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Zoox is seeking a Safety Test and Validation Engineer to lead crash test planning, execution, and analysis for autonomous vehicle development. You will plan and track safety test activities and vehicle hardware requirements, develop detailed crash test requests in collaboration with integration teams, and serve as the technical interface to external test facilities including on-site support in the US and EU.
Key responsibilities include ensuring component, sub-system, sled, and full-vehicle testing is executed to plan; coordinating test vehicle preparation, teardown, and rebuild; conducting post-test data analysis and reviewing results with test labs to confirm data integrity; reporting test results in detail to engineering teams; and logging safety performance issues in Jira.
This role requires a strong foundation in automotive safety standards and hands-on testing experience. You will work at the intersection of hardware engineering, regulatory compliance, and autonomous vehicle innovation, with direct impact on vehicle safety validation.
REQUIREMENTS:
- BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering with passion for electric, autonomous mobility
- 5+ years of experience in automotive development and testing
- Detailed knowledge of FMVSS and other legal and consumer safety protocols
- Hands-on experience in passive safety test planning, test vehicle setup, and test execution
- Strong organizational and communication skills with focus on hardware planning, timing plans, and process definition
- Experience with 3D design and PLM tools (CATIA 3DX or CATIA V5 preferred)
BONUS QUALIFICATIONS:
- CAN network experience, including data interrogation with CANALYZER
- Familiarity with test sensors (accelerometers, load cells, strain gauges) and data acquisition equipment
- Experience defining and implementing operational workflows in testing environments
- Knowledge of requirements management tools (Polarion or equivalent)
- Skilled in building scripts/templates for data integrity checks and results analysis (MetaPost, Hypergraph, Python, or similar)
- DFMEA knowledge
