Senior Process Safety Lead – AI Lab & Hazard Analysis

OSI Engineering, Inc.; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 250,000 - 325,000; Full time

Job summary

OSI Engineering, Inc. in Menlo Park, CA seeks a senior, hands-on process safety expert to lead hazard analyses and build scalable safety review processes for a cutting-edge AI‑driven lab.

You will run HAZOPs, PHAs, FMEAs, design life safety systems, extend EHS programs to new lab spaces, and work with ML engineers to train risk‑aware reasoning for experiments. On-site lab leadership and a strong safety culture are essential.

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in reactive chemistry and chemical hazards.
• Senior experience in process safety, EHS or chemical operations in lab or manufacturing.
• Hands-on experience leading HAZOPs, FMEAs or similar risk assessments.
• Experience designing or reviewing functional safety systems.
• Wants to work on site in a changing hazard lab environment.

Responsibilities

• Run hazard analysis for new chemistries and processes (HAZOPs, PHAs, FMEAs, reactivity assessments) from lab scale to scale‑up.
• Build the safety review pipeline for submissions by scientists, engineers and technicians.
• Set up readiness for autonomous operation: pre‑startup safety reviews, commissioning, alarm rationalization and inspections.
• Design and review life safety systems with controls and automation teams (toxic gas detection, interlocks, e‑stops, fire suppression, scrubbers, safety PLCs, robotics safety).
• Extend the existing EHS program to new lab spaces (permitting, chemical inventory, hazard communication, inspections).
• Collaborate with ML engineers to teach a model to reason about process hazards and safety constraints.
• Be visible in the lab and foster a safety culture that scientists buy into.

Skills

Reactive chemistry

Chemical hazards

HAZOPs

FMEAs

Functional safety

On-site lab experience

EHS process safety

Job description

OSI Engineering, Inc. in Menlo Park, CA seeks a senior, hands-on process safety expert to lead hazard analyses and build scalable safety review processes for a cutting-edge AI‑driven lab.

You will run HAZOPs, PHAs, FMEAs, design life safety systems, extend EHS programs to new lab spaces, and work with ML engineers to train risk‑aware reasoning for experiments. On-site lab leadership and a strong safety culture are essential.