Safety Coordinator / Lab Lead

Scale AI · San Francisco, CA · Physical AI Operations · listed June 5, 2026

The shape of it

Seniority
Senior
Experience asked
3+ years
Where
Not stated
Stated pay
$134,400 – $168,000 USD
Requirements listed
4
Length
1,022 words

In the posting’s own words

As the Safety Coordinator / Lab Lead , you will play a mission-critical role in scaling our physical testing infrastructure safely and efficiently. This is a high-impact position where your highest-priority responsibility will be owning the end-to-end execution of safety audits and incident documentation .

What it asks for · 4

  • Experience: 3+ years of experience in lab management, safety coordination, or technical operations within a high-velocity robotics, aerospace, automotive, or autonomous vehicle R&D environment.
  • Safety Protocols: Demonstrated experience building out structured audit workflows and detailed incident documentation pipelines (familiarity with OSHA standards or ISO robotics safety standards is highly valued).
  • Technical Comfort: Ability to seamlessly navigate an environment featuring complex physical hardware, multi-modal sensors, and advanced compute rigs.
  • Communication & Drive: Exceptional written communication skills for documentation, with the assertive communication style required to enforce safety protocols across a brilliant, fast-moving engineering team.

Tools and skills named

Ways of working
  • Technical writing6×
  • Testing5×
  • Cross-functional2×
Security & compliance
  • Audit2×

Words the posting leans on

  • safety17×
  • physical10×
  • lab7×
  • documentation6×
  • hardware6×
  • incident6×
  • robotics5×
  • experience4×
  • physical testing4×
  • safety audits4×
  • build3×
  • communication3×
  • culture3×
  • ensure3×
  • incident documentation3×
  • management3×

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