Hardware Engineer - Test Development
Zoox · Foster City, CA
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Builds, debugs, and runs DV and PV test setups for vehicle ECUs in the Autonomy Hardware Validation team, covering temperature, power, vibration, EMC, and lifetime stress. Works in Foster City labs and local test labs on fixtures, harnesses, fault injection racks, and thermal chambers, writing Python test automation and tracking issues in Jira. Supports root cause analysis with validation, design, firmware, and supplier quality engineers.
Zoox is building a purpose-built, fully autonomous robotaxi, and every electronic control unit (ECU) on it has to be proven before it reaches a vehicle. The Autonomy Hardware Validation team in Robot Platform Verification & Validation runs the design validation (DV) and production validation (PV) testing that shows our ECUs meet their requirements across temperature, power, vibration, EMC and lifetime stress.
As a Hardware Engineer on our Test Development team, you will be the hands-on engineer who gets testing done in our Foster City labs. You will build test setups and automation, run tests, and help find the root cause of failures. You will move between projects as needs shift, including next-generation vehicle platforms, production validation for our current robotaxi, and cold-weather qualification. You will use AI tools and automation to build and run tests faster.
In this role, you will:
Qualifications:
Please note, this role does require an onsite presence in our Foster City, CA office 5 days per week.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
Compensation: USD 151,000 – 182,000 per year salary
