# Senior Suspension System Engineer

**Company:** [Zoox](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/zoox)
**Location:** Foster City, CA
**Role:** Hardware Engineering
**Salary:** $196k – $250k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Vehicle Dynamics, Control Theory, Matlab/Simulink, Adams, Model-Based Design, Ibm Doors, Siemens Polarion, Can, Lin, Ethernet, Uds, Iso 26262, Fmea, Hil Testing, Autosar
**Posted:** 2026-06-16

> Lead design, requirements, integration, and validation of full active suspension systems for Zoox's autonomous Robotaxi platform. Requires strong vehicle dynamics, controls, model-based design, and automotive systems engineering background.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Lead the design and controls development of a full active suspension system for an autonomous vehicle platform.
- Author system technical specifications, system requirements, and interface control documents for the active suspension system.
- Develop system design, integration, and validation test plans to ensure optimal ride quality, handling performance, safety, and efficiency, balancing vehicle attributes.
- Plan and execute vehicle-level system integration activities, including hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing, vehicle validation, and virtual verification.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with mechanical, electrical, firmware, and controls teams to define system requirements and ensure seamless subsystem integration.
- Ensure suspension subsystems — including actuators, sensors, control modules, and electromechanical components — meet defined requirements and interface specifications.
- Participate in technical design reviews and supplier evaluations, ensuring verification and validation plans are comprehensive and well-executed.
- Develop System FMEAs, diagnostic strategies, and fault reactions to ensure safe and robust suspension system operation across all driving conditions.
- Lead root cause analysis and issue resolution, including data analysis, log reviews, and hardware investigations.

## Requirements
- Strong foundation in vehicle dynamics, structural mechanics, and control theory as applied to suspension system design.
- Experience with suspension system modeling and simulation tools (e.g., ADAMS, MATLAB/Simulink).
- Deep knowledge of developing automotive systems using model-based design processes.
- Deep knowledge of developing system and subsystem requirements, with proficiency in tools like IBM DOORS, Siemens Polarion.
- Knowledge of automotive electrical architectures, including communication protocols (CAN/LIN/Ethernet) and defining physical and functional interfaces.
- Knowledge of automotive diagnostics (UDS) routines and functional safety standards (ISO 26262).
- Experience developing System FMEAs and defining diagnostic strategies and fault reactions for safety-critical systems.
- Familiarity with vehicle-level integration and validation processes, including HIL testing and on-vehicle performance evaluation.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Experience in Model Based System Design process.
- Experience in real time embedded software architecture, e.g., AUTOSAR.
- Experience in advanced embedded software architecture, e.g., LINUX.
- Experience with objective and subjective suspension evaluation criteria.

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