System Test Engineer
Hybrid (San Diego, CA), Hybrid (Foster City, CA)$153k - $209kFull-timePosted 1w ago
About the role
Zoox is seeking a System Test Engineer to lead integration and validation of autonomy, robotics, and autonomous behaviors, ensuring safety, milestone readiness, and customer needs through high-level integration testing and data-driven analysis.
Responsibilities
- Develop test plans and test cases that are abstracted to the highest level of integration
- Focus on automating testing utilizing internal Hardware in the Loop (HIL) and Software in the Loop (SIL) assets
- Review data, collect metrics, and provide quantitative evidence to report on milestone readiness
- Analyze vehicle logs and test data using in-house tools to trace failures for root cause analysis, documentation, and communication
- Support the defect management process from recognition to resolution
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or STEM-related field
- 3+ years of industry experience in testing complex systems (autonomy, robotics, and autonomous behaviors)
- Experience with designing, developing, and executing test methodologies that scale across multiple teams
- Strong software development experience with high-level language (e.g. Python, Pytest, REST API), along with version control systems (e.g Git)
- Integrated systems troubleshooting experience
Skills
Required:Test planning and executionAutomation testingData analysisRoot cause analysis
Benefits
- Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights
- Amazon RSUs
- health insurance
- long-term care insurance
- long-term and short-term disability insurance
- life insurance
- paid time off (sick leave, vacation, bereavement)
- unpaid time off
- sign-on bonus may be offered
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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