Overview
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
Full job description
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.
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
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
Requirements & qualifications
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Verification notes
Official Zoox Lever vacancy was live and accepting applications on 26 August 2026. Posting ID: 5027566b-0449-4f0b-8ebc-6b2205799723.
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