Director of Safety Engineering, Robotics & Autonomous Systems

Field AI(1 month ago)

Irvine, CAOnsiteFull TimeDirector$244,433 - $322,858 (estimated)Product Safety

About this role

The Director of Robotics Product Safety at Field AI leads the end-to-end product safety function for autonomous robotic systems operating in complex, real-world environments. This role owns the safety vision, strategy, and governance, ensuring robots are safe, deployable, and trusted in the field. The director serves as the executive authority on product safety, partnering closely with leadership, engineering, operations, and external stakeholders. The position is based in Irvine, CA, within a fast-growing, technically advanced robotics organization.

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Required Skills

Safety Strategy
Risk Management
Systems Safety
Autonomy Safety
AI Safety
Human Robot Interaction
Fault Tolerance
Fail Safe Design
Safety Architecture
Safety Cases

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Qualifications

BS in Robotics
BS in Systems Engineering
BS in Mechanical Engineering
BS in Electrical Engineering
BS in Computer Engineering
Master’s Degree in Related Field
PhD in Related Field
TÜV Functional Safety Engineer

About Field AI

fieldai.com

FieldAI builds field-proven embodied AI software offering a unified autonomy platform — "One Autonomy for All Robots" — to enable reliable real-world operation of mobile robots. Their stack covers perception, navigation, task planning and fleet orchestration so robot makers and enterprise operators can deploy and scale robots across varied environments. Designed to integrate with different robot types and industry use cases (warehousing, logistics, manufacturing, etc.), the platform focuses on turning robotics pilots into sustained operations. FieldAI has raised significant funding (over $400M) to expand its embodied-AI capabilities at scale.