Motional
Operations Safety Specialist
$81K–$102K
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States · Full-time · Posted Oct 21, 2026
- Experience
- 2+ years of professional experience in operational safety, investigations, auditing, or risk management within safety-critical environments; alternatively, 1+ years when paired with a relevant degree.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Safety, Engineering, Aviation, Operations Management, or a related field; or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Leads frontline operational safety assurance for autonomous vehicle operations in Las Vegas through investigations, field audits, incident readiness, and coordination with Operations and Engineering.
What you'll do
- Triage and investigate incidents, near misses, and safety concerns; support incident response and recovery.
- Conduct field observations and audits, and track corrective actions through completion and effectiveness review.
- Plan incident response drills and readiness evaluations, analyze safety trends, and improve procedures and training.
What they ask for
- Practical knowledge of risk assessment frameworks, root cause analysis (RCA), and corrective and preventive action (CAPA) tracking.
- Ability to interview frontline personnel and produce clear, defensible technical incident reports.
- Valid U.S. Driver’s License with a clean motor vehicle record (MVR), and comfort operating test fleet assets and conducting public-road field observations.
- Ability to support occasional non-standard shifts or on-call incident support.
Nice to have
- Background working alongside autonomous systems, Mission Control, remote vehicle assistance, or commercial fleet dispatch environments.
- Experience with incident management platforms, spreadsheet-based safety metric tracking, Jira, or the Atlassian suite.
Pay
$81,000–$102,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
incident.io, ServiceNow, Jira, Atlassian suite
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