Robotics Safety & Compliance Architect

Welocalize; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Roboticsconnected in the United States seeks a Robotics Safety & Compliance Lead to own safety, risk, and compliance across our robotics operations. This builder-leader role sets the standard, establishes frameworks, and grows the program to keep labs and data environments audit-ready.

You will partner with operations, engineering, and EHS to define what "good" looks like and build practical safety frameworks that support speed and control as the program scales, including growing the team.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in safety, compliance, or EHS in technical or lab environments.
• Demonstrated leadership owning or building programs and mentoring others.
• Experience developing safety programs or frameworks from the ground up.
• Strong understanding of risk assessment and incident management.
• Ability to translate standards into practical operational processes.
• Clear communication and ability to influence senior and technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own safety and compliance end to end across robotics labs and data collection environments.
• Set safety strategy and roadmap as programs scale across sites, and define what 'good' looks like.
• Develop and implement safety standards, SOPs, and risk mitigation frameworks.
• Conduct risk assessments across different lab setups (humanoid, teleoperation, motion capture, etc.).
• Serve as the escalation point and decision-maker on safety risk, including pausing work when needed.
• Lead incident response processes, reporting, and root cause analysis.
• Conduct regular audits and maintain audit readiness across sites.
• Build and lead safety training, onboarding, and a safety champion network across lab teams.
• Influence senior stakeholders and report on safety posture and program maturity to leadership.
• Hire, mentor, and grow safety and compliance support as the program expands.
• Partner with engineering on safe system design — cell layout, e-stops, guarding, interlocks, operating envelopes.
• Balance operational speed with safety and compliance requirements.

Skills

Leadership

Risk assessment

Incident management

Communication

Stakeholder influence

Program ownership

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

ROS

Python

Robot control software

Job description

Roboticsconnected in the United States seeks a Robotics Safety & Compliance Lead to own safety, risk, and compliance across our robotics operations. This builder-leader role sets the standard, establishes frameworks, and grows the program to keep labs and data environments audit-ready.

You will partner with operations, engineering, and EHS to define what "good" looks like and build practical safety frameworks that support speed and control as the program scales, including growing the team.