Zoox
Hardware Engineer - Test Development
Foster City, CA · Mid
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$13,237 more — $164,237 — moves this role to Level IV and 4 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $164,237 would place this position at wage Level IV. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers (15-1253) · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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About the role
- As a Hardware Engineer on our Test Development team, you will be the hands-on engineer who gets testing done in our Foster City labs.
- You will move between projects as needs shift, including next-generation vehicle platforms, production validation for our current robotaxi, and cold-weather qualification.
- Write test automation and tools in Python, and use AI tools to review specifications and test procedures, synthesize results and speed up test development.
Responsibilities
- Build, debug and maintain test setups for vehicle ECUs, including fixtures, test carts, harnesses, fault injection racks, power supplies, electronic loads, data acquisition and thermal chambers.
- Run electrical, environmental and reliability tests in our Foster City labs and at local test labs, and document the results clearly.
- Support root cause analysis of test failures with validation, design, firmware and supplier quality engineers, and track issues to closure in Jira.
- Add capacity where it's needed most, working with validation leads to turn their validation plans into working test setups and procedures.
Requirements
- 2+ years of experience in hardware test, hardware validation or electrical engineering, and a BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or a related field.
- Hands-on experience with lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, power supplies, electronic loads, DMMs and data acquisition systems.
- Working proficiency in Python for test automation or data analysis.
- Experience with fault injection, hardware-in-the-loop or automated test equipment for electronics.
- Experience with automotive validation standards such as ISO 16750, CISPR 25 or ISO 11452, including EMC or cold-weather testing.
- Experience working in Jira, Polarion or another ALM tool.
- Experience building or modifying test setups such as harnesses, fixtures or instrumentation, and reading schematics to debug board-level issues.
- Comfortable using AI tools to review documents, synthesize information and build test tooling, and checking their output critically.
- Please note, this role does require an onsite presence in our Foster City, CA office 5 days per week. We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
Compensation
- $151k-$182k
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