Mechanical Design Engineer - Sensor Cleaning

Zoox • Foster City, CA

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About The Position

As a Mechanical Design Engineer on the Sensor Cleaning team, you will play a critical role in ensuring Zoox vehicles can operate safely and reliably in real-world environments. You will be responsible for developing, integrating, validating, and launching sensor cleaning systems that maintain the performance of cameras, lidars, and other perception sensors across a wide range of weather and contamination conditions. You will drive engineering solutions that ensure sensors remain within operational specifications, minimize contamination-related failures, reduce supply chain and manufacturing yield losses, improve vehicle availability, and support scalable deployment of Zoox autonomous vehicles.

Requirements

• Mechanical Engineering or Mechatronic BS + 5 years or MS + 3 years of working experience within the automotive industry.
• Strong mechanical design fundamentals including: Plastic injection molded components, Sheet metal and machined parts, Tolerance stack-up analysis, Fluid systems and pneumatic systems, Thermal and heating system integration.
• Proficiency with 3D CAD tools (CATIA, NX, Creo, or SolidWorks).
• Experience leading cross-functional teams to innovate and drive new ideas and solutions into products.
• Experience with DV/PV testing, DFMEA, PFMEA, APQP, and PPAP processes.

Nice To Haves

• Prior sensor cleaning experience is a bonus.
• Optical sensor/ADAS system experience is a bonus.
• Prior experience in sensor cleaning is a plus.
• Experience in automotive sensors like cameras and LiDAR is a plus.
• Experience with fluid simulation and CFD tools for liquid or airflow analysis is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop sensor cleaning components and systems to keep sensors free of contaminants.
• Perform packaging studies, tolerance analysis, DFMEA, DFM/DFA, and reliability assessments.
• Design and build mockups, proofs of concept, and functional prototypes.
• Develop and release CAD models, engineering drawings, and BOMs.
• Support test engineering, sensor performance engineers, and validation teams in test design, failure analysis, and quality management.
• Collaborate with manufacturing engineers and quality engineer to ramp production processes and meet build objectives.
• Maintain BOMs, documenting and approving build processes, and supporting quality and cost engineering throughout the supply chain of the assemblies.
• Collaborate with suppliers to develop prototypes, resolve technical issues, and support manufacturing readiness.

Benefits

• paid time off (e.g. sick leave, vacation, bereavement)
• unpaid time off
• Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights
• Amazon RSUs
• health insurance
• long-term care insurance
• long-term and short-term disability insurance
• life insurance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior