Zoox · 18 hours ago
Senior/Staff Systems Engineer - Verification and Validation
Foster City, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$198K/yr - $272K/yr
8+ years expZoox is on an ambitious journey to develop and safely deploy a full-stack autonomous mobility solution for cities. They are seeking a Senior / Staff Systems V&V Engineer to join the Platform Safety Assurance team, applying sound systems and verification engineering to ensure the robotaxi meets safety and fail-operational requirements.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Autonomous VehiclesMachine LearningRoboticsTransportation
Responsibilities
Collaborate closely with system safety, perception, firmware, vehicle controls, and planning engineering teams to understand and review vehicle response strategies for compute platform fault conditions from all potential sources
Design and direct system-level V&V campaigns, establish novel testing methodologies and metrics to ensure the robotaxi meets end-to-end safety and fail-operational requirements for Zoox milestones including highway-driving
Apply expertise in verification and validation to the compute-platform safety case, accelerating new platform development, and establishing robust fail-safe and fail-operational behaviors
Lead data collection and analysis campaigns, defining and validating system performance metrics, driving automation initiatives for analysis and process optimization
Qualification
Required
BS or higher degree in a relevant technical field, such as Electrical, Computer, or Systems Engineering
8+ years of specialized experience, including demonstrable experience in one or all of the following: verification and validation, functional safety and diagnostics, system and component testing, Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) and vehicle testing
Proficient in Python for data analysis
Basic proficiency with probability and statistics
Data Analysis and Metrics: Lead data collection and analysis campaigns, defining and validating system performance metrics, driving automation initiatives for analysis and process optimization
Preferred
Risk and Reliability: Experience with quantitative risk analysis or statistical reliability analysis
Fault Protection: Fault protection system design and validation
Functional Safety Standards: Familiarity with ISO 26262, ARP 4754, ARP 4761, or IEC 51511
Benefits
Paid time off (e.g. sick leave, vacation, bereavement)
Unpaid time off
Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights
Amazon RSUs
Health insurance
Long-term care insurance
Long-term and short-term disability insurance
Life insurance
Company
Zoox
Zoox is an AI robotics company that provides mobility-as-a-service and self-driving car services. It is a sub-organization of Amazon.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$955MKey Investors
Grok Ventures
2020-06-26Acquired
2019-10-21Convertible Note· $200M
2018-07-08Series B· $465M
Leadership Team
Nelson Pedreiro
Sr. Vice President, Hardware
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Zheng Gao
Director of Hardware Engineering
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