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Lead Safety Engineer, Robotics

About the TeamOur Robotics team is focused on unlocking general-purpose robotics and pushing towards AGI-level intelligence in dynamic, real-world settings. Working across the entire model stack, we integrate cutting-edge hardware and softw

Company

OpenAI

Location

San Francisco

Status

Open

Posted

2026-06-16T19:30:47.204+00:00

OpenAI's robotics group is hiring a lead to own product safety strategy across its robotic platforms, from early design through deployment. The job covers hazard analyses, FMEAs and HARA, system-level safety cases, verification and evidence plans for future certification, plus tracking and shaping robotics regulation. It asks for deep functional or systems safety experience and familiarity with standards such as ISO 10218, ISO 13849 and IEC 61508. The opening is hybrid in San Francisco, four days a week in office, with relocation help.