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Senior/Staff Homologation Engineer

Zoox
Foster City, CA
Full-time
195,000 – 269,000 / year
You apply on Zoox's own careers site

This engineer will guide regulatory compliance for Zoox’s purpose-built autonomous vehicle, with a focus on passive safety. The role works across engineering, legal, testing teams, and external laboratories to interpret requirements and support certification.

Permanent
On-site
8+ years
Bachelor’s Degree

Skills & Expertise

Vehicle homologation
FMVSS
UNECE regulations
EU regulations
Requirements management
Passive safety
Compliance testing
Vehicle system design

Key Responsibilities

Identify applicable vehicle regulations across US, European, and other international jurisdictions.

Assess and interpret standards, document requirements, and advise engineering design and validation.

Coordinate compliance testing and certification, and draft reports and supporting documentation.

Full Description

As a Senior or Staff Homologation Engineer, you will gain exposure to every part of the vehicle and how it works. You will have the opportunity to be part of a team that is homologating a ground-up autonomous vehicle design. Achieving this goal requires continuous problem-solving and creativity to navigate the regulations across all relevant jurisdictions. This role will interact with all applicable regulations, and will serve as the subject matter expert for passive safety regulations.

In this role, you will:

• Identify regulations applicable to purpose built autonomous vehicles, including FMVSS, EU, UNECE and other international statutes and regulations

• Manage requirements in a formal requirements management tool

• Lead the assessment of compliance and interpretation of the standards in support of engineering design and validation.

• Work with the legal team to document interpretations

• Collaborate with test engineers, external laboratories and technical services to confirm interpretations, agree test procedures, and execute compliance tests

• Support on-site certification tests, this will require occasional travel

• Draft compliance documentation including information documents and compliance reports

• Monitor future regulatory changes and provide input to support Zoox advocacy

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering, or a related field of study

• 8+ years of experience in vehicle homologation

• Strong understanding of US and European regulations, particularly related to passive safety

• Creativity to apply existing conventional regulations to novel vehicle designs

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to develop effective solutions efficiently

• Strong understanding of vehicle system design and function

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Applications are handled on Zoox's site