Senior Mechanical Design Engineer - Sensor Cleaning

Location
Foster City, CA

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.

In This Role, You Will
- 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.

Qualifications
- Prior experience with autonomous vehicle sensor cleaning systems is REQUIRED.

- Mechanical Engineering or Mechatronic BS + 5 years or MS + 3 years of working experience within the automotive industry.

- 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

Bonus Qualifications
- 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

Requirements

Prior experience with autonomous vehicle sensor cleaning systems is REQUIRED.; Mechanical Engineering or Mechatronic BS + 5 years or MS + 3 years of working experience within the automotive industry.; 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