ZooxCAE Engineer - Safety occupant
Zoox is hiring a CAE Engineer - Safety occupant in Foster City, United States. It pays $195k-$234k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Level.
AI in this role
Perform occupant safety simulation activities and physical development for autonomous vehicles to ensure safety targets are met.
About Zoox
Zoox is developing fully autonomous vehicles and the supporting ecosystem required to bring the technology to market at scale. 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 believe the transition to self-driving vehicles requires a combination of elegant vision and uncompromising execution.
The Role
At Zoox we have set the goal to provide our customers with the highest level of safety while using our fully autonomous vehicles. You will work with a team of world-class engineers with diverse backgrounds such as robotics, control, and vehicle engineering, to deliver the Vehicle Safety performance. Performing the occupant safety simulation activities through the virtual and physical development phases, to sign off and certification. Using analysis, reporting and excellent communication skills to give clear inputs to the safety attribute team to ensure complete vehicle safety targets are met. Working at a startup gives you the chance to manifest your creativity and make a big difference in the final product.
How we rate this
CAE Engineer - Safety occupant at Zoox rates 20 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Little AI. AI is not part of the work.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Open the description and count.
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Questions you could be asked
- Tell me about a project where simulation was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where safety testing was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where automotive engineering was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where occupant safety was part of your work. What did you do?
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- List these exact terms on your resume: Simulation, Safety Testing, Automotive Engineering, and Occupant Safety. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
- Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them — a tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.
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