Sensing and Perception System Safety Engineer
Zoox
Foster City, United States · Full-time · Perception & Computer Vision
We are seeking a System Safety Engineer to perform safety analyses of complex hardware and software systems, specifically Sensing and Perception Systems.
Apply on Zoox’s careers page- Company
- Zoox
- Location
- Foster City, United States
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Type
- Full-time
- Specialism
- Perception & Computer Vision
- Team
- Platform Safety Engineering and Analysis
- Salary
- $170K–$267K
- Posted
- 4 September 2026
About the role
Zoox is on an ambitious journey to develop a full-stack autonomous mobility solution for cities and deploy such a robotaxi solution safely and reliably. The System Design and Mission Assurance (SDMA) team plays a foundational role in the company's success, responsible for constructing the safety case and fail-operational design for our autonomous driving robots before public road deployment. We are seeking a System Safety Engineer to perform safety analyses of complex hardware and software systems, specifically Sensing and Perception Systems. You will work across hardware and software domains to develop comprehensive system safety requirements and metrics that ensure safe, fail operational and reliable sensing capabilities for our autonomous vehicle platform.