Operational Safety Lead

Job Description

Who We Are

Nuro is a robotics start-up whose mission is to accelerate the benefits of robotics for everyday life. We have an elite team of entrepreneurs and engineers, designers, and scientists. We believe AI and robotics are at the cusp of transforming daily life and we are dedicated to building meaningful products with this technology. Join us and play a critical role in our mission.

About the Role

Our safety team is growing and we're looking for a safety leader who will help protect against catastrophic accident, reputation/financial loss, ensure Nuro meets and exceeds industry standards for AV safety and lead our robot safety strategy.

About the Work

• Participate in routine operations and fleet management hazard analysis and risk assessment activities (ride-alongs, process audits, training audits, workshops, etc.)
• Create required regulatory documentation for operations, such as California disengagement reports, Law Enforcement Interaction Plans/Protocols and Occupational Safety and Health Administration compliance documentation
• Conduct safety assessments focused on operations/fleet safety and process improvements, such as operator training protocols, operator assistance features, real-time operator monitoring, fleet management process and tools, field engineering process and tools and customer safety protocols
• Provide oversight of design and test methods to assure compliance with applicable operations/fleet-related internal safety policy, industry standards, regulation, performance metrics and thresholds
• Provide oversight of operations/fleet implementation of new hardware/software features, operations processes and execution of operational safety strategy associated with new partnerships

About You

• Excellent understanding of safety methodologies & practices
• Technical Program or project management experience
• Excellent communication and organizational skills
• Bachelor’s degree in Safety, Transportation or a related field

Bonus Points

• Experience in predictive and proactive measures and metrics assessments and leading actions to improve performance or mitigate problems
• Practical knowledge of systems engineering, reliability and system safety requirements
• Knowledge of regulations and standards to include Environment, Health, Safety and Quality policies.
• First Aid/Responder certification

Nuro is an equal opportunity employer and expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.