Laser Safety Specialist

247Hire; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

247Hire is seeking a Laser Safety Specialist in Sunnyvale, CA to support the laser and radiation safety team. This role involves conducting lab inspections, reviewing equipment purchases, and implementing safety protocols for lasers and X-ray devices.

Ideal candidates should have a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and experience in safety investigations. Competent communication skills and familiarity with safety standards are essential. The position may require covering labs across various locations, including travel to Redmond, WA.

Qualifications

• Experience in safety investigations, either during development process or failure analysis.
• Familiarity with multiple types of radiation sources including x-ray generating machines, lasers and LEDs.
• Outstanding communication, report writing and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Audit labs for radiation and laser safety compliance.
• Analyze safety hazards and create requirement specifications for hazardous hardware.
• Implement safety protocols as required by CDPH for X-ray generators.

Skills

Safety investigations

Communication skills

Laser calculations

Knowledge of ANSI Z136.1

Multi-tasking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Physics or related field

Job description

Laser Safety Specialist for Global EHS. The candidate will primarily support the laser and radiation safety team through lab inspections, evaluating equipment purchase requirements, reviewing R&D experiments, performing various laser exposure calculations and measurements. This role will ensure/establish appropriate area controls for employees working in and around lasers and/or Radiation sources. In addition to supporting the laser program, this role also requires supporting the Radiation safety program by implementing the established Business unit plan, performing X-ray leakage surveys and auditing training and procedures around operation of X‑ray generating devices. This role requires the ability to thrive in a dynamic environment and work closely with cross‑functional teams, both in research and product.

Responsibilities

• Audit labs for radiation and laser safety compliance
• Analyze safety hazards, assist in creating requirement specifications for hardware containing hazardous elements such as lasers, LEDs, X‑ray
• Understand and implement laser and optical safety standards such as FLPPS, ANSI Z1236-1, IEC 60825 and IEC 62471 etc
• Create, review, and approve laser and optical hazard‑related SOPs.
• Review and approve work by outside laser service technicians
• Assist in identifying and developing corrective actions and communicating to stakeholders
• Conduct power, spectral and temporal measurements for laser and LED sources
• Implement safety protocols as required by CDPH in the state of CA for X‑ray generators
• Perform testing to simulate faults and validate design and optical safety of equipment
• Ability to communicate and work effectively with all levels of staff.
• Adaptation and innovation when working staff help them establish procedures to ensure compliance with requirements specified by Radiation and Laser Safety programs.
• Cover labs in Sunnyvale, Burlingame, Fremont. Other travel (such as to Redmond WA) as necessary
• Support additional EHS programs as needed (LOTO, lab safety, chemical safety, electrical safety, machine guarding, etc.), especially in cross‑functional research and product environments.

Qualifications – Minimum

• Bachelor’s degree in Physics, Optical Sciences or Engineering, Health Physics, Nuclear Engineering, Nuclear Physics or a related discipline (Direct experience as a Laser Safety Officer (LSO) or Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) in lieu of degree)
• Experience in safety investigations, either during development process or failure analysis
• Familiarity with multiple types of radiation sources including, x‑ray generating machines, lasers and LEDs
• Experience in a technical/engineering role which focused on field testing, failure analysis, reliability, or equivalent.
• Familiarity with ANSI Z136.1 – The American National Standard for the Safe Use of Lasers
• Self‑motivated, pro‑active, multi‑tasking with creative and critical thinking capabilities
• Outstanding communication, report writing and presentation skills

Qualifications – Preferred

• Experience working as an LSO / RSO
• Experience working in a hardware research or production environment.
• Ability to influence teams indirectly through timely, accurate, and powerful analysis.
• Experience in safety work associated with laser and LEDs and experience with IEC 60825, IEC 62471 and ANSI Z136.1 compliance.
• Proficiency with FDA/CDRH FLPPS and IEC 60825‑1, IEC 62471‑1
• Expertise with federal reporting requirements – import/export, initial and model change reports and annual reporting
• Firm understanding of performing laser calculations (MPE, NOHD, NHZ) for various laser types and configurations
• Conducting FMEA and Fault Tree Analysis
• Assist in developing methods for Laser / Optical safety analysis using in‑house equipment which reduce cost and improve turnaround time of testing and investigation.
• Experience with RF/EMF safety (FCC and IEEE C95.1) and Ultrasound safety a plus