Senior Mechanical Design Engineer - Sensor Cleaning

Role Summary

As a Mechanical Design Engineer on the Sensor Cleaning team, you will play a critical role in ensuring Zoox vehicles can operate safely and reliably in real-world environments. You will be responsible for developing, integrating, validating, and launching sensor cleaning systems that maintain the performance of cameras, lidars, and other perception sensors across a wide range of weather and contamination conditions.

you will drive engineering solutions that ensure sensors remain within operational specifications, minimize contamination-related failures, reduce supply chain and manufacturing yield losses, improve vehicle availability, and support scalable deployment of Zoox autonomous vehicles.

• Develop sensor cleaning components and systems to keep sensors free of contaminants.
• Perform packaging studies, tolerance analysis, DFMEA, DFM/DFA, and reliability assessments.
• Design and build mockups, proofs of concept, and functional prototypes
• Develop and release CAD models, engineering drawings, and BOMs.
• Support test engineering, sensor performance engineers, and validation teams in test design, failure analysis, and quality management
• Collaborate with manufacturing engineers and quality engineer to ramp production processes and meet build objectives
• Maintain BOMs, documenting and approving build processes, and supporting quality and cost engineering throughout the supply chain of the assemblies
• Collaborate with suppliers to develop prototypes, resolve technical issues, and support manufacturing readiness.

Requirements

• Prior experience with autonomous vehicle sensor cleaning systems is REQUIRED.
• Mechanical Engineering or Mechatronic BS + 5 years or MS + 3 years of working experience within the automotive industry.
• Strong mechanical design fundamentals including:
• Plastic injection molded components
• Sheet metal and machined parts
• Tolerance stack-up analysis
• Fluid systems and pneumatic systems
• Thermal and heating system integration
• Proficiency with 3D CAD tools (CATIA, NX, Creo, or SolidWorks).
• Experience leading cross-functional teams to innovate and drive new ideas and solutions into products.
• Experience with DV/PV testing, DFMEA, PFMEA, APQP, and PPAP processes.
• Optical sensor/ADAS system experience is a bonus

Bonus Qualifications

• Prior experience in sensor cleaning is a plus
• Experience in automotive sensors like cameras and LiDAR is a plus
• Experience with fluid simulation and CFD tools for liquid or airflow analysis is a plus