Collision Repair Development Engineer
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Job Location:
Foster, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
2 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Zoox is seeking a Serviceability Engineer for Collision Repair to define and develop repair methodologies for collision repair. The successful candidate will influence vehicle design to enable safe efficient and cost-effective repairs after an incident. This role acts as the bridge between vehicle design manufacturing service and body repair operations.
In this role you will:
- Author and maintain the Body Repair Service Manual including job aids and service bulletins ensuring documentation is clear technician-ready and compatible with Zoox Tech Doc Portal.
- Develop and validate advanced mixed material structural collision repair procedures.
- Partner with Body Materials Manufacturing and Quality Engineering to drive testing required for approvals and to ensure repair procedures reflect real-world service constraints and production intent.
- Influence vehicle body chassis and structural design for safety and serviceability.
- Define constraints within the Service Bill of Materials to identify non-repairable and required service parts supporting demand forecasting.
Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Engineering Automotive Technology or equivalent with 68 years of hands-on automotive body collision experience within OEM environments.
- Demonstrated expertise in structural and cosmetic collision repair methodologies across mixed materials including steel aluminum SMC/composites and plastics with the ability to explain demonstrate and validate best-practice repair approaches
- Advanced familiarity with OEM body repair standards I-CAR and industry-accepted structural repair practices including safety-critical decision-making for repair vs. replacement
- Proven track record collaborating with Body Materials Manufacturing Quality and Repair Operations on complex repairs and multiple concurrent projects with advanced knowledge of OEM Service Information platforms and CATIA 3DEXPERIENCE including the ability to rapidly adopt new systems.
- Proven track record independently managing projects end-to-end communicating technical repair intent clearly to engineering and technician audiences and ability to occasionally travel domestically as needed to support testing validation and repair network alignment.
Bonus Qualifications
- Experience developing or supporting OEM collision repair certification programs including repair standards tooling requirements training content and repair network readiness.
- Demonstrated experience authoring OEM-level collision repair procedures then performing validating and formally documenting those procedures for technician and service network use. End-to-End Ownership.
- Hands-on experience with carbon fiber forged carbon and other advanced composite automotive structures including inspection damage assessment and repair or replacement strategy definition.
- Experience collaborating with Vehicle Subsystem and Materials Engineering teams to define execute and document physical testing (cut-ups coupon testing destructive testing) required to approve collision repair methods.
$155000 - $186000 a year
There are three major components to compensation for this position: salary Amazon Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) and Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights. A sign-on bonus may be offered as part of the compensation package. The listed range applies only to the base salary. Compensation will vary based on geographic location and level. Leveling as well as positioning within a level is determined by a range of factors including but not limited to a candidates relevant years of experience domain knowledge and interview performance. The salary range listed in this posting is representative of the range of levels Zoox is considering for this position.
Zoox also offers a comprehensive package of benefits including 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 and life insurance.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Customer Service
- Mobile Devices
- Locksmith
- Apache
- Mechanical Knowledge
- Auto Body Repair
- Roofing
- Schematics
- Soldering
- Appliance Repair
- Equipment Repair
- Power Tools
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