# Engineering Manager, Autonomy Systems Verification and Validation

**Company:** [Zoox](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/zoox)
**Location:** Foster City, CA
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Salary:** $199k – $250k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Python, SQL, Linux, Probability And Statistics, Simulation, Log Data Analysis, Automotive Electronics, Adas, Autonomous Vehicles, Agile
**Posted:** 2025-12-15

> Lead a team of engineers in verification and validation of autonomous vehicle safety performance using simulation, data analysis, and testing. Requires 7+ years in vehicle/system validation, BS in relevant field, and leadership experience.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Directly manage and grow a team of 5+ verification and validation (V&V) systems engineers, providing mentorship and career guidance.
- Develop, own, and execute the end-to-end V&V strategy for the autonomous vehicle’s (AV's) behavioral competencies, from simulation to on-road validation -- with a focus on corner cases for both perception and behavior/decision-making.
- Drive the definition and implementation of performance metrics, data extractors, and statistical evaluation methods to form objective conclusions about AV performance.
- Establish effective collaborations with multiple cross-functional teams like perception, planning, controls, and safety to streamline the development and creation of tests across our validation pipelines.
- Lead the planning, execution, and timeline delivery of vehicle tests, including cross-functional coordination with vehicle engineering, operations, and software teams.
- Deliver robust validation evidence to support increasingly complex operations and provide clear, data-driven feedback to development teams.
- Maintain traceability between requirements, behavioral test cases, and results to support our safety case.
- Propose and implement process and methodology improvements to accelerate test iteration.

## Qualifications
- B.S. or higher degree in Automotive Engineering, Aerospace, Robotics, Electrical, Mechanical, Computer Science, or Systems Engineering
- 7+ years of industry experience with vehicle or complex system validation; ADAS or AV focus preferred
- 2+ years of experience with leading direct reports
- Experience developing integration and test plans and procedures for the rigorous V&V of safety critical robotic systems, autonomous vehicles, or other complex robotics/software systems
- Demonstrated ability to operate in an agile environment and to distill clarity for a team from ambiguous problem statements
- Analytical skills and hands-on experience
- Proficiency with probability and statistics
- Cross-disciplinary background and curiosity
- Confident with automotive electronics

## Bonus Qualifications
- M.Sc. or higher degree in Automotive Engineering, Aerospace, Robotics, Electrical, Mechanical, Computer Science, or Systems Engineering
- Proven experience leading the V&V of key behavioral competencies for autonomous systems
- Strong understanding of data-driven, statistical approaches to complex system performance evaluation
- Familiarity with programming languages such as Python
- Familiarity with SQL and navigating modern data models
- Experience with Linux Systems

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