Staff Electrical Distribution System Engineer - Zoox

Job Title: Staff Electrical Distribution System Engineer
Job Location: Foster City, CA
Job Listing URL: https://jobs.lever.co/zoox/69d1487d-a7d8-488d-a7f1-7d4d5b17d35e
Job Description: As a Staff Electrical Distribution System Engineer at Zoox, you’ll play a key role in designing one of the most advanced wiring harness systems ever built into a vehicle, while also providing technical leadership to the team. Working within the highly collaborative Electrical Systems Team, you’ll help ensure seamless communication between controllers, sensors, and subsystems, critical for the safe and reliable operation of our autonomous vehicles. You’ll be instrumental in shaping design guidelines, implementing best practices, and driving process improvements across the full development lifecycle, mentoring junior engineers and guiding technical direction. This is an opportunity to help define the future of mobility and bring Zoox’s vision for autonomous transportation to life.
In this role, you will:
Own the end-to-end design of complex low-voltage and high-speed wiring harnesses using CATIA V5/V6, ensuring quality, compliance, and manufacturability
Define and manage processes for device transmittals, schematics, and 3D harness routing across the product lifecycle
Develop best practices and provide technical guidance to junior engineers to continuously improve electrical distribution design methodologies
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define low-voltage distribution system requirements, endpoints and interfaces
Lead supplier engagements and drive continuous improvement within the electrical engineering function
Qualifications
BS or MS in Engineering or equivalent degree
At least 10 years of automotive or aerospace engineering experience
Experience with automotive EE system-level communication (CAN, LIN) and power distribution architectures
Demonstrated release of hardware products with firmware/software dependencies
Hardware and software integration experience
Bonus Qualifications
15+ years of experience in automotive or aerospace engineering is preferred
Experience with Capital/Mentor Graphics Topology, HarnessXC Bridging
Experience with ISO26262, EE HW reliability life calculations, and system FMEA analysis
Experience with high-speed automotive electronics communication protocols (GMSL, automotive ethernet, A2B)

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