite snacks and catered lunches
• Offers Equity

Ideal candidate

First-principles systems thinker passionate about making powerful humanoid robots safe around people, comfortable driving technical direction and influencing across disciplines in a fast-moving startup.

Requirements

• Deep experience in robotics safety and AI-enabled robotic systems
• Strong background in robot design, system architecture, controls, actuation, sensing, and complex electromechanical behavior
• Demonstrated track record of safety innovation - novel technical solutions to meaningful robot hazards
• Experience designing safety cases, safety validation strategies, and safety test plans for complex robotic or autonomous systems
• Experience applying functional safety methods in service of product-specific risk reduction, not compliance alone