Staff Energy Engineer

The role

You will lead energy management for a complete autonomous vehicle and the robotaxi fleet. You will lead the energy team and drive end-to-end energy strategy across vehicle subsystems and fleet operations.

What you will do

• Lead a highly technical, capable energy team.
• Develop and communicate strategies for full vehicle energy management, such as subsystem operating points, energy-saving features, thermal integration, driving cycles, and others.
• Cascade energy strategy requirements to the various subsystems.
• Cooperate with advanced hardware, thermal, and powertrain teams for energy-efficient solutions and integration.
• Lead energy simulation and testing activities, including validation and model correlation.
• Integrate the Energy model in the Zoox simulation environment for end-to-end range simulation.
• Monitor the Energy roadmap as the company evolves to provide robotaxi service.

Required qualifications

• Master's degree in engineering, physics, or a related field
• 10+ years of solid experience in vehicle energy management
• Experience in energy simulation and testing
• Experience leading and guiding a vehicle development program
• Skilled in data analysis, documentation, and reporting; proficiency with Smartsheet, Jira, and Google Workspace
• Previous leadership experience establishing technical roadmaps, energy budgets, and individual performance targets to deliver on key robotaxi vehicle milestones

Nice to have

• Experience in Technical Program Management
• Experience in electric or autonomous vehicle development

About the company

Zoox is developing fully autonomous vehicles and the supporting ecosystem to bring the technology to market at scale. It aims to provide next-generation mobility-as-a-service in urban environments.