Zoox
Seating and Passive Safety HW Validation Engineer
$190K–$228K
Foster City, CA · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 9, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years of test or validation experience related to interior automotive trims, seats, and restraints systems.
- Education
- BS or MS in mechanical engineering, or related relevant field.
About the job
Validates seating, interior trim, and occupant-restraint systems by planning and managing tests, analyzing results, and supporting failure analysis.
What you'll do
- Develop and manage validation plans, identify test equipment and sensors, and design test fixtures.
- Analyze test data and report results; support DFMEA and root-cause failure analysis.
- Manage validation schedules and coordinate with design engineers to define requirements.
What they ask for
- BS or MS in mechanical engineering or a related relevant field.
- 8+ years of test or validation experience related to interior automotive trims, seats, and restraints systems.
- Experience with failure and root-cause analysis and generating and managing DFMEAs.
- Experience with requirements management tools (Polarion or equivalent) and the listed test standards and safety regulations.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with 3D design tools; CATIA 3DX, CATIA V5, or SolidWorks preferred.
- Experience with passive safety systems and related seat, crash/sled, airbag, or seatbelt testing and design.
Pay
USD 190,000–228,000 per-year-salary (base salary)
Tools
Polarion, CATIA 3DX, CATIA V5, SolidWorks, FMVSS 207, FMVSS 208, UN ECE R17, SAE J211
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