# Senior Systems Engineer, Fail Operational Capabilities

**Company:** [Zoox](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/zoox)
**Location:** Foster City, CA
**Role:** Other
**Salary:** $196k – $236k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Systems Engineering, fail-operational systems, functional safety, hardware/software integration, requirements management, model-based systems engineering, polarion, doors, jama, cameo, magicdraw, catia magic, Software Architecture, technical documentation, systems verification
**Posted:** 2026-08-04

> Leads the design and delivery of fail-operational mobility capabilities spanning vehicle, autonomy, and operations systems. The role requires 8 years of engineering experience, a bachelor's degree, complex hardware/software integration expertise, and strong systems documentation and cross-functional leadership skills.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Lead the design of **fail-operational behaviors**, balancing safety, reliability, and operational efficiency.
- Partner with the functional safety team to identify product risks and quantify fail-operational performance.
- Own the design and implementation of features with Hardware, Software, Operations, IT, Safety, Manufacturing, and Validation teams throughout the entire V-cycle.
- Create and maintain high-quality, verifiable requirements and model-based designs.
- Decompose stakeholder input to drive clarity and precision for systems specifications.
- Lead triage with cross-functional stakeholders for bugs and reported issues.

## Requirements
- **8 years** of engineering work experience.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or Physics.
- Experience designing complex systems that integrate multiple hardware and software components.
- Solid understanding of full hardware/software development lifecycles.
- Demonstrated ability to deliver technical documentation, including context diagrams, requirement decomposition, and presentations.
- Proven leadership, organization, and communication skills.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Experience designing fail-operational or safety-critical systems.
- Experience with software development and architecture principles.
- Experience with requirements management tools such as Polarion, DOORS, or Jama.
- Experience with MBSE tools such as Cameo, MagicDraw, or CATIA Magic.

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