Staff Energy Engineer
Hybrid (Foster City, CA)$224k - $269kFull-timePosted 2w ago
About the role
Lead energy management for a complete vehicle and the robotaxi fleet, driving end-to-end energy strategy and cross-functional integration within Zoox’s vehicle development and fleet operations.
Responsibilities
- Lead a highly technical, capable energy team.
- Develop and communicate strategies for full vehicle energy management, such as subsystem operating points, energy-saving features, thermal integration, driving cycles, and others.
- Cascade energy strategy requirements to the various subsystems
- Cooperate with advanced hardware, thermal, and powertrain teams for energy-efficient solutions and integration.
- Lead energy simulation and testing activities, including validation and model correlation.
- Integrate the Energy model in the Zoox simulation environment for end-to-end range simulation.
- Monitor the Energy roadmap as the company evolves to provide robotaxi service.
Qualifications
- Master’s degree in engineering, physics, or a related field
- 10+ years of solid experience in vehicle energy management.
- Experience in energy simulation and testing.
- Experience leading and guiding a vehicle development program.
- Skilled in data analysis, documentation, and reporting; proficiency with Smartsheet, Jira, and Google Workspace
- Previous leadership experience establishing technical roadmaps, energy budgets, and individual performance targets to deliver on key robotaxi vehicle milestones.
Skills
Required:Energy management leadershipEnergy modeling and simulation
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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