Operational Safety Lead - Defense is open at Applied in Sunnyvale. The posting gives a salary of $150K - $250K. Posted on Sep 29, 2026, and still on Applied’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
As the Operational Safety Lead, you will be creating tools to aid our operational teams in evaluating and mitigating safety risks. You will also be the guiding authority on accepting operational safety risk for all projects. Projects include ground, maritime, and flight tests of crewed and uncrewed platforms for Group 1-5 UAS, including ordinance. Projects also include uncrewed and crewed maritime vehicles and…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on Applied’s careers page.
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