Systems Engineer, Motion Controls Safety (Automotive)

Location: Foster City, California, US; hybrid workplace

Company

Zoox develops a full-stack autonomous mobility solution and robotaxi system for urban deployment.

What you will do

• Perform safety analysis and define performance requirements for motion planning and control systems across expanding operational design domains, environmental conditions, and degraded driving modes.
• Build and extend fault-injection simulations to determine vehicle fault detection and response requirements for new operational domains and next-generation platforms.
• Support simulation pipelines for verifying AI driving safety and define requirements for their vehicle dynamics models.
• Collaborate with software, hardware, verification, and validation teams to confirm requirements through SIL, HIL, and on-vehicle testing.
• Use AI and LLM tools to accelerate analysis and automate repetitive processes.

Requirements

• Master’s degree or higher in Robotics, Automotive, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, with 4+ years of relevant experience.
• Hands-on experience developing vehicle motion control systems.
• Experience building or using simulations to analyze vehicle dynamic behavior and inform motion control requirements.
• Strong analytical skills in quantitative analysis and modeling, performance-metric definition, and system-level trade-off analysis.
• Excellent technical communication and documentation skills, with demonstrated success working cross-functionally in complex technical environments.

Nice to have

• Experience developing autonomous vehicles or similarly complex robotics systems.
• Familiarity with requirements management tools such as Polarion or DOORS.
• Experience with vehicle dynamics modeling and simulation-based safety verification.
• Familiarity with ISO 26262, ISO 21448, and other industry safety standards.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time hybrid role within the System Design and Mission Assurance organization.
• Transparent, respectful culture with strong leadership and cross-functional collaboration.
• Commitment to building a team with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and skills.