# Head of Environmental Health and Safety at Reflect Orbital

- Company: Reflect Orbital
- What the company does: Backed by Sequoia and Lux.
- Company website: https://www.reflectorbital.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Hawthorne, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $100K to $140K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-17
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/reflect-orbital/2620224c-808d-48b1-a94a-37e2dc62f458
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/reflect-orbital-head-of-environmental-health-and-safety/

## About the role

Reflect Orbital is seeking a Head of Environmental Health & Safety to build and own our EHS function across satellite manufacturing, assembly, integration, test, offices, and launch activities. You will create practical systems that protect our team, keep our facilities compliant, and enable us to grow safely as our hardware, headcount, and operating footprint scale.

## What they're looking for

- 5+ years of progressive EHS experience, including meaningful program leadership in aerospace, advanced manufacturing, hardware development and test, or another high-hazard industrial environment
- You have built, rebuilt, or materially scaled an EHS program and can create the right amount of process for a fast-growing company
- Strong working knowledge of OSHA and Cal/OSHA requirements and the judgment to translate regulations into clear, practical controls for engineers, technicians, and operators
- Hands-on experience with California environmental and hazardous-materials compliance, permitting, agency reporting, hazardous-waste management, and fire/life-safety requirements
- Demonstrated success leading JHAs, process and equipment risk assessments, incident investigations, root-cause analysis, audits, and corrective actions
- Experience supporting manufacturing and test operations involving machinery, hazardous chemicals, compressed gases or cryogens, electrical systems, lasers, lifting and rigging, or other complex technical hazards

Tags: Non-Engineering