Staff Electrical Distribution System Engineer

Zoox

2600

Foster City, CA, United States

Posted on: 2025-09-04

Category: emobility

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Employment type:

Full time

Experience required:

Intermediate

Salary

Salary not provided

About the company:

Zoox is transforming mobility-as-a-service by developing a fully autonomous, purpose-built fleet designed for AI to drive and humans to enjoy.

As a Staff Electrical Distribution System Engineer at Zoox, you’ll play a key role in designing one of the most advanced wiring harness systems ever built into a vehicle, while also providing technical leadership to the team. Working within the highly collaborative Electrical Systems Team, you’ll help ensure seamless communication between controllers, sensors, and subsystems, critical for the safe and reliable operation of our autonomous vehicles. You’ll be instrumental in shaping design guidelines, implementing best practices, and driving process improvements across the full development lifecycle, mentoring junior engineers and guiding technical direction. This is an opportunity to help define the future of mobility and bring Zoox’s vision for autonomous transportation to life.

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 wants to be part of a fast-moving and highly execution-oriented team.

Accommodations

If you need an accommodation to participate in the application or interview process please reach out to [email protected] or your assigned recruiter.

A Final Note:

You do not need to match every listed expectation to apply for this position. Here at Zoox, we know that diverse perspectives foster the innovation we need to be successful, and we are committed to building a team that encompasses a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and skills.

In this role, you will:

Own the end-to-end design of complex low-voltage and high-speed wiring harnesses using CATIA V5/V6, ensuring quality, compliance, and manufacturability

Define and manage processes for device transmittals, schematics, and 3D harness routing across the product lifecycle

Develop best practices and provide technical guidance to junior engineers to continuously improve electrical distribution design methodologies

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define low-voltage distribution system requirements, endpoints and interfaces

Lead supplier engagements and drive continuous improvement within the electrical engineering function

Qualifications

BS or MS in Engineering or equivalent degree

At least 10 years of automotive or aerospace engineering experience

Experience with automotive EE system-level communication (CAN, LIN) and power distribution architectures

Demonstrated release of hardware products with firmware/software dependencies

Hardware and software integration experience

Bonus Qualifications

15+ years of experience in automotive or aerospace engineering is preferred

Experience with Capital/Mentor Graphics Topology, HarnessXC Bridging

Experience with ISO26262, EE HW reliability life calculations, and system FMEA analysis

Experience with high-speed automotive electronics communication protocols (GMSL, automotive ethernet, A2B)

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