Senior Staff Safety Assurance Engineer, Robot Safety
1X TechnologiesSan Carlos Posted 5 March 2026
Job Description
Senior Staff Safety Assurance Engineer, Robot Safety
San Carlos, CA (on-site)
About 1X
We build humanoid robots that work alongside people to solve labor shortages and create abundance.
The Role
As a Senior Staff Safety Assurance Engineer , you will own the end-to-end safety assurance argument for the Neo robot platform. This role ensures that all safety work is integrated into a coherent, complete, and defensible safety case that supports deployment decisions. You’ll play a mission-critical role in shaping world-first safety assurance practices for humanoid robots designed for home environments. You will report to the Director of Robot Safety.
You Will
Own and maintain the full safety case , including claims, arguments, assumptions, and supporting evidence
Evaluate the completeness, consistency, and strength of evidence supporting key safety claims
Assess confidence, uncertainty, coverage limitations , and assumptions across diverse deployment conditions
Lead deployment readiness assessments and clearly present risk framing to leadership
Maintain the safety case as system behavior, autonomy, and and operating conditions evolve
Support post-deployment monitoring of safety-relevant field data
Provide grounded input to inform risk acceptance decisions
Act as an independent, constructive reviewer and challenger of safety arguments
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