Mechanical Design Engineer Sensor Cleaning
Job Location:
Foster, CA - USA
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Job Summary
As a Mechanical Design Engineer on the Sensor Cleaning team you will play a critical role in ensuring Zoox vehicles can operate safely and reliably in real-world environments. You will be responsible for developing integrating validating and launching sensor cleaning systems that maintain the performance of cameras lidars and other perception sensors across a wide range of weather and contamination conditions.
you will drive engineering solutions that ensure sensors remain within operational specifications minimize contamination-related failures reduce supply chain and manufacturing yield losses improve vehicle availability and support scalable deployment of Zoox autonomous vehicles.
- Develop sensor cleaning components and systems to keep sensors free of contaminants.
- Perform packaging studies tolerance analysis DFMEA DFM/DFA and reliability assessments.
- Design and build mockups proofs of concept and functional prototypes
- Develop and release CAD models engineering drawings and BOMs.
- Support test engineering sensor performance engineers and validation teams in test design failure analysis and quality management
- Collaborate with manufacturing engineers and quality engineer to ramp production processes and meet build objectives
- Maintain BOMs documenting and approving build processes and supporting quality and cost engineering throughout the supply chain of the assemblies
- Collaborate with suppliers to develop prototypes resolve technical issues and support manufacturing readiness.
- Mechanical Engineering or Mechatronic BS 5 years or MS 3 years of working experience within the automotive industry. Prior sensor cleaning experience is a bonus.
- Strong mechanical design fundamentals including:
- Plastic injection molded components
- Sheet metal and machined parts
- Tolerance stack-up analysis
- Fluid systems and pneumatic systems
- Thermal and heating system integration
- Proficiency with 3D CAD tools (CATIA NX Creo or SolidWorks).
- Experience leading cross-functional teams to innovate and drive new ideas and solutions into products.
- Experience with DV/PV testing DFMEA PFMEA APQP and PPAP processes.
- Optical sensor/ADAS system experience is a bonus
- Prior experience in sensor cleaning is a plus
- Experience in automotive sensors like cameras and LiDAR is a plus
- Experience with fluid simulation and CFD tools for liquid or airflow analysis is a plus
Required Experience:
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About Company
We’re reinventing personal transportation—making the future safer, cleaner, and more enjoyable for everyone. This is on-demand autonomous ride-hailing.
