Autonomous Vehicle Safety CAE Engineer

Zoox; Foster City (CA); Hybrid; USD 195,000 - 234,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Health insurance

RSUs

Stock Appreciation Rights

Sign-on bonus

Job summary

Zoox is seeking a Senior Vehicle Safety CAE Engineer to drive occupant safety analyses for our fully autonomous vehicle platform. You will work with world-class engineers across robotics, control, and vehicle engineering to sign off safety targets through virtual and physical development stages.

You will set up vehicle, dummy, and restraint models, coordinate model builds, and support the correlation between virtual simulations and real-world testing.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in mechanical engineering or related field.
• Experience with safety protocols: FMVSS, USNCAP, IIHS, ECE, EU standards.
• Extensive experience in occupant safety CAE using LS-Dyna.
• Proficient in safety tools: BetaCAE, Oasys, LS-Dyna, FE dummies, LS-Opt.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.
• Basic Python coding.

Responsibilities

• Support vehicle-level safety targets to back Zoox safety strategy.
• Own occupant safety CAE and balance with other Vehicle Integration Attributes.
• Set up vehicle, dummy, and restraint models; coordinate builds.
• Support correlation between virtual and physical tests.
• Assist overall vehicle structural analysis for various attributes.
• Support virtual DVPs and execute accordingly.
• Suggest countermeasure design solutions.
• Generate virtual analysis engineering reports.
• Present report outs at project gateways.
• Experience leading small teams and weekly cadence meetings.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Python coding

Education

Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

LS-Dyna

BetaCAE

Oasys

LS-Opt

FE dummies

Job description

Zoox is seeking a Senior Vehicle Safety CAE Engineer to drive occupant safety analyses for our fully autonomous vehicle platform. You will work with world-class engineers across robotics, control, and vehicle engineering to sign off safety targets through virtual and physical development stages.

You will set up vehicle, dummy, and restraint models, coordinate model builds, and support the correlation between virtual simulations and real-world testing.