# Sensing and Perception System Safety Engineer at Zoox

- Company: Zoox
- What the company does: 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.
- Company website: https://zoox.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Foster City, CA
- Work setup: Hybrid
- Pay: $170K to $267K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-04
- Apply by: 2026-10-19
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/zoox/887c7590-e98d-4997-b85d-e3956381fd57
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/zoox-sensing-and-perception-system-safety-engineer/

## About the role

Define safety requirements for sensing (e.g. camera, lidar, radar) and perception (sensor fusion, ML models) subsystems Lead cross-functional technical projects across Software, Hardware, Operations, Data Science, V&V teams to ensure we have the appropriate data and solutions to support our safety arguments

## What they're looking for

- BS or MS in a related technical field, such as Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, Mechatronics, etc
- Experience as a Design or Systems Engineer for complex or mission-critical systems with high levels of fail-operational redundancy especially in domain of sensing and perception
- 3+ years of hands-on systems, safety, or related engineering experience with a focus on analysis of safety critical high-integrity systems in Automotive, ADAS, Autonomous vehicles, Aerospace or Robotics industries
- Effective communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Experience with sensing hardware, physics, limitations and tradeoffs especially in safety-critical applications and fail operational systems
- Experience in the application of ISO 26262 (Functional Safety) and ISO 21448 (SOTIF) to L2+ ADAS and autonomous vehicles, Experience with hazard analysis, functional decomposition, validation, and verification

Tags: Platform Safety Engineering and Analysis