What are the responsibilities and job description for the Environmental Health and Safety Lead position at Elve Inc?
Location: Onsite daily in Davis, California
Employment type: Full-time
Reports to: COO
About Elve:
Elve is focused on scalable manufacturing of millimeter-wave power amplifiers that deliver lightning-fast data rates (10-100 Gbps) across space, airborne, and terrestrial platforms.
Our technology enables high-efficiency, cost-effective connectivity for applications such as:
📡 Satellite uplinks, downlinks, and satellite-to-satellite communication
🌍 Private and regional terrestrial networks
⚡ Resilient and reliable data links for defense and commercial applications
At the core of our innovation lies the Elve manufacturing process—a transformative approach to producing compact, reliable, and efficient amplifiers designed to excel at the most demanding frequencies (30-300 GHz).
Position
As Elve’s first Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Lead, you'll partner with our leadership team, technical and operations staff, and facilities personnel to implement a comprehensive, top-down EHS program. You’ll be hands-on in the factory, building trust while building systems. You will:
Ensure Compliance:
- Create and maintain EHS documentation
- Set up and maintain our safety board and required postings
- Build and organize safety records and key performance indicators (KPIs)
Build Safety Programs and Culture:
- Lead safety committee meetings, weekly inspections, and incident tracking
- Establish and track EHS KPIs, including safety risk registers and safety reports
- Lead emergency preparedness, including drills and emergency response protocols
- Develop and deliver training modules on key safety topics (chemical hygiene, high voltage, vacuum, etc.)
Training & Competency:
- Build a comprehensive training program, including recurring certification tracking
- Support team members in job hazard analysis
- Lead toolbox talks and other on-the-job safety trainings
Environmental Compliance:
- Establish and document chemical waste management and environmental protocols
- Ensure compliance with all local, state, and federal environmental regulations relevant to our operations
Requirements
- 3–8 years of relevant EHS experience in a manufacturing, R&D, or industrial environment
- Clear written and verbal communication skills
- Deep knowledge of Cal/OSHA requirements and safety program development
- Hands-on experience running or participating in safety audits, investigations, and corrective actions
- Comfort delivering safety trainings and engaging with all levels of an organization
- Familiarity with chemical waste management, industrial safety standards, chemical hygiene, and environmental permitting
- Experience in developing relationships with stakeholders across levels within organizations
- Google Suite competency
- Ability to lift 50 lbs
- To conform to U.S. Government technology export regulations, including Export Administration Regulations (EAR), to work in this role you must be one of the following: a U.S. citizen, a lawful permanent resident of the U.S., a protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about export control at https://www.trade.gov/us-export-controls.
Benefits Include:
- Competitive salary, plus equity in the company
- Health benefits (medical, dental, vision)
- Paid time off
- 401k plan
- A taste of the start-up life
- Exposure to cutting-edge technology in vacuum electronics, materials science, and additive manufacturing.
What it’s like to work at Elve:
We are a small team (for now!) on a mission to bring the next generation of high-speed wireless connectivity to a billion people worldwide. That kind of impact is not going to be achieved with incremental improvements- we are gunning for orders of magnitude advances in production capability, cost, size, and power in the mm-wave RF amplifier market. We ask “dumb” questions all the time because we always have something to learn. We work really hard, make sure to get good sleep, handle conflict intentionally, and expect great things from each other.
