13d ago
USD 151000–204000/yr

Vehicle Safety - Occupant Protection Engineer

United StatesUnited States·Foster CityFull-timemid
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At Zoox we have set the goal to provide our customers with the highest level of safety while using our fully autonomous vehicles.

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At Zoox we have set the goal to provide our customers with the highest level of safety while using our fully autonomous vehicles. As a member of the Zoox Vehicle Safety Engineering team you will work with a team of world-class engineers with diverse backgrounds such as robotics, control, and vehicle engineering. You will be responsible for developing occupant protection system performance and you will be involved all the way through the complete vehicle development process from conception to part, system and full vehicle crash testing. You will be working closely with our internal and external safety experts, CAE and module system teams, with our suppliers as well as internal and external test laboratories. Working at Zoox offers you the chance to manifest your technical creativity, utilize your excellent organizational and communication skills and make a big difference in the final product.

  • 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  
  • 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
  • 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 
  • Location & Eligibility

    Where is the job
    Foster City, United States
    On-site at the office
    Who can apply
    US

    Listing Details

    Posted
    September 24, 2026
    First seen
    September 25, 2026
    Last seen
    October 8, 2026

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    12
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    October 8, 2026

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    Zoox, a subsidiary of Amazon, designs fully autonomous vehicles focusing on making urban transportation safer and more efficient.

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    2014
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    Vehicle Safety - Occupant Protection EngineerUSD 151000–204000