periodic-labs
Process Safety Engineer
$200K–$250K
Menlo Park, CA · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 7, 2026
- Experience
- 7–10+ years in EHS, process safety, or chemical operations in labs, pilot plants, or semiconductor fabs.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree or similar experience
- Visa sponsorship
- Visa sponsorship: Yes, we sponsor visas.
About the job
Leads operational process safety for a high-throughput materials science lab, including hazard reviews, autonomous system safeguards, EHS programs, and AI-supported risk reasoning.
What you'll do
- Lead and document hazard analyses, risk assessments, readiness reviews, and change-management programs for lab processes and systems.
- Partner with automation and controls teams on safeguards, interlocks, functional safety validation, and autonomous experimental systems.
- Maintain EHS programs, investigate incidents, manage compliance and permitting, and serve as Chemical Hygiene Officer.
What they ask for
- Hands-on experience leading HAZOPs or FMEAs and running PSSR and MOC programs.
- Working knowledge of functional safety concepts, including interlocks and safety PLCs.
- Working knowledge of Cal/OSHA, OSHA PELs, ACGIH TLVs/BEIs, NIOSH, and ANSI standards.
- Comfort working on-site in a fast-paced, high-complexity lab environment with evolving hazards and 24/7 experiments.
Nice to have
- CSP, ASP, CIH, or similar credential; semiconductor or thin-film process safety experience.
- Experience designing EHS systems for autonomous labs; familiarity with AI/ML tools or curiosity about applying them.
Pay
USD 200,000-250,000 base salary
Tools
HAZOP, PHA/FMEA, PSSR, MOC, safety PLCs, ISO 13849, IEC 61508, SEMI S2
AI focus
Collaborate with ML/AI engineers to train an LLM to reason about process hazards, risk assessments, and safety constraints during experimental planning and autonomous execution.
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