Zoox
Hardware Engineer - Test Development
$151K–$182K
Foster City, CA · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 14, 2026
- Experience
- 2+ years in hardware test, hardware validation, or electrical engineering.
- Education
- BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
About the job
Build and run ECU design and production validation tests, develop test setups and automation, and help investigate failures in Zoox’s Foster City labs.
What you'll do
- Build, debug, and maintain ECU test setups and run electrical, environmental, and reliability tests; document results.
- Develop Python test automation and use AI tools to review specifications, synthesize results, and speed test development.
- Support failure root-cause analysis and track issues to closure with cross-functional teams.
What they ask for
- 2+ years of experience in hardware test, hardware validation, or electrical engineering.
- BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- Hands-on lab-equipment experience; ability to build or modify test setups and read schematics to debug board-level issues.
- Working proficiency in Python for test automation or data analysis.
Nice to have
- Experience with fault injection, hardware-in-the-loop, or automated test equipment for electronics.
- Experience with automotive validation standards (ISO 16750, CISPR 25, or ISO 11452), EMC or cold-weather testing, or Jira, Polarion, or another ALM tool.
Pay
USD 151,000–182,000 per-year-salary; base salary
Tools
Python, Jira, Polarion, ISO 16750, CISPR 25, ISO 11452
AI focus
Use AI tools to review specifications and test procedures, synthesize results, and accelerate test development; critically check AI outputs.
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