Zoox
System Verification and Validation Engineer - Fail Operational Systems
$160K–$221K
Foster City, CA · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Jun 30, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of specialized experience; experience in one or all of the listed areas.
- Education
- BS or higher degree in a technical field, such as Electrical, Computer or Systems Engineering.
About the job
Develop and execute system-level verification and validation for vehicle safety and fail-operational behaviors, supporting the compute-platform safety case and robotaxi milestones.
What you'll do
- Plan and execute testing of safety and fail-operational responses, including HIL and vehicle-level testing.
- Design V&V campaigns, testing methodologies, and metrics; analyze and report results to drive platform improvements.
- Collaborate across engineering teams to review requirements and vehicle responses to faults.
What they ask for
- BS or higher degree in a technical field, such as Electrical, Computer or Systems Engineering.
- 5+ years of specialized experience in one or more listed areas, including safety-critical V&V, functional safety and diagnostics, system testing, or HIL and vehicle testing.
- Proficient in Python for data analysis.
- Basic proficiency with probability and statistics.
Nice to have
- Experience with quantitative risk analysis or statistical reliability analysis, or fault protection system design and validation.
- Familiarity with ISO 26262, ARP 4754, ARP 4761, or IEC 51511.
Pay
USD 160,000–221,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
Python, ISO 26262, ARP 4754, ARP 4761, IEC 51511, Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL)
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