Safety Operations Lead

The role

The Safety Operations Lead will own the operational safety machinery by managing incidents, training personnel, and triaging field events. This person will build and scale processes for incident response, training programs, and safety data reporting.

What you will do

• Own end-to-end incident response including detection, coordination, and root cause investigation
• Build a pipeline to turn field telemetry and operator reports into an actionable queue
• Design training and recurrent-qualification programs for safety drivers and operators
• Own operational safety metrics and reporting cadence
• Partner with the Head of Safety to feed field reality into product hazard analysis

Required qualifications

• 6-8+ years in safety operations, fleet safety, transportation safety, or operational risk in a safety-critical domain
• Experience leading real incident investigations to root cause and driving corrective actions
• Fluency with structured investigation and risk methods such as root cause analysis and human factors analysis
• Ability to work directly with event data using SQL and basic scripting
• Working knowledge of the US vehicle regulatory environment including NHTSA Standing General Order and FMCSA regulations
• Familiarity with SAE J3016 levels and ODD concepts
• Willingness to be on-site and on-call

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, and Life Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account / Health Savings Account Options
• 401(k)
• Equity
• Sick Time, Unlimited Flexible Time Off, and Paid Holidays
• Paid Parental Leave
• Pre-Tax Commuter Benefit Plan
• Team lunch in our SoMa office every Tuesday and Thursday

About the company

Atoms builds Physical AI and real-world robots for industries like food, mining, and transport. They integrate hardware, software, AI, operations, manufacturing, and real estate to automate physical systems.