Robotics Safety and Compliance Lead at Welocalize

You are an experienced safety or operations professional with a strong background in robotics, hardware, or manufacturing environments. You have a proven track

Work type: onsite

Location: Santa Clara, CA

Type: Full-time

Summary

You are an experienced safety or operations professional with a strong background in robotics, hardware, or manufacturing environments. You have a proven track record of managing risk, conducting audits, and leading incident investigations in fast-paced operational settings. **What makes it worth a look...** Welocalize is hiring for this full-time role located on-site in Santa Clara, California. It is a leadership position where you will define the safety strategy for AI data-driven robotics operations. **You might be a good fit if you...** * Have hands-on experience managing safety programs for robotics or lab operations. * Possess deep expertise in Root Cause Analysis and Corrective and Preventive Actions. * Can demonstrate a history of enforcing strict safety standards in technical workflows. * Understand compliance frameworks and operational risk management.

Job Description

Welo Data works with technology companies to provide datasets that are high-quality, ethically sourced, relevant, diverse, and scalable to supercharge their AI models. As a Welocalize brand, WeloData leverages over 25 years of experience in partnering with the world’s most innovative companies and brings together a curated global community of over 500,000 AI training and domain experts to offer services that span:

ANNOTATION & LABELLING: Transcription, summarization, image and video classification and labeling.
ENHANCING LLMs: Prompt engineering, SFT, RLHF, red teaming and adversarial model training, model output ranking.
DATA COLLECTION & GENERATION: From institutional languages to remote field audio collection.
RELEVANCE & INTENT: Culturally nuanced and aware, ranking, relevance, and evaluation to train models for search, ads, and LLM output.

Want to join our Welo Data team? We bring practical, applied AI expertise to projects. We have both strong academic experience and a deep working knowledge of state-of-the-art AI tools, frameworks, and best practices. Help us elevate our clients' Data at Welo Data.

## Key Responsibilities
Safety Strategy & Ownership

• Define and own the end-to-end safety and compliance strategy across robotics operations.

• Establish and maintain safety standards, protocols, and operating procedures.

• Develop and track safety KPIs and compliance metrics.

• Proactively identify risks and implement preventative safety measures.Operational Safety Management

• Ensure safe execution of all robotics workflows, including:

• Robot operation and handling

• Teleoperation sessions

• Lab and field activities

• Conduct regular safety audits, inspections, and risk assessments.

• Enforce adherence to standard operating procedures (SOPs) across all teams.

• Act as the authority to pause or stop operations if safety risks are identified.

• Ensure all activities comply with:

• Client requirements

• Internal operational guidelines

• Applicable safety standards and policies

• Maintain and evolve compliance documentation, SOPs, and safety guidelines.

• Monitor adherence to workflows, data handling procedures, and operational controls.

• Lead incident reporting, investigation, and resolution processes.

• Conduct root cause analysis (RCA) and implement corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).

• Maintain logs and reporting for all safety and compliance incidents.

• Proactively identify trends and implement risk mitigation strategies.

• Design and deliver safety training and certification programs for all operational roles.

• Ensure all team members are properly trained before engaging in robotics workflows.

• Promote a safety-first culture across the organization.

• Provide guidance and support to Workflow Managers and operators on safety best practices.

• Track and report on safety performance metrics (incident rates, compliance adherence, audit results).

• Drive continuous improvement in safety processes, tools, and workflows.

• Identify inefficiencies and recommend improvements that maintain safety while increasing operational efficiency.

• Serve as the primary point of contact for safety and compliance with client stakeholders.

• Provide regular reporting and updates on safety performance and risk mitigation.

• Lead discussions on safety protocols, audits, and escalations.

• Anticipate client needs and proactively strengthen safety frameworks.

• Experience in safety, compliance, or operations roles within robotics, hardware, manufacturing, or similar environments.

• Proven ability to manage safety programs in fast-paced, operational settings.

• Experience conducting risk assessments, audits, and incident investigations.

• Familiarity with robotics environments, lab operations, or teleoperation workflows preferred.

• Strong understanding of safety protocols, compliance frameworks, and operational risk management.

• Experience with RCA, CAPA, and incident management processes.

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to enforce standards and influence teams.

• Ability to balance operational efficiency with strict safety requirements.

• High attention to detail and strong problem-solving mindset.

• Ownership and accountability for safety outcomes.

• Strong decision-making under pressure.

• Ability to enforce standards while maintaining team alignment.

• Proactive risk identification and mitigation.

• Leadership and team enablement.

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