Chief Robotics Safety Architect (Onsite in Cambridge)

Dynamic Creatures; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Dynamic Creatures in Cambridge, MA is seeking a Head of Safety to own safety across the company. You will set the safety strategy, build the engineering system behind it, and remain hands-on from early architecture through validation and deployment.

You will work directly with founders and engineering leaders to make safety a design input, a release requirement, and an operating discipline. This role is based in Cambridge, MA and requires in-person work five days a week.

Qualifications

• Experience owning safety for physical robots or complex electromechanical products operating near people.
• Led hazard analysis and safety architecture from design to deployment, not just policy.
• Ability to translate standards and risk into practical design decisions and release gates.

Responsibilities

• Own the safety program across the full robot lifecycle: concept, design, integration, verification, deployment, operations, and change control.
• Lead hazard identification and risk assessment using methods like FMEA, fault-tree analysis, HAZOP, and STPA.
• Translate hazards into clear safety requirements, architectures, and engineering priorities across hardware, software, AI, and cloud systems.
• Define and verify safety functions, limits, diagnostics, degraded modes, emergency behavior, and human-robot interaction safeguards.
• Build validation strategy and evidence: test plans, fault injection, edge-case testing, traceability, safety cases, and release-readiness reviews.
• Own roadmap for relevant standards and certifications (ISO 12100, ISO 13482, ANSI/CAN/UL 3300, ISO 13849, IEC 61508, IEC 62061).
• Establish safe deployment practices for guest-facing environments, including site assessment and incident review.
• Collaborate with external labs, partners, customers, insurers, and regulators as needed.
• Grow and lead the safety function as the company expands.

Skills

Robotics safety

Hazard analysis leadership

Safety architecture

Verification & deployment

Systems engineering

Standards interpretation

Validation & fault injection

Effective communication

Job description

Dynamic Creatures in Cambridge, MA is seeking a Head of Safety to own safety across the company. You will set the safety strategy, build the engineering system behind it, and remain hands-on from early architecture through validation and deployment.

You will work directly with founders and engineering leaders to make safety a design input, a release requirement, and an operating discipline. This role is based in Cambridge, MA and requires in-person work five days a week.