Senior Platform System Vehicle Test Engineer

Zoox
Foster City, US
On-site

Who this role is best for

Aimed at senior engineers with expertise in autonomous vehicle safety testing and ISO 26262 standards working in a multidisciplinary team setting.

Best fit for

  • Senior engineers with ISO 26262 experience in autonomous vehicle safety.
    — “deep understanding of functional safety technical solutions and verification techniques based on ISO 26262”
  • Professionals comfortable with closed-loop drive system testing.
    — “ensuring the safety and performance of the closed-loop drive system”
  • Candidates who thrive in multidisciplinary team environments.
    — “working as part of a multidisciplinary team”

Things to consider

  • Role requires vehicle-level testing for safety-critical systems.
    — “responsible for developing and executing vehicle-level testing for autonomous safety-critical systems”

How to stand out

  • Showcase specific examples of safety case construction in past roles.
    — “constructs the Safety Case and validates that our vehicles are safe”
  • Highlight experience with pragmatic safety engineering approaches.
    — “trustworthy, innovative, and pragmatic safety engineering”
  • Demonstrate ability to rapidly iterate on safety systems.
    — “enables Zoox to rapidly iterate and safely expand capabilities”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Senior

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What success looks like

  • safe and reliable vehicle systems
  • successful testing and validation
Typical background
engineering backgroundautonomous vehicle testing experience

Skills & requirements

Required

Functional SafetyVehicle TestingISO 26262Autonomous DrivingClosed-loop Drive System

Preferred

RoboticsAutonomous Vehicle Experience

Stack & domain

Functional SafetyIso 26262Vehicle-level TestingAutonomous Safety-critical SystemsTeamworkInnovationPragmatismAutonomous DrivingSafety EngineeringVehicle Testing

About the role

Original posting from Zoox via Lever

Zoox’s System Design and Mission Assurance (SDMA) team constructs the Safety Case and validates that our vehicles are safe for autonomous driving. SDMA enables Zoox to rapidly iterate and safely expand capabilities through trustworthy, innovative, and pragmatic safety engineering. As a Platform System Vehicle Test Engineer at Zoox, you will be working as part of a multidisciplinary team to develop and test systems that enable and support our robotaxi, ensuring the safety and performance of the closed-loop drive system. 

The Platform System Vehicle Test Engineer will have strong technical skills, and a deep understanding of functional safety technical solutions and verification techniques based on ISO 26262 or similar standards. You will be responsible for developing and executing vehicle-level testing for autonomous safety-critical systems.

Source: Zoox careers (Lever)

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