Principal Safety Architect for Humanoid Robots

1X; San Carlos (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Paid time off and holidays

401(k) with company match

FSA/HSA options

Commuter benefits

Disability and life insurance

Employee assistance program

Onsite meals

Job summary

1X in San Carlos, CA is seeking a deeply technical Principal Safety Engineer to shape safety for next‑gen humanoid robots. You will define safety goals, design risk-based architectures, and lead cross‑functional teams across hardware, software, AI, and controls to ship safe, reliable robotics in real homes.

Ideal candidates have deep robotics safety experience, proven safety‑innovation records, and the ability to write safety cases and validation plans that go beyond compliance.

Qualifications

• Deep experience in robotics safety and AI-enabled robotic systems.
• 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.
• Ability to influence technical decisions across Hardware, Software, AI, Controls, Test, Reliability, and Systems Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Identify hazards unique to our robots and their Operational Design Domain, and reason about them from first principles.
• Invent new ways to eliminate or mitigate risk across hardware, controls, software, and AI behavior.
• Turn insights into safer architectures, controls, behaviors, and validation strategies.
• Establish engineering principles for safe humanoid design at 1X.

Skills

Robotics safety

System architecture

Hardware & software integration

AI safety

Safety case design

Cross-functional leadership

First-principles reasoning

Tools

ISO 26262/ISO 21448 safety standards

Job description

1X in San Carlos, CA is seeking a deeply technical Principal Safety Engineer to shape safety for next‑gen humanoid robots. You will define safety goals, design risk-based architectures, and lead cross‑functional teams across hardware, software, AI, and controls to ship safe, reliable robotics in real homes.

Ideal candidates have deep robotics safety experience, proven safety‑innovation records, and the ability to write safety cases and validation plans that go beyond compliance.