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ZooxZooxFoster City, CA

Senior Systems Engineer, Future Robot Platforms

Leads the design and delivery of complex robot-platform capabilities spanning vehicle, autonomy, and operations. The role requires 8 years of engineering experience, a bachelor's degree, strong hardware/software lifecycle knowledge, and cross-functional systems leadership.

196k – 236k/yr
Hybrid8+ YOEOther

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design of new robot features that enable new vehicle, operational, and user experiences while 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, decomposing stakeholder input into clear and precise system specifications.
  • Lead cross-functional triage 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.
  • Strong understanding of full hardware/software development lifecycles.
  • Demonstrated ability to produce technical documentation, including context diagrams, requirement decomposition, and presentations.
  • Proven leadership, organization, and communication skills.

Nice-to-Haves

  • Experience with hardware research and development and new product introduction principles.
  • Experience with software development and architecture principles.
  • Experience with requirements management tools such as Polarion, DOORS, or JAMA.
  • Experience with model-based systems engineering tools such as Cameo, MagicDraw, or CATIA Magic.

Skills

Systems Engineeringhardware-software integrationmodel-based systems engineeringrequirements managementpolariondoorsjamacameomagicdrawcatia magicfunctional safetytechnical documentationSoftware Architecturehardware r&dnew product introduction

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