<div>At Zoox, we are developing a purpose built autonomous robotaxi, and the Sustaining Engineering team plays a critical role in ensuring the long term reliability, safety, serviceability, and availability of our fleet as it operates at scale.</div><div><br>As a Sustaining Engineer supporting Body and Closure Systems, you will independently own sustaining engineering for key subsystems supporting both the in-service fleet and vehicles in current production. You will drive root cause investigations and corrective actions, making subsystem-level technical decisions and leading changes through design, validation, release, and fleet implementation.</div><div><br>This role requires close collaboration with Vehicle Development, Manufacturing, Service, Quality, Reliability, and Suppliers in a fast paced and often ambiguous environment. You will prioritize work based on fleet and production impact, delivering solutions that improve safety, durability, fleet uptime, and manufacturing performance.</div><br><br><h3>In this role, you will:</h3><ul><li>Own sustaining engineering and corrective action development for body and closure systems across the in service fleet and vehicles in current production, from root cause confirmation through fleet-wide implementation</li><li>Drive end-to-end resolution of field and manufacturing issues across door systems, latches, actuators, sealing, access panels, glazing, and body structures</li><li>Apply fleet and production data, including MTBF, repeat failure rates, and downtime drivers, to prioritize work, validate solutions, and drive continuous improvement</li><li>Lead design updates and system improvements, ensuring robust performance, durability, efficiency, and serviceability in both fleet and production environments</li><li>Author and manage Engineering Change Requests and Change Actions, and develop and execute validation plans at component, system, and vehicle levels</li><li>Support and lead retrofit and rework campaigns, and partner with suppliers to resolve quality issues and improve reliability and manufacturability</li></ul><h3>Qualifications</h3><ul><li>BS in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or related discipline </li><li>8+ years of experience in powertrain, thermal, battery, or EV systems within a product development, manufacturing, or sustaining environment</li><li>Demonstrated ability to deliver subsystem-level corrective actions that improve reliability, durability, manufacturability, or serviceability in production vehicles</li><li>Experience with root cause analysis, DFMEA, and product and process validation</li><li>Excellent communication and documentation skills with the ability to work cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment while managing multiple priorities</li></ul><h3>Bonus Qualifications</h3><ul><li>Experience in autonomous vehicles</li><li>Experience with Design for Manufacturing and Design for Service (DFM/DFS), and Lean, Six Sigma, or similar continuous improvement methodologies</li><li>Proficiency with 3D CAD tools, CATIA preferred, and familiarity with tools such as 3DX, DELMIA, SAP, JIRA, Confluence, or data analysis or visualization tools such as dashboards, SQL, and Python </li></ul><br>

<p>Zoox is developing the first fully electric autonomous vehicles to support low-carbon transportation and to decrease congestion and reliance on individual car ownership in urban areas.&nbsp;</p>

Sustaining Engineer, Body & Closure Systems

<div>At Zoox, we are developing a purpose built autonomous robotaxi, and the Sustaining Engineering team plays a critical role in ensuring the long term reliability, safety, serviceability, and availability of our fleet as it operates at scale.</div><div><br />As a Sustaining Engineer supporting Body and Closure Systems, you will independently own sustaining engineering for key subsystems supporting both the in-service fleet and vehicles in current production. You will drive root cause investigations and corrective actions, making subsystem-level technical decisions and leading changes through design, validation, release, and fleet implementation.</div><div><br />This role requires close collaboration with Vehicle Development, Manufacturing, Service, Quality, Reliability, and Suppliers in a fast paced and often ambiguous environment. You will prioritize work based on fleet and production impact, delivering solutions that improve safety, durability, fleet uptime, and manufacturing performance.</div><br /><br /><h3>In this role, you will:</h3><ul><li>Own sustaining engineering and corrective action development for body and closure systems across the in service fleet and vehicles in current production, from root cause confirmation through fleet-wide implementation</li><li>Drive end-to-end resolution of field and manufacturing issues across door systems, latches, actuators, sealing, access panels, glazing, and body structures</li><li>Apply fleet and production data, including MTBF, repeat failure rates, and downtime drivers, to prioritize work, validate solutions, and drive continuous improvement</li><li>Lead design updates and system improvements, ensuring robust performance, durability, efficiency, and serviceability in both fleet and production environments</li><li>Author and manage Engineering Change Requests and Change Actions, and develop and execute validation plans at component, system, and vehicle levels</li><li>Support and lead retrofit and rework campaigns, and partner with suppliers to resolve quality issues and improve reliability and manufacturability</li></ul><h3>Qualifications</h3><ul><li>BS in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or related discipline </li><li>8+ years of experience in powertrain, thermal, battery, or EV systems within a product development, manufacturing, or sustaining environment</li><li>Demonstrated ability to deliver subsystem-level corrective actions that improve reliability, durability, manufacturability, or serviceability in production vehicles</li><li>Experience with root cause analysis, DFMEA, and product and process validation</li><li>Excellent communication and documentation skills with the ability to work cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment while managing multiple priorities</li></ul><h3>Bonus Qualifications</h3><ul><li>Experience in autonomous vehicles</li><li>Experience with Design for Manufacturing and Design for Service (DFM/DFS), and Lean, Six Sigma, or similar continuous improvement methodologies</li><li>Proficiency with 3D CAD tools, CATIA preferred, and familiarity with tools such as 3DX, DELMIA, SAP, JIRA, Confluence, or data analysis or visualization tools such as dashboards, SQL, and Python </li></ul><br />

Sustaining Engineer, Body & Closure Systems

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