Zoox
CAE Engineer - Safety occupant
$195K–$234K
Foster City, CA · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 6, 2026
- Experience
- Extensive experience required; no number of years stated.
- Education
- Master’s degree in mechanical engineering or a related field.
About the job
Performs occupant-safety CAE simulations and analysis for autonomous vehicles, supporting safety targets, design decisions, validation, and certification.
What you'll do
- Own occupant-safety CAE and support balancing it with other vehicle integration attributes.
- Set up vehicle, dummy, and restraint models; coordinate model builds and correlate virtual results with physical tests.
- Execute virtual DVPs, recommend design countermeasures, prepare engineering reports, and support project-gateway reviews.
What they ask for
- Master’s degree in mechanical engineering or a related field.
- Experience with FMVSS, USNCAP, IIHS, ECE, EU legal, and consumer-safety protocols.
- Extensive occupant-safety CAE virtual-development experience using LS-dyna.
- Experience with BetaCAE, Oasys, LS-Dyna, FE dummies, and LS-Opt; basic Python coding.
Pay
USD 195,000–234,000 per year, base salary
Tools
LS-dyna, BetaCAE, Oasys, LS-Dyna, FE dummies, LS-Opt, Python
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