Electrical Safety Engineer - San Jose, CA, United States
$130,500 - $195,750 USD yearly
Originally posted 24 July 2026 by the employer.
About the role
The Electrical Safety Engineer serves as the subject matter expert for electrical safety across product design and operational use within the development organization. This role ensures systems comply with applicable industry standards and internal safety requirements across New Product Introduction (NPI) and installed base lifecycles.
What you'll do
- Define, propose, and lead Safety Risk Assessments (SRA) early in development phases and participate in Critical Design Reviews (CDR) to ensure electrical safety verification. - Partner with Manufacturing and Customer Support to conduct risk assessments and ensure safe operation and service across complex equipment lifecycles. - Lead technical discussions on test setup safety, identify hazard mitigations, and conduct lab inspections to ensure EHS compliance. - Lead incident and near-miss investigations, perform root cause analyses, and drive corrective and preventive actions tracked in the Intelex management system. - Develop and deliver technical safety training programs for electrical engineers and maintain the organizational electrical safety competence framework. - Monitor evolving electrical safety standards, evaluate their impact on system architectures, and update internal SAF documentation to maintain continuous compliance.
What you'll need
- BS in Electrical Engineering with 5+ years of electrical system design experience, or MS in Electrical Engineering with 2+ years of relevant experience. - Demonstrated experience applying electrical safety standards and conducting risk assessments in product design. - Hands-on experience in lab or manufacturing safety environments, including incident investigations, audits, and EHS management systems such as Intelex. - Technical understanding of electrical design concepts impacting human safety, including grounding, insulation, HV systems, interlocks, and fault protection. - Strong knowledge of electrical safety standards, including SEMI S2, IEC 60204-1, IEC 61010-1, NFPA 70 / 70E / 79, OSHA, and UL. - Familiarity with safety risk assessment methodologies such as ISO 12100 and SEMI S10.
Skills: electrical safety, risk assessments, product safety, EHS, SEMI S2, IEC 60204-1
This role has been open 98 days — well above the 61-day median for Automotive/Functional Safety Engineering roles.
Automotive/Functional Safety Engineering · Automotive Safety
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Open roles in category
128
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Median days open
61 d
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Median salary
$232k
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| Metric | ASML | All employers we track in this specialty (128 roles · 29 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 128 |
| Median days open | 98 d | 61 d (+37 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $232k |
Skills observed across this category: electrical safety, risk assessments, product safety, EHS, SEMI S2, IEC 60204-1
Who's hiring in this category
- NXP Semiconductors · 31 open roles · median 33 d
- NVIDIA · 17 open roles · median 56 d
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- Renesas Electronics · 8 open roles · median 55 d
How we counted: 128 open Automotive/Functional Safety Engineering (Automotive Safety) roles from 29 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 20 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Figures refresh nightly.