Hybrid System Safety Engineer – Manufacturing

at Zoox

• Job title: System Safety Engineer – Manufacturing
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: $143,000 - $232,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Postgraduate Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Foster City, United States

About the role

• System Safety Engineer championing manufacturing quality control for safety-focused processes at Zoox. Collaborating across teams to ensure quality, reliability, and safety in production.

Responsibilities

• Safety requirements definition: Translate system-level and safety case requirements into clear, measurable, and enforceable manufacturing requirements for the production floor (e.g., tooling requirements, process steps, inspection criteria) and in-process quality control.
• Production process review and safety inputs: closely collaborate with the manufacturing and quality control teams to review and ensure the production processes have suitable equipment, tooling, and testing for the quality assurance of safety-related special characteristics. Review and approve configuration management and traceability process.
• Safety clearance support: Provide essential support for the product's safety clearance process. This includes generating and contributing to comprehensive reports that demonstrate how the manufacturing process, potential gaps and control measures are being considered and addressed within the overall safety clearance documentation.
• Continuous improvement: Drive continuous improvement initiatives in manufacturing processes based on quality data, field performance, and safety-related non-conformances.

Requirements

• Master's degree or higher in a STEM discipline (e.g., Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering).
• 5+ years of progressive experience in a relevant manufacturing environment, preferably with high-volume or safety-critical products.
• Proven experience shipping complex hardware products with large-scale manufacturing involved.
• Significant experience with quality control methodologies and tools (e.g., PFMEA, Control Plans, Statistical Process Control (SPC), Root Cause Analysis).
• Strong background in System Engineering principles, especially the translation of top-level system requirements into lower-level manufacturing and test requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to contribute to the larger picture of safety analysis and fail-operational design.

Benefits

• paid time off (e.g. sick leave, vacation, bereavement)
• unpaid time off
• Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights
• Amazon RSUs
• health insurance
• long-term care insurance
• long-term and short-term disability insurance
• life insurance