CAE Engineer - Safety occupant

Foster City, CA💼 Full-time🗓 2026-10-06 → 2026-10-07

Core

Deliver vehicle occupant safety performance through virtual and physical development phases, ensuring compliance with safety protocols and supporting vehicle structural analysis.

Role type

Senior IC CAE Engineer (Occupant Safety)

Builds

Fully autonomous vehicles for urban mobility-as-a-service (via careerplan.io/jobs/5569d46e-0af8-4f07-93ea-b635c7403f7d-cae-engineer-safety-occupant-at-zoox)

Domain

Automotive / Autonomous Vehicles / Safety Engineering

Required skills

LS-Dyna, BetaCAE, Oasys, FE dummies, LS-Opt, FMVSS, USNCAP, IIHS, ECE, EU legal and consumer safety protocols, Python coding, structural analysis, virtual development

Preferred skills

Leading small teams, coordinating model builds, suggesting countermeasure design solutions

Technologies

LS-Dyna, BetaCAE, Oasys, LS-Opt, Python

Responsibilities

Support vehicle level safety targets, set up vehicle/dummy/restraints models, support virtual/physical correlation, support overall vehicle structural analysis, support virtual DVPs, generate engineering reports, support report outs at project gateways

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

About zoox

Zoox is developing the first ground-up, fully autonomous vehicle fleet and the supporting ecosystem required to bring this technology to market. Sitting at the intersection of robotics, machine learning, and design, Zoox aims to provide the next generation of mobility-as-a-service in urban environments. We’re looking for top talent that shares our passion and wants to be part of a fast-moving and highly execution-oriented team.