Manufacturing Diagnostics Engineer

Zoox•Hayward, CA

49d•$123,000 - $149,000

About The Position

As a Manufacturing Diagnostics Engineer, you will be a part of the team that executes processes to bring up, validate, test, and troubleshoot the Zoox vehicle, as well as implement diagnostic systems/infrastructure. You will develop and improve our processes for testing the electrical and firmware systems of a vehicle to perform the End-of-Line diagnostics in the manufacturing process.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in a relevant area such as Electrical Engineering or Computer Science.
Very strong troubleshooting and debugging skills and experience, including reading, troubleshooting, and injecting packets over various network protocols such as CAN, LIN, and Ethernet
2+ years of experience with automotive controller integration testing or test script development/programming in high-level languages such as Python
Experience with GitHub or similar tools for software management
Strong background in Linux and shell/bash terminal scripting

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in a relevant area such as Computer Science or Engineering
Experience with the integration and automation of manufacturing and test equipment
Background in creating, reading, and writing to tables in an SQL database
Experience with computer network engineering, TCP / IP protocols, and communication over API

Responsibilities

Serve as the first line of defense for all electrical and functional issues on the manufacturing line, including but not limited to software/firmware, harness, networking (CAN, LIN, Automotive, and Standard Ethernet, GMSL, etc.), hardware, and infrastructure issues.
Validate vehicle behavior, triage issues, identify root causes, and lead resolutions (pertaining to software, tooling, deploy, harness, hardware, etc.) during vehicle manufacturing testing, bring-up, firmware updates, and calibration.
Work closely with multidisciplinary engineers to collect and interpret the component and vehicle-level requirements and translate them into scalable system-level validation test scripts and test cases
Develop the system for automatic troubleshooting and workaround guidance for operators on the Manufacturing line
Build test plans and test coverage for vehicle production, incorporating vehicle behaviors, functionalities, and manufacturing cycle times
Design and implement future manufacturing lines involving the next-generation diagnostic architecture to support higher volume production