Staff Safety Engineer

Serve Robotics

Staff Safety Engineer supporting safety program and management system at Serve Robotics. Leading safety initiatives, risk assessments, and promoting safety culture in a rapidly growing environment.

Posted 6/4/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $203,000 - $225,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Support the evolution of Serve’s Safety Management System (SMS), ensuring alignment across SRM, SA, Safety Promotion, and Safety Policy.
Drive hazard identification and risk assessments, ensuring safety risks are systematically identified, controlled, and accepted in accordance with defined thresholds.
Continuously improve emergency response processes, including table top exercises, real-world event management, and post-incident learnings.
Lead cross-functional incident investigations and root cause analyses (RCA), ensuring timely identification of causal factors and implementation of effective corrective actions.
Support and monitor safety performance metrics, including leading indicators, to proactively identify risk trends and inform operational and engineering decisions.
Support safety assurance activities, including validation, verification, and auditing of safety-critical systems and processes.
Support safety promotion initiatives, including communication, training, and engagement efforts that reinforce safe behaviors and strengthen a positive safety culture.
Contribute to continuous improvement of safety processes and documentation, ensuring scalability, clarity, and alignment with industry best practices.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) in a relevant field (e.g., engineering, safety, or related discipline)
12+ years experience in engineering and/or safety management
5+ years experience in transportation or mobility sector
3+ years experience in a safety leadership or program ownership role
3+ years experience with autonomous vehicles
Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional safety initiatives and drive outcomes
Strong communication skills, with the ability to clearly convey complex topics to diverse audiences
High level of emotional intelligence, with the ability to influence and collaborate across teams
Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills
Proven ability to lead effectively during emergency situations and make sound, timely decisions under pressure
Experience at high-growth, fast-paced startup environments (preferred)
Passion for building, scaling, and documenting safety processes and systems (preferred)
Experience operating within regulated industries or engaging with regulatory bodies (preferred)
Demonstrated ability to solve complex problems using a first principles approach (preferred)

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Hard Skills & Tools

safety management systemhazard identificationrisk assessmentsemergency response processesincident investigationsroot cause analysissafety performance metricssafety assurancevalidationauditing

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationemotional intelligencecollaborationorganizational skillsanalytical skillsproblem-solving skillsdecision-making under pressureinfluencingengagement