Autonomous Vehicle Safety Test Engineer

Zoox; Foster City (CA); On-site; USD 146,000 - 199,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

Stock options

RSUs

Life insurance

Job summary

Zoox in Foster City, CA is seeking a Safety Engineer to join the Safety Engineering team and lead planning and execution of component and system tests through full-vehicle crash testing. You will develop clear protocols and work with robotics, control, and vehicle engineers to ensure safety standards are met.

Responsibilities include coordinating with internal teams and external facilities across US and EU, analyzing test data, reporting results to engineering, and logging safety issues in Jira.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering.
• 5+ years of automotive development and testing experience.
• Detailed knowledge of FMVSS and other safety protocols.
• Hands-on experience in passive safety test planning, vehicle setup and execution.
• Strong organizational and communication skills with focus on hardware planning and timing.

Responsibilities

• Plan and track safety test activities and vehicle hardware requirements.
• Develop detailed crash test requests with integration teams.
• Interface with external facilities for US/EU test delivery.
• Ensure component, sub-system, sled, and full-vehicle testing is executed to plan.
• Coordinate test vehicle preparation, teardown, and rebuild.
• Conduct post-test data analysis and review results for data integrity.
• Report test results in detail and communicate observations to engineering teams.
• Log and track safety performance issues in Jira.

Skills

Test planning

Hardware collaboration

Data analysis

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

CATIA 3DX

CATIA V5

Polarion

CANALYZER

Python

Data acquisition

Job description

Zoox in Foster City, CA is seeking a Safety Engineer to join the Safety Engineering team and lead planning and execution of component and system tests through full-vehicle crash testing. You will develop clear protocols and work with robotics, control, and vehicle engineers to ensure safety standards are met.

Responsibilities include coordinating with internal teams and external facilities across US and EU, analyzing test data, reporting results to engineering, and logging safety issues in Jira.