I always use what I call "sacrificial parts" in this type of design. Anything that has a user do the connections to the power circuits, or where a simple mistake could result in destruction of the board/unit. Especially with FETs that will often fail shorted, a destroyed driver and PCB is easy to avoid with a 2 cent 1 or 10 Ohm resistor. I will normally have spare spots for replacement FETs on th PCB where they are paralleled, so when ( notice I said when, not if ) a FET dies, it is easy to clip out and solder a new one in a clean spot.
I guarantee that these are driver resistors, in series with the gates / base of the output device, most likely a FET.