Zoox
Systems Engineer, Motion Controls Safety
$194K–$244K
Foster City, CA · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Oct 29, 2026
- Experience
- 4+ years of relevant experience.
- Education
- Master’s degree or higher in Robotics, Automotive, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
About the job
Performs safety analysis and defines requirements for autonomous vehicle motion planning and control systems, using fault-injection simulations and testing to support safe operation across expanding driving conditions.
What you'll do
- Analyze safety and define performance requirements for motion planning and control systems across ODDs and degraded driving modes.
- Build and extend fault-injection simulations and support simulation pipelines for AI driving safety.
- Partner with software, hardware, and verification teams to validate requirements through SIL, HIL, and on-vehicle testing; use AI and LLM tools to automate analysis.
What they ask for
- Master’s degree or higher in Robotics, Automotive, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- Hands-on experience developing vehicle motion control systems.
- Experience building or using simulations to analyze vehicle dynamics and inform motion control requirements.
- Strong analytical, technical communication, documentation, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Nice to have
- Autonomous vehicle development or similar complex robotics systems experience.
- Familiarity with Polarion or DOORS, vehicle dynamics modeling and simulation-based safety verification, or industry safety standards.
Pay
USD 194,000–244,000 per-year-salary (base salary)
Tools
Polarion, DOORS, SIL, HIL, AI, LLM
AI focus
Use AI and LLM tools to accelerate safety analysis and automate repetitive processes; support simulation pipelines that verify AI driving safety.
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