# Operations Safety Lead

**Company:** [Applied Intuition](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/applied-intuition)
**Location:** Sunnyvale, CA
**Role:** Business Operations
**Salary:** $150k – $200k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** operational compliance, transportation safety, Program Management, safety-critical systems, Root Cause Analysis, capa, Incident Management, audit documentation, dot, fmcsa, osha, msha, iso 26262, sotif, ul 4600
**Posted:** 2026-08-08

> Owns the company-wide operational safety compliance and assurance framework for autonomous systems programs, including procedures, fleet compliance, incident management, audits, and safety evidence. Requires 7+ years in operational compliance, transportation safety, or program management, with experience in regulated environments.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Establish a unified operational framework across automotive, trucking, and industrials, including SOPs, readiness checklists, and incident taxonomy.
- Own the operational safety ownership map, identifying responsibilities, gaps, and cross-functional dependencies.
- Develop and maintain safety-driven operational procedures in partnership with Systems Engineering and Program Management.
- Represent Operations in change control and deployment readiness reviews, ensuring execution readiness.
- Own the operational compliance framework, including permits, authorizations, customer obligations, audits, and regulatory changes.
- Ensure fleet compliance requirements are met and documented, including inspections, maintenance, safety-critical parts, defect containment, and DOT drug/alcohol testing.
- Own incident management end to end, from classification and response through RCA, CAPA, and verified effectiveness.
- Drive cross-program incident and safety trend analysis, ensuring lessons learned reach all field teams.
- Define and maintain operational safety evidence, support safety cases and customer assurances, and report safety performance to leadership.

## Requirements
- 7+ years in operational compliance, transportation safety, program management, or a related field, including 3+ years in a safety-critical or regulated environment.
- Proven ownership of compliance programs, including building and maintaining the underlying framework.
- Experience standardizing processes across multiple programs, sites, or business units.
- Strong experience with root cause analysis and CAPA through verified closure.
- Proven ability to build audit-ready documentation and recordkeeping systems.
- Excellent written communication, with the ability to create clear operator procedures and concise executive-level summaries.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Experience in autonomous vehicles, trucking, mining, aviation, rail, or another safety-critical, regulated industry.
- Experience across multiple operating domains, with the ability to distinguish true regulatory differences from local practices.
- Working knowledge of DOT, FMCSA, OSHA, and MSHA requirements, plus familiarity with state AV permitting.
- Familiarity with safety case methodologies and standards such as ISO 26262, SOTIF, or UL 4600.
- Relevant safety certification, such as CSP, OSHA 500/501, or MSHA Part 46/48.
- Experience supporting multiple customer programs with differing contractual and safety requirements.

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