Senior Trim & Lighting Engineer — Lead Interfaces

Zoox; Foster City (CA); On-site; USD 195,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights

Amazon RSUs

Health insurance

Long-term disability insurance

Job summary

Zoox is seeking a Senior Trim & Lighting Engineer on the Vehicle Engineering team in Foster City, CA. You will own the design and release of interior, exterior, seating, and lighting attachment interfaces, coordinating across the body team, suppliers, and internal groups to meet programs.

The role demands end-to-end ownership of technical problems, leading a small team and driving multiple suppliers while ensuring data quality in 3DEXPERIENCE and CATIA V6.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering with 8+ years of experience, or a Master's with 7+ years, or a PhD with 3+ years.
• Deep knowledge across automotive interior/exterior trim, seating, or lighting engineering.
• Proven experience taking automotive components and subsystems through a full design-to-launch cycle at OEM or Tier 1.
• Demonstrated experience with carryover strategy and attachment/interface design across components or subsystems.
• Strong command of GD&T, tolerance stack-up analysis, and fastening/ joining methods for attachment design.
• Proven ability to draft and execute against technical requirements with rigorous engineering principles.
• Experience managing interfaces and changes with body/structures teams.
• Proficient in 3D modeling with CATIA V6 (or CATIA V5 / equivalent) with DFM focus.
• Experience releasing parts and managing change in a PLM environment (3DEXPERIENCE / 3DX).
• Experience managing multiple suppliers and project timelines in parallel under tight constraints.
• Sound cost judgment including VA/VE and should-cost awareness.
• Familiarity with validation processes including DVP&Rs and DFMEAs across a complete vehicle lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Trim & Lighting engineering point of contact for the program, coordinating across the body team, suppliers, and internal engineering groups.
• Own the design and release of attachment and mounting interfaces for interior, exterior, seating, and lighting components.
• Drive multiple suppliers in parallel across trim, lighting, seating, and exterior commodities, holding each to design, cost, and timeline commitments.
• Maximize carryover of components and part numbers, minimizing new part creation and preserving existing designs wherever feasible.
• Drive attachment solutions that require minimal to no change to existing tooling; assess and document tooling impact with suppliers where changes are unavoidable.
• Manage interfaces and changes with the body/structures team, translating structural changes into trim, seating, and lighting attachment requirements.
• Partner with the Validation team to define and execute component and subsystem validation plans (DVP&Rs).
• Work across all engineering teams to release parts and assemblies in 3DEXPERIENCE (3DX), owning data quality and change management through release.

Skills

CATIA V6

3DEXPERIENCE

GD&T

Vendor management

Fastener design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering

PhD in Engineering

Tools

CATIA V6

CATIA V5

3DEXPERIENCE

Job description

Zoox is seeking a Senior Trim & Lighting Engineer on the Vehicle Engineering team in Foster City, CA. You will own the design and release of interior, exterior, seating, and lighting attachment interfaces, coordinating across the body team, suppliers, and internal groups to meet programs.

The role demands end-to-end ownership of technical problems, leading a small team and driving multiple suppliers while ensuring data quality in 3DEXPERIENCE and CATIA V6.