Senior Suspension System Engineer
Lead design, integration, and validation of an active suspension system for Zoox's autonomous Robotaxi. Requires strong vehicle dynamics, model-based systems engineering, and automotive functional safety experience.
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.
- 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.
- Develop System FMEAs, diagnostic strategies, and fault reactions to ensure safe and robust suspension system operation.
- 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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