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Staff Compute Systems Engineer

Zoox· Advanced Hardware Engineering – Sensor Engineering
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Foster City, CA$226k - $311kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Staff Compute & Controls Systems Engineer responsible for developing and documenting requirements for compute and control system modules, leading key functional safety analyses (FMEDA), and driving cross-functional collaboration to ensure verification of requirements throughout the engineering lifecycle for autonomous vehicle hardware platforms.

Responsibilities

  • - Apply compute, controls, and systems engineering principles to define traceable computing requirements from product goals
  • - Engage with product, HW/SW engineering, production, safety, and business teams to author detailed requirements for compute and control modules
  • - Analyze tradeoffs and drive consensus on compute architecture for current and new vehicle platforms
  • - Gather and analyze data to define metrics, qualify systems for release, and influence design decisions
  • - Create and maintain documentation supporting system designs and architectural decisions with cross-team alignment
  • - Work with software and firmware teams during implementation to ensure requirements are met
  • - Lead sign-off of compute and autonomy systems with cross-functional teams
  • - Assist with development and review of V&V plans and analyze test results for compute and controls systems
  • - Conduct System FMEA (SFMEA) and identify mitigations for potential failure modes early in design
  • - Support Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for safety-related compute platform field failures
  • - Collaborate with partner teams to improve diagnostic coverage against latent failures on existing hardware platforms
  • - Support functional safety analyses to ensure compatibility with ISO 26262 objectives

Qualifications

  • - B.S., M.S., or equivalent in Aerospace, Automotive, Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical, Mechanical, or Systems Engineering
  • - 8+ years of staff-level experience in automotive/ADAS/autonomous vehicles/aerospace/robotics with systems-level design, validation, and safety analysis for mission-critical, high-redundancy systems
  • - Analytical skills and ability to write clear, verifiable requirements for compute and controls systems
  • - Strong EE fundamentals including compute architectures (x86, ARM), communication protocols (I2C, UART, SPI, CAN, LIN, USB, GMSL, FPD-Link), high-speed signals, sensing, and power electronics
  • - Experience with FMEDA or FMEA for safety-critical systems and with ISO 26262 and ISO 21448 (SOTIF) standards

Skills

Required:Compute and controls requirementsFMEDA / FMEAISO 26262 / SOTIFCompute architectures
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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