Foster City, CA
4 weeks ago

Job Overview

Job Type
Full-Time
Pay
Not disclosed

Job description

Location:
Foster City, CA, United States
Work arrangement:
On-site

Role Summary

Zoox is looking for a CAD/BOM Collaboration and Quality Technical Specialist to own the strategy, quality, and enablement of our CATIA design environment. This role sits at the intersection of engineering tools, training, and process — ensuring that every mechanical and vehicle design engineer at Zoox has the skills, standards, and support needed to produce high-quality CAD data efficiently.

You'll partner closely with Engineering, PLM/IT, and People Experience & Learning teams to build a scalable CATIA training program — from forecasting training needs across a growing engineering org, to coordinating instructor-led sessions, to shaping the long-term vision for self-paced and on-demand learning. Beyond training, you'll help define and uphold CAD quality standards that keep our design data clean, consistent, and release-ready.

Training & Enablement

  • Own the CATIA training strategy — forecasting class needs against headcount growth and skill gaps, coordinating instructor-led sessions (scheduling, instructors, logistics), and building a roadmap for self-paced and blended learning
  • Partner with engineering leads to identify skill gaps, tailor curricula by discipline, and track training effectiveness and CAD quality metrics
  • Create and maintain training documentation, quick-reference guides, and onboarding materials

CAD Standards & Technical Support

  • Coordinate with internal subject matter experts (SMEs) to ensure consistent modeling methodology and provide day-to-day technical support to CAD users
  • Define, standardize, and evangelize CAD standards, driving adoption within 3DEXPERIENCE

Tools, Vendors & Systems

  • Serve as Zoox's SME for CATIA/CAD issues with third-party tools providers (e.g., Dassault Systèmes, Siemens), partnering with them, IT/PLM, and Engineering to investigate, trial, and implement CAD tools and automation
  • Work with Zoox-internal teams to investigate, select, and develop a Zoox-specific supplier portal

Facilitating CAD Collaboration

  • Support different modes of 3D data exchange across tools and orgs within Zoox
  • Enable secure collaboration with external partners — directly within Zoox's 3DEXPERIENCE platform and via file-based exchange — with a focus on "need to know" access that shares only what's necessary for a given project, efficiently and accountably

Team Leadership & Growth

  • Build and lead a team of CAD quality specialists and trainers as the program scales — including making the hiring case, onboarding, and setting priorities

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience); 7+ years hands-on with CATIA V5 and/or 3DEXPERIENCE, including advanced modeling, surfacing, and assembly workflows
  • Prior experience developing or delivering CAD training programs at scale, with strong communication and facilitation skills to teach technical content to engineers at varying skill levels
  • Strong understanding of CAD data quality standards, model-based definition, and PLM data management, including experience defining and rolling out CAD standards within 3DEXPERIENCE and driving broad adoption
  • Experience partnering with IT/PLM teams and third-party vendors to scope and implement CAD tooling and automation (e.g., quality checkers, validation scripts)
  • Excellent program management skills — forecasting needs, coordinating multiple stakeholders, and managing training calendars and logistics
  • Experience mentoring, leading, or informally managing others — or a clear readiness to grow into a formal people management role as the function scales
  • A genuine service mindset and builder's mindset — motivated by making engineers' work easier and comfortable creating processes and programs from the ground up

Bonus Qualifications

  • Prior people management experience, particularly building a team from scratch — a major plus
  • Background in instructional design, adult learning, or train-the-trainer/certification models, including experience designing self-paced or e-learning content (e.g., LMS platforms, video-based training, interactive tutorials)
  • Automotive and/or high-tech industry experience
Role:
Senior / Staff CAD BOM Quality Engineer
Job Type:
Full-Time

Company profile

Zoox, Inc. is a fully autonomous ride-hailing company featuring a first-of-its-kind, purpose-built, all-electric robotaxi. Its vehicle is designed for riders rather than drivers, and the company presents it not as a car but as a robotaxi designed around passengers. Zoox operates its robotaxi as a ride-hailing service, is headquartered in Foster City, California, and was founded by Tim Kentley-Klay and Jesse Levinson.

Company Size
1,000 - 5,000 employees
Headquarters
Foster City, California, United States
Founded
2014
Founders
Tim Kentley-Klay, Jesse Levinson
Funding Stage
Subsidiary

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