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Senior Systems Engineer, Fail Operational Capabilities

Foster City, CA💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-04 → 2026-09-26

Core

Design and deliver fail-operational capabilities for Zoox's autonomous mobility service, ensuring safety, reliability, and operational efficiency across Vehicle, Autonomy, and Operations segments.

Role type

Senior Systems Engineer (Fail-Operational Capabilities)

Builds

Fully verified fail-operational product capabilities for autonomous vehicle deployment and operations

Domain

Autonomous mobility / Robotics / Safety-critical systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Systems engineering, HW/SW integration, requirements management, model-based design, cross-functional leadership, technical documentation, bug triage, safety risk quantification

Preferred skills

Fail-operational/safety-critical systems design, software architecture principles, requirements management tools (Polarion, DOORS, JAMA), MBSE tools (Cameo, Magicdraw, Catia Magic)

Responsibilities

Lead design of fail-operational behaviors balancing safety and efficiency; Own feature design and implementation across the V cycle with Hardware, Software, Operations, IT, Safety, Manufacturing, and Validation teams; Create and maintain verifiable requirements and model-based designs; Lead cross-functional triage for bugs and reported issues

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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