Zoox
Vehicle Safety - Occupant Protection Engineer
- Compensation
- $151K–$204K / yr
- Location
- Foster City, CA, US
- Arrangement
- On-site
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Posted
- 24 September 2026 (6 days ago)
Checked 5 days agoApplications go to the employer, never to RoleSprint
About this role
In this role, you will: • Own assigned load cases end-to-end: translate vehicle technical specification (VTS) safety targets into testable metrics, and drive restraint system development through the vehicle integration process to meet them
• Develop virtual and physical DVPs and track execution against plan
• Analyze test results, feedback analysis to engineering teams, and report out at project gateways
• Support system-level and full-vehicle test activities, including defining test requests, test matrix, instrumentation and test targets with the support of the validation team
• Identify and document performance issues; generate and track Jira tickets to closure
• Drive CAE-to-physical test correlation for your load cases
Qualifications • BS or MS in Engineering with passion for electric, autonomous mobility
• 5+ years of experience within automotive development and testing, preferable 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 first-pass data integrity checks, results analysis, and reporting
• Strong organizational and communication skills
• Experience in 3D design and PLM tools, CATIA 3DX or CATIA V5 preferred
Bonus Qualifications • Project management experience
• Experience with Jira
• DFMEA and SFMEA knowledge; experience with requirements management tools (Polarion or equiv.)
• Knowledge of Python
• Experience with LS-Dyna
Work location
- Foster City, CA, US
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Published 24 September 2026, last checked 5 days ago. A posting stops being advertised here 90 days after the employer published it, and one the employer takes down is marked closed rather than quietly removed.