Senior/Staff Design Reliability Engineer – Sensor, Compute and EE Systems

At Zoox, we have set the goal to provide our customers with the highest level of safety and a best-in-class experience while using our fully autonomous vehicles. You will work with a team of world-class engineers with diverse backgrounds, such as robotics, control, and vehicle engineering, to deliver vehicle performance using virtual tools and methodologies. In taking on the virtual and physical durability development, you will work in predicting where the vehicle is within its lifespan and providing maintenance scenarios and optimization strategies. In this role, you will: Set reliability and availability targets. Define top-level hardware availability targets from market requirements and build consensus across product, feature, operations, vehicle engineering, software, and autonomy. Cascade those targets into subsystem and component-level failure budgets for sensors (LiDAR, radar, camera), AI compute, and ECUs, working directly with component owners and the Advanced Hardware and Vehicle Systems Engineering EE teams. Drive the FMEA process. Drive cross-functional System DFMEA and Supportability FMEA to identify failure mechanisms, system-interaction failure modes, and preventative maintenance opportunities. Define risk classification, FMEA methodology, and mitigation plans. Drive design mitigations. Partner with hardware and firmware architects on redundancy, thermal mana [... source excerpt omitted ...] metry and PHM insights to find improvement opportunities and drive corrective action across design, validation, and operations, feeding lessons learned back into next-gen design. Qualifications Masters-level engineering or similar technical degree with 10+ years hands on experience in Reliability Engineering Detailed understanding of relevant sensors, high-performance computers, and ECUs, and typical failure modes and test methods for these components Deep understanding of reliability data analysis and risk assessment, and how to develop component reliability targets based on functional safety and business objectives Experience in failure mode assessment, accelerated reliability t [... source excerpt omitted ...] field reliability monitoring concepts Personable with the ability to lead and coach a high-caliber engineering team toward world-class levels of reliability/dependability Bonus Qualifications ASQ Certified Reliability Engineer, or similar professional recognition An understanding of ISO 26262 Functional Safety About Zoox Zoox is developing the first ground-up, fully autonomous vehicle fleet and the supporting ecosystem required to bring this technology to market. Sitting at the intersection of robotics, machine learning, and design, Zoox aims to provide the next generation of mobility-as-a-service in urban environments. We’re looking for top talent that shares our passion and wa