Robotics Safety Leader: Risk, Compliance & Scale

Welocalize, Inc; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Welocalize, Inc is seeking a Robotics Safety & Compliance Lead to own safety, risk, and compliance across robotics operations. This builder-leader role will establish standards, frameworks, and scale the program, growing the team while keeping labs audit-ready.

You will set the safety strategy, develop SOPs, lead risk assessments and incident response, and influence senior stakeholders across operations and engineering. This on-site role requires strong leadership and hands-on safety execution.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in safety, compliance, or EHS roles (technical or lab environments preferred).
• Demonstrated leadership experience — owning a program, leading cross-functional initiatives, or managing/mentoring others.
• Experience developing and implementing 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 proven ability to influence senior and technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own safety and compliance end to end across robotics labs and data collection environments.
• Set the safety strategy and roadmap as programs scale across sites, and define what 'good' looks like for the function.
• 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 the authority to pause work when conditions require it.
• 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, risk trends, 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, and operating envelopes.
• Balance operational speed with safety and compliance requirements.

Skills

Safety leadership

Risk assessment

Incident management

Stakeholder influence

Translate standards

Communication

Python

ROS

Tools

ROS

Python

Job description

Welocalize, Inc is seeking a Robotics Safety & Compliance Lead to own safety, risk, and compliance across robotics operations. This builder-leader role will establish standards, frameworks, and scale the program, growing the team while keeping labs audit-ready.

You will set the safety strategy, develop SOPs, lead risk assessments and incident response, and influence senior stakeholders across operations and engineering. This on-site role requires strong leadership and hands-on safety execution.