Sustaining Engineer, Body & Closure Systems

Zoox is hiring a Sustaining Engineer, Body & Closure Systems in Foster City, United States. It pays $153k-$184k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Level.

AI in this role

Own sustaining engineering and root cause investigations for body and closure systems on autonomous robotaxis.

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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.
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.
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.

How we rate this

Sustaining Engineer, Body & Closure Systems at Zoox rates 0 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.

Classification

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

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Key facts

Sustaining Engineer, Body & Closure Systems is an open job at Zoox.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The listed salary is $153k-$184k a year.
The role is based in Foster City, CA.
The job was posted on October 6, 2026.
Seniority: mid.
Applications are handled by Zoox. Apply on Zoox

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Root Cause AnalysisDesign ValidationCross Functional LeadershipAutomotive Systems

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