Senior/Staff Systems Engineer, Powertrain Safety and Fail-Operational

Job overview

The Senior/Staff Systems Engineer, Powertrain Safety and Fail-Operational role is onsite in Foster City, CA. The posting lists a base salary range of $170,000–$306,000 per year; additional compensation may include stock awards, and a sign-on bonus may be offered. The role supports Zoox’s System Design and Mission Assurance team, which develops safety cases and fail-operational designs for autonomous driving robots. The engineer leads powertrain safety and fail-operational design and analysis, translating safety goals into vehicle-level concepts and requirements. The work helps ensure autonomous vehicles can detect and respond to faults while meeting mission objectives, and requires coordination across product, vehicle engineering, software, autonomy, operations, and legal teams.

What you'll do

• Lead powertrain safety and fail-operational design and analysis for battery, charging, propulsion, and on-vehicle load management
• architect vehicle-level fault-tolerant safety concepts
• develop fault detection and vehicle reaction concepts
• deliver hazard analysis and risk assessment, fault tree analysis, functional safety concepts, vehicle-level safety requirements, safety clearance artifacts, and quantitative residual risk assessments
• build consensus across cross-functional teams to implement and release safety requirements.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior/staff systems engineer

foster city ca

zoox

powertrain safety

fail-operational design

autonomous vehicles

functional safety

hazard analysis

fault tree analysis

electrified powertrains

safety requirements

$170k–$306k/year

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Paid time off, health insurance, long-term care insurance, long- and short-term disability insurance, and life insurance
• compensation may include Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights and Amazon RSUs.

Why this role

Focuses on electrified powertrains and safety-critical autonomous vehicle systems; requires experience with hazard analysis, requirements traceability, and functional safety work products.

About the employer

Zoox is hiring for this role. Industry: Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing. Sector: 33.