Senior Safety Systems Engineer

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🤠 Texas – Remote

🤠 Texas – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

⚙️ Systems Engineer

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Focused Energy Inc.

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2021

⚡ Energy

🔬 Science

Energy • Science • Clean Technology

Focused Energy is a pioneering company in clean energy production, specializing in Laser Fusion technology, which has achieved significant milestones such as fusion ignition and net energy gain. Their proprietary fusion fuel, Pearl™, derived from seawater and lithium, enhances energy output for a sustainable approach to power generation. Focused Energy is committed to advancing the engineering challenges required for commercial fusion power plants, contributing to economic growth and the potential for limitless, clean energy.

📋 Description

• Act as the engineering safety partner for the Austin site across TTE, laser, facilities, and operations teams • Assess and manage risk during design, installation, validation, commissioning, and routine operation • Lead or facilitate HAZID, FMEA, JHA, what-if reviews, and task-based risk assessments • Review system designs, changes, and experimental setups for early safety integration • Translate hazard findings into design requirements, interlocks, procedures, and operational controls • Provide hands-on safety support during installation, facility modifications, subsystem integration, validation, and commissioning • Identify and control hazards before work begins and before systems are released for operation • Develop safe operating envelopes, startup/shutdown strategies, lockout-tagout boundaries, access controls, permits, and readiness reviews • Define and track corrective actions, engineering controls, administrative controls, and procedural safeguards to closure • Develop and maintain risk assessments, safety reviews, operating constraints, work instructions, and engineering safety documentation • Coordinate with central safety leadership and Germany-based safety system definition • Participate in incident, near-miss, and abnormal-event investigations; support root cause analysis and corrective/preventive actions • Provide technical safety guidance and support project-specific safety training • Support compliance with OSHA, NFPA, ANSI, and other relevant requirements

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Safety Engineering, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or a related technical field • 5+ years of experience in systems safety, engineering safety, operational safety, or a closely related technical role in a high-risk or highly regulated environment • Experience performing structured hazard analyses and translating findings into engineering and operational controls • Ability to work with multidisciplinary engineering and operations teams in a fast-moving R&D, prototype, or advanced manufacturing environment • Working knowledge of low-voltage electrical, mechanical, laser, cryogenic, or process hazards • Strong written and verbal communication skills • Comfort working hands-on in an evolving technical environment • Experience with Class 3B/Class 4 laser systems, laser laboratories, or high-energy optical systems is advantageous • Experience with low-voltage industrial electrical systems, mains-fed three-phase equipment, interlocks, grounding, isolation, lockout-tagout, and safe access boundaries is advantageous • Familiarity with commissioning, startup, validation, and operational readiness processes is advantageous • Experience supporting safety in construction, facility buildout, equipment installation, or laboratory expansion projects is advantageous • Knowledge of risk assessment approaches in R&D, industrial, energy, aerospace, or complex equipment environments is advantageous • Experience with international teams or matrixed organizations is advantageous • CSP, PE, CFSE, LSO, or similar professional certification is advantageous but not required • Must meet applicable United States or Germany work-eligibility requirements as applicable

🏖️ Benefits

• Innovative technology and clean-energy/scientific mission • Career development and growth opportunities • Collaborative international work environment • Company ownership through stock options • Medical, dental, and vision plans effective on the first day for employee and enrolled dependents • Unlimited PTO • Snacks and drinks • 401(k) plan with up to 4% employer match on employee contributions • State-of-the-art Windows or Apple laptop • Keyboard, mouse, and headset • Regular team-building and company events