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Sensing and Perception System Safety Engineer

Zoox· System Design and Mission Assurance – Platform Safety Engineering and Analysis
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Hybrid (Foster City, CA)$170k - $267kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Role focused on safety analyses of sensing and perception systems for autonomous vehicles, developing safety requirements and metrics to ensure fail-operational sensing capabilities.

Responsibilities

  • Define safety requirements for sensing (camera, lidar, radar) and perception (sensor fusion, ML models) subsystems
  • Lead cross-functional technical projects across Software, Hardware, Operations, Data Science, V&V teams to support safety arguments
  • Collaborate with perception, hardware, software, firmware and other systems engineering teams to design safety mechanisms leveraging ISO 26262 and SOTIF standards
  • Work with partner teams to develop safe, fail operational, and cost-optimized sensing architectures and guide sensor selection
  • Analyze field and simulation data to root cause issues, identify next steps or validate assumptions
  • Leverage AI/LLM tools to accelerate analysis and automate repetitive processes, improving team efficiency

Qualifications

  • BS or MS in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, Mechatronics, etc.
  • Experience as a Design or Systems Engineer for complex or mission-critical systems with high levels of fail-operational redundancy especially in sensing and perception
  • 3+ years of hands-on systems, safety, or related engineering experience with a focus on analysis of safety critical high-integrity systems in Automotive, ADAS, Autonomous vehicles, Aerospace or Robotics industries
  • Effective communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

Required:Safety analysisSafety standards (ISO 26262, ISO 21448/SOTIF)Systems engineering

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
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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