System Verification and Validation Engineer - Fail Operational Systems

The role

You will apply verification and validation engineering to fail-safe and fail-operational behaviors of a robotaxi. You will design and direct system-level V&V campaigns and work with safety, perception, firmware, controls and planning teams. You will also support the compute-platform safety case.

What you will do

• Review vehicle response strategies for fault conditions from all potential sources
• Develop and manage test planning and execution for safety and fail-operational responses
• Design and direct system-level V&V campaigns and establish testing methodologies and metrics
• Ensure the robotaxi meets end-to-end safety and fail-operational requirements, including for highway driving
• Collaborate with system safety, perception, firmware, vehicle controls and planning teams
• Analyze, track and report complex test results to drive platform improvements
• Document new methodologies and V&V reports
• Apply V&V expertise to the compute-platform safety case

Required qualifications

• BS or higher degree in a technical field such as Electrical, Computer or Systems Engineering
• 5+ years of specialized experience
• Deep experience in V&V processes and methodologies for safety-critical systems and safety cases, or in functional safety and diagnostics, or in system and component testing, or in HIL and vehicle test
• Proficient in Python for data analysis
• Basic proficiency with probability and statistics

Nice to have

• Experience with quantitative risk analysis or statistical reliability analysis
• Fault protection system design and validation
• Familiarity with ISO 26262, ARP 4754, ARP 4761 or IEC 51511

About the company

Zoox is developing the first ground-up, fully autonomous vehicle fleet and supporting ecosystem for urban mobility-as-a-service. It works at the intersection of robotics, machine learning and design.