Zoox
Vehicle Safety - Occupant Protection Engineer
$151K–$204K
Foster City, CA · On-site · Full-time · Posted Sep 24, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years within automotive development and testing; safety testing preferred.
- Education
- BS or MS in Engineering.
About the job
Develop and validate occupant-protection restraint systems by translating vehicle safety targets into testable metrics and driving load cases through vehicle integration.
What you'll do
- Develop virtual and physical DVPs; track their execution and report test results at project gateways.
- Support system-level and full-vehicle testing, including test requests, matrices, instrumentation, and targets.
- Identify performance issues, track Jira tickets to closure, and correlate CAE results with physical tests.
What they ask for
- BS or MS in Engineering.
- 5+ years of experience within automotive development and testing, preferably safety testing.
- Sound knowledge of FMVSS regulations and consumer safety protocols.
- Experience in virtual and physical safety testing, including analysis in Hyperworks/MetaPost; ability to build and script templates for data checks, analysis, and reporting.
Nice to have
- Experience with 3D design and PLM tools; CATIA 3DX or CATIA V5 preferred.
- Project management, Jira, DFMEA/SFMEA, requirements management tools (Polarion or equivalent), Python, or LS-Dyna experience.
Pay
USD 151,000–204,000 per-year-salary (base salary)
Tools
Hyperworks, MetaPost, CATIA 3DX, CATIA V5, Jira, Polarion, Python, LS-Dyna
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