Engineering Technician

Engineering Technician
Onsite in Foster City, CA | 5 days in office


The SW HIL team at Zoox is responsible for building and maintaining a variety of test assets to validate the design of our autonomous vehicle. As the Engineering Technician, you will support the build and maintenance of these custom machines to enable software simulation.



This role is essential and fundamental to the execution stage of the autonomous software development program, ensuring that the simulation and test infrastructure operate predictably at all times. We are looking for someone who is comfortable with building and maintaining complex systems, and excited about developing new ways to support a rapidly moving R&D organization.



Responsibilities:

Support and track various configurations and generations of test platforms for vehicle simulation and software test platform

Assemble custom hardware to enable Hardware-in-the-Loop testing of software builds

Use commercially available, off-the-shelf components to build computers

Integrate network and vehicle system components in server racks

Diagnose, troubleshoot, and repair test hardware/equipment

Build cable harnesses based on diagrams/drawings

Occasionally move computer equipment weighing up to 50 pounds with assistance

Work with engineering teams to troubleshoot complex issues

Create and track tickets within ticketing system to address problems, incidents and changes of hardware, and provide details of work performed

Coordinate with cross functional teams for parts receiving, installs, upgrades, and decommissioning projects




Qualifications:

3+ years of experience

Demonstrated ability to use general shop, automotive, and diagnostic tools (DMM, Oscilloscope, Harnessing Tools, etc.)

Experience with building and troubleshooting cable harnessing and familiarity with cable management

Experience with building/troubleshooting/diagnosing computers/computer components, etc.

Working knowledge of computer and networking hardware

Excellent organizational and documentation skills

Ability to lift 25-30 pound boxes

Ability to crawl/bend to work on low ground wiring as needed



Bonus Qualifications:

Experience with Google suite, Client Office, JIRA, Confluence or similar programs

Knowledge of automotive electrical systems

Experience in running scripts and working with Linux based systems

B.S. in Engineering (Bonus Qualification)