Zoox

Engineering Manager – Autonomy Systems Verification and Validation

Zoox

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Foster City • California • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $199,000 - $250,000 per year

Job Level

SeniorLead

About the role

  • Directly manage and grow a team of 5+ verification and validation (V&V) systems engineers, providing mentorship and career guidance.
  • Develop, own, and execute the end-to-end V&V strategy for the autonomous vehicle’s (AV's) behavioral competencies, from simulation to on-road validation -- with a focus on corner cases for both perception and behavior/decision-making.
  • Drive the definition and implementation of performance metrics, data extractors, and statistical evaluation methods to form objective conclusions about AV performance.
  • Establish effective collaborations with multiple cross-functional teams like perception, planning, controls, and safety to streamline the development and creation of tests across our validation pipelines.
  • Lead the planning, execution, and timeline delivery of vehicle tests, including cross-functional coordination with vehicle engineering, operations, and software teams.
  • Deliver robust validation evidence to support increasingly complex operations and provide clear, data-driven feedback to development teams.
  • Maintain traceability between requirements, behavioral test cases, and results to support our safety case.
  • Propose and implement process and methodology improvements to accelerate test iteration

Requirements

  • B.S. or higher degree in Automotive Engineering, Aerospace, Robotics, Electrical, Mechanical, Computer Science, or Systems Engineering
  • 7+ years of industry experience with vehicle or complex system validation; ADAS or AV focus preferred
  • 2+ years of experience with leading direct reports
  • Experience developing integration and test plans and procedures for the rigorous V&V of safety critical robotic systems, autonomous vehicles, or other complex robotics/software systems
  • Demonstrated ability to operate in an agile environment and to distill clarity for a team from ambiguous problem statements
  • Analytical skills and hands-on experience
  • Proficiency with probability and statistics
  • Cross-disciplinary background and curiosity. Confident with automotive electronics
Benefits
  • Paid time off (e.g. sick leave, vacation, bereavement)
  • Unpaid time off
  • Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights
  • Amazon RSUs
  • Health insurance
  • Long-term care insurance
  • Long-term and short-term disability insurance
  • Life insurance

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
verification and validation (V&V)performance metricsdata extractorsstatistical evaluation methodsintegration and test plansprobabilitystatisticsautomotive electronicsagile methodologyrobotics
Soft skills
mentorshipcareer guidancecollaborationleadershipanalytical skillsproblem-solvingcommunicationcross-functional coordinationprocess improvementcuriosity
Certifications
B.S. or higher degree in Automotive EngineeringAerospaceRoboticsElectrical EngineeringMechanical EngineeringComputer ScienceSystems Engineering