Zoox
Senior/Staff Closures Engineer
$195K–$256K
Foster City, CA · On-site · Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 22, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years; alternatively, 8+ years with an advanced degree.
- Education
- BS in Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, Mechatronics, or a related field.
About the job
Own the architecture and hands-on development of Zoox’s automated vehicle closures system, from requirements and component design through sourcing, validation, and launch.
What you'll do
- Set and defend closures architecture, requirements, integration strategy, and testing plans across vehicle programs.
- Design and release critical closures components; lead their development through sourcing, tooling, validation, and launch.
- Lead hardware problem-solving and cross-functional decisions, while mentoring engineers and working with suppliers.
What they ask for
- BS in Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, Mechatronics, or a related field.
- 10+ years of professional mechanical engineering experience, or 8+ years with an advanced degree, focused on automotive closures, complex mechanisms, or robotics.
- Architecture-level ownership of a closures system or equivalently complex integrated vehicle system, plus mass-production experience taking systems through the full vehicle development cycle.
- Expert-level fluency in 3D CAD and demonstrated experience with automated doors or similar mechanisms, kinematic synthesis, and mechanism load-path design.
Nice to have
- MATLAB/Simulink or other simulation tools; FEA and feasibility tools such as InspireForm or InspireCast.
- Electronics fundamentals, transit/commercial/fleet applications, or experience with seals, water management, wind noise, or door-closing effort.
Pay
USD 195,000–256,000 per year base salary
Tools
CATIA 3D, SimSolid, Python, MATLAB, MATLAB/Simulink, InspireForm, InspireCast, CAN bus
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