Senior Staff Safety Analytics and Metrics Engineer - Robot Safety
About The Position
1X is building humanoid robots designed to work in homes, performing chores and tasks to give people their time back. This requires solving complex challenges in robotics, AI, and manufacturing simultaneously, at scale, and ensuring the robots are safe enough to live with families. NEO is their flagship home robot, designed for real-world operation alongside people, and the company is focused on shipping it. The Autonomy & Safety Engineering team is responsible for ensuring 1X robots operate safely, reliably, and predictably in real-world environments. They build systems, frameworks, and processes to measure, validate, and improve robot safety across various domains. Safety analytics and metrics are crucial for responsibly scaling embodied AI systems in homes and dynamic environments.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in safety analytics, robotics systems, autonomous systems, data engineering, or related technical domains
- Strong experience working with large-scale data infrastructure, analytics platforms, or operational telemetry systems
- Proficiency in Python, SQL, Spark, or similar analytics and systems programming tools
- Experience designing metrics, dashboards, experimentation systems, or operational performance frameworks
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Statistics, Engineering, Applied Mathematics, or related technical field
- Deep expertise in safety analytics, data systems, autonomy validation, or large-scale operational metrics infrastructure
- Strong analytical and systems-thinking mindset with the ability to translate complex technical behaviors into measurable safety insights
- Experience building scalable data pipelines, experimentation frameworks, or operational analytics systems
- Strong programming and technical problem-solving skills across distributed systems or robotics environments
- Excellent cross-functional collaboration and communication skills across engineering, operations, and leadership teams
Nice To Haves
- Experience working with autonomous systems, robotics, AVs, industrial automation, or safety-critical systems
- Familiarity with safety standards such as ISO 13849, IEC 61508, ISO 26262, or operational risk frameworks
- Experience with telemetry systems, simulation environments, or fleet-scale robotics operations
- Background in machine learning, anomaly detection, or statistical modeling for operational systems
- Advanced degree (MS or PhD) in Robotics, AI, Data Science, Statistics, or related field
Responsibilities
- Lead the development of safety analytics infrastructure, operational metrics, and validation frameworks to measure and improve the real-world safety performance of 1X humanoid robots.
- Design and scale safety analytics systems to provide actionable visibility into robot safety performance across development, testing, and production environments.
- Establish measurable safety KPIs, operational risk metrics, and validation frameworks for autonomy and robot behavior evaluation.
- Build scalable tooling and data pipelines to analyze incidents, near misses, behavioral anomalies, and operational safety trends.
- Partner cross-functionally with Autonomy, Controls, Data Infrastructure, Product, and Safety teams to improve safety signal quality and operational decision-making.
- Improve robot safety readiness through continuous monitoring, reporting, experimentation, and safety performance analysis at fleet scale.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Generous paid time off, company holidays, and parental leave
- 401(k) plan with company match (100% on the first 3% of contributions, 50% on the next 2%)
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Health Savings Accounts (HSA) options
- Commuter benefits (transit and parking)
- Short-term and long-term disability, and life insurance
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental health, financial, and personal support
- Onsite snacks and catered lunches
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
