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Zoox

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer - Sensor Cleaning

Foster City, California, U.S.
Full-Time
Hybrid
$179,000 – $245,000 per year

TLDR

Develop and validate sensor cleaning systems for cameras, lidars, and perception sensors across weather and contamination conditions.

As a Mechanical Design Engineer on the Sensor Cleaning team, you will play a critical role in ensuring Zoox vehicles can operate safely and reliably in real-world environments. You will be responsible for developing, integrating, validating, and launching sensor cleaning systems that maintain the performance of cameras, lidars, and other perception sensors across a wide range of weather and contamination conditions. 

you will drive engineering solutions that ensure sensors remain within operational specifications, minimize contamination-related failures, reduce supply chain and manufacturing yield losses, improve vehicle availability, and support scalable deployment of Zoox autonomous vehicles. 

In This Role, You Will

  • Develop sensor cleaning components and systems to keep sensors free of contaminants. 
  • Perform packaging studies, tolerance analysis, DFMEA, DFM/DFA, and reliability assessments. 
  • Design and build mockups, proofs of concept, and functional prototypes
  • Develop and release CAD models, engineering drawings, and BOMs. 
  • Support test engineering, sensor performance engineers, and validation teams in test design, failure analysis, and quality management 
  • Collaborate with manufacturing engineers and quality engineer to ramp production processes and meet build objectives 
  • Maintain BOMs, documenting and approving build processes, and supporting quality and cost engineering throughout the supply chain of the assemblies
  • Collaborate with suppliers to develop prototypes, resolve technical issues, and support manufacturing readiness. 

    • Qualifications

  • Prior experience with autonomous vehicle sensor cleaning systems is REQUIRED. 
  • Mechanical Engineering or Mechatronic BS + 5 years or MS + 3 years of working experience within the automotive industry.
  • Strong mechanical design fundamentals including:
  • Plastic injection molded components
  • Sheet metal and machined parts
  • Tolerance stack-up analysis
  • Fluid systems and pneumatic systems
  • Thermal and heating system integration 
  • Proficiency with 3D CAD tools (CATIA, NX, Creo, or SolidWorks). 
  • Experience leading cross-functional teams to innovate and drive new ideas and solutions into products.
  • Experience with DV/PV testing, DFMEA, PFMEA, APQP, and PPAP processes.
  • Optical sensor/ADAS system experience is a bonus

    • Bonus Qualifications

  • Prior experience in sensor cleaning is a plus 
  • Experience in automotive sensors like cameras and LiDAR is a plus
  • Experience with fluid simulation and CFD tools for liquid or airflow analysis is a plus

    • Benefits

    Equity Compensation

    Amazon Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)

    Health Insurance

    life insurance

    Paid Time Off

    unpaid time off

    Stock Options

    Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights

    Zoox
    Zoox

    Zoox is building a fully autonomous vehicle fleet from the ground up, coupled with the ecosystem necessary to launch this technology into urban environments. By integrating robotics, machine learning, and innovative design, Zoox is paving the way for a new era of mobility-as-a-service.

    Founded
    Founded 2014
    Employees
    500+ employees
    Industry
    Automotive
    Total raised
    $990M raised
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