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System Verification and Validation Engineer

Foster City, CAHybridFull-time

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Senior / Staff Systems Verification and Validation Engineer at Zoox leads system-level V&V, test planning, and safety-case development for fail-safe, fail-operational autonomous robotaxi behaviors.

About this role

Zoox is on an ambitious journey to develop and safely deploy a full-stack autonomous mobility solution for cities. We are seeking a Senior / Staff Systems V&V Engineer to join the Platform Safety Assurance team within the System Design and Mission Assurance (SDMA) team, applying sound systems and verification engineering to fail-safe and fail-operational behaviors to realize this mission. At Zoox, we take systems engineering seriously and know that your efforts will be critical for delivering a driverless robotaxi service at scale. In this role, your work will directly impact our fleet’s reliability and fail-operational capabilities through your efforts on the compute-platform safety case.

In this role, you will:

  • Understand and review vehicle response strategies for fault conditions from all potential sources
  • Develop and manage test planning and execution for safety and fail-operational responses
  • Design and direct system-level V&V campaigns, establish novel testing methodologies, establish robust testing metrics, and ensure the robotaxi meets end-to-end safety and fail-operational requirements for Zoox milestones including for highway driving
  • Work and collaborate closely with system safety, perception, firmware, vehicle controls, and planning engineering teams to understand and review requirements, vehicle response strategies, and secure buy-in for new processes for fault conditions
  • Analyze, track, and report complex test results to drive platform improvements, documenting new methodologies and V&V reports
  • Apply expertise in verification and validation to the compute-platform safety case, accelerating new platform development, and establishing robust fail-safe and fail-operational behaviors.

    • Qualifications

  • BS or higher degree in a technical field, such as Electrical, Computer or Systems Engineering.
  • 5+ years of specialized experience, including demonstrable experience in one or all of the following:
  • Verification and Validation (V&V): Deep experience in V&V processes and methodologies, particularly within the context of safety-critical systems and safety cases.
  • Functional Safety & Diagnostics: Expertise in fault detection, mitigation systems, and verifying diagnostic coverage.
  • System and Component Testing: Strong background in system-level testing, its requirements, and its relationship with component-level and unit testing.
  • Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) and Vehicle Testing: Experience executing and assuring capabilities using HIL and physical vehicle-level testing.
  • Proficient in Python for data analysis.
  • Basic proficiency with probability and statistics
  • Data Analysis and Metrics: Lead data collection and analysis campaigns, defining and validating system performance metrics, driving automation initiatives for analysis and process optimization.

    • Bonus Qualifications

  • Risk and Reliability: Experience with quantitative risk analysis or statistical reliability analysis.
  • Fault Protection: Fault protection system design and validation.
  • Functional Safety Standards: Familiarity with ISO 26262, ARP 4754, ARP 4761, or IEC 51511.

    • Skills

    ARp-4754ARP 4761Functional SafetyHardware-in-the-loop (HIL)ISO 26262ProbabilityPythonRisk And ReliabilityStatisticsVerification And Validation (V&V)

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