Startups

Senior Trim & Lighting Engineer

Zoox · Foster City, CA · Hybrid

← All jobs
About Zoox

Zoox is a purpose-built autonomous vehicle designed for riders, not drivers. Learn more about the Zoox robotaxi and the future of ride-hailing. Backed by Lux.

About the role

Serve as the Trim & Lighting engineering point of contact for the program, coordinating across the body team, suppliers, and internal engineering groups. Own the design and release of attachment and mounting interfaces for interior, exterior, seating, and lighting components.

What they're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering with 8+ years of relevant experience, or a Master's with 7+ years, or a PhD with 3+ years
  • Deep knowledge across multiple relevant areas of automotive interior/exterior trim, seating, or lighting engineering
  • Proven experience taking automotive components and subsystems through at least one full design-to-launch cycle at the OEM or Tier 1 level, from concept through production launch
  • Demonstrated experience with carryover strategy and attachment/interface design across components or subsystems
  • Strong command of GD&T, tolerance stack-up analysis, and selection of fastening and joining methods (clips, fasteners, welds, adhesives) for attachment design
  • Proven ability to draft and execute against technical requirements, implementing industry-standard engineering principles and rigorous design methodologies
More about this role

As a Senior Trim & Lighting Engineer on Zoox's Vehicle Engineering team, you will be the engineering point of contact for interior, exterior, seating, and lighting attachment and integration design. Working across the body team, suppliers, and internal engineering groups, you will own the design and release of attachment interfaces that maximize carryover, protect existing tooling, and hit program timelines.

This is a senior, self-directed role for an engineer who can own substantial technical problems end-to-end, drive multiple suppliers in parallel, lead a small team, and bring cross-functional stakeholders to consensus. If you're ready to make a significant impact in the automotive industry, we want to hear from you.

Serve as the Trim & Lighting engineering point of contact for the program, coordinating across the body team, suppliers, and internal engineering groups.

Own the design and release of attachment and mounting interfaces for interior, exterior, seating, and lighting components.

Drive multiple suppliers in parallel across trim, lighting, seating, and exterior commodities, holding each to design, cost, and timeline commitments.

Maximize carryover of components and part...

Read the full posting on Zoox's site ↗

Trim & Lighting, Fleet Support...

Build your edge while you search

Free tools for founders and investors, plus VC Unfiltered, our take on startups, venture and the people who build them.