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ZooxZooxFoster City, CA

Senior/Staff Systems Engineer, Powertrain System Safety and Fail Operational

Designs and analyzes powertrain safety and fail-operational systems for autonomous vehicles, leading hazard analysis, requirements, and safety concepts. Requires 4+ years experience in electrified powertrains and functional safety standards like ISO 26262.

185k – 291k
On-site4+ YOEEmbedded Engineering

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Lead powertrain safety and fail-operational design and analysis covering high-voltage battery systems, charging, propulsion, and on-vehicle load management.
  • Architect vehicle-level safety concepts, focusing on fault tolerance and fail-operational behaviors for autonomy and mission assurance.
  • Develop vehicle-level safety concepts for fault detection and reactions to achieve mission objectives under faults.
  • Own delivery of key work-products including HARA, FTA, functional safety concept, vehicle-level safety requirements, safety clearance artifacts, and quantitative residual risk assessments.
  • Drive consensus across product, feature, operations, vehicle engineering, software, autonomy, and legal teams to implement and release safety requirements.

Qualifications

  • B.S. or higher in Automotive, Aerospace, Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical, Mechanical, or Systems Engineering.
  • Proven track record with electrified powertrains (battery management systems, motor drives/inverters, DC/DC converters, vehicle torque management).
  • Hands-on experience in safety-critical applications in autonomous vehicles, automotive, or aerospace (fail-safe and fail-operational).
  • 4+ years experience with HARA, authoring requirements, decomposition, traceability.
  • Experience with first-principles analysis, simulation (Matlab, Python), driving architectural trade-offs.
  • Hands-on experience with functional safety standards: ISO 26262, ISO 13849, IEC 61508, DO-178C, DO-254.
  • Experience with requirements tools: Jama, Doors, Polarion.
  • Strong communication skills for influencing consensus and presenting to executives.

Bonus Qualifications

  • Knowledge of embedded development (firmware, electrical).
  • Experience designing real-time control systems.

Skills

Iso 26262HaraFtaBattery Management SystemsMotor DrivesDc/Dc ConvertersMATLABPythonJamaDoors
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