# Lead Safety Case Engineer at Atoms

- Company: Atoms
- What the company does: Backed by Initial Capital.
- Company website: https://atoms.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $182K to $230K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-16
- Apply by: 2026-10-31
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/atoms/jobs/8815294002
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/atoms-lead-safety-case-engineer/

## About the role

If you want to work on hard problems with real-world impact, join us. This role is based in our San Francisco office. Atoms is a company driven by invention and continuous change - we are constantly reimagining our industries, building new products, and refining how we operate. We do our best work together. That’s why all of our office-based teams work onsite, five days a week.

## What they're looking for

- Dual ownership of hazard analysis and validation, with demonstrated mastery in safety analysis methods (e.g., HARA, FMEA, FTA) paired directly with scenario-based validation strategies
- Uncompromising rigor regarding data provenance, with an instinctive drive to distinguish, label, and challenge measurements, estimates, and placeholders before they acquire false authority
- Courage and integrity to enforce safety gates, comfortably speaking up when a safety case is unready—even under commercial pressure—while clearly articulating missing evidence and associated risks
- Proportional mastery of safety standards, applying ISO 26262, ISO 21448 (SOTIF), UL 4600, and SAE J3016 appropriately to scoped arguments without imposing unnecessary process overhead
- Statistical fluency in exposure, rare events, and risk metrics, including a clear understanding of surrogate safety measures and their technical limitations when evaluating harm
- Exceptional written precision, producing clear, unambiguous safety documents capable of standing up under independent scrutiny without author intervention

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