Operational Safety & Compliance Lead

Applied Electrodynamics, Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Intuition, Inc. is building operational safety standards across automotive, trucking, and industrial programs. This role owns the safety framework, incident classification, compliance obligations, and evidence that demonstrates regulatory alignment.

You will partner with Systems Engineering and Program Management to drive uniform procedures and auditable records across programs. The position emphasizes in-office execution with occasional flexibility for remote work as needed; contractor

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Robotics, Computer Science, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• Experience in safety-critical or regulated environments is highly desirable.
• Ability to build audit-ready documentation and recordkeeping systems.

Responsibilities

• Establish a unified operational framework across automotive, trucking, and industrials, including SOPs, readiness checklists, and incident taxonomy.
• Own the operational safety ownership map, identifying responsibilities, gaps, and cross-functional dependencies.
• Develop and maintain safety-driven operational procedures in partnership with Systems Engineering and Program Management.
• Represent Operations in change control and deployment readiness reviews, ensuring execution readiness.
• Own the operational compliance framework, including permits, authorizations, customer obligations, audits, and regulatory changes.
• Ensure fleet compliance requirements are met and documented, including inspections, maintenance, safety-critical parts, defect containment, and DOT drug/alcohol testing.
• Own incident management end to end, from classification and response through RCA, CAPA, and verified effectiveness.
• Drive cross-program incident and safety trend analysis, ensuring lessons learned reach all field teams.
• Define and maintain operational safety evidence, support safety cases and customer assurances, and report safety performance to leadership.

Skills

Operational compliance

Transportation safety

Program management

Root cause analysis

Documentation & records

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

Applied Intuition, Inc. is building operational safety standards across automotive, trucking, and industrial programs. This role owns the safety framework, incident classification, compliance obligations, and evidence that demonstrates regulatory alignment.

You will partner with Systems Engineering and Program Management to drive uniform procedures and auditable records across programs. The position emphasizes in-office execution with occasional flexibility for remote work as needed; contractor