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Zoox is an autonomous mobility company that’s created a purpose-built robotaxi to give the world a better way to ride.
The Role
Manage CAE program for autonomous vehicles, overseeing performance targets, status reporting, cross-functional collaboration, and ensuring robust delivery of high-quality products.
Summary Generated by Built In
At Zoox we have set the goal to provide our customers with the highest level of safety while using our fully autonomous vehicles. You will work with a team of world-class engineers with diverse backgrounds such as vehicle engineering, software and robotics, to deliver the key vehicle CAE performance targets. Working closely with vehicle engineering and vehicle integration attribute teams to provide technical direction on specific CAE attribute deliverables. You’ll support the CAE manager by taking ownership of the virtual vehicle and systems attribute status, developing virtual reporting plans, enabling close working collaboration between the attribute managers and CAE attribute leads to align on program status and issue escalation. You will be an integral part of the CAE team working cross functionally within CAE and engineering teams to successfully develop and deliver a high quality product to market. Working in an agile business gives you the chance to manifest your creativity in design and CAE capability to make a big difference in the final product.
In This Role, You will:
- Own the CAE program management and reporting for Operational Strength, NVH, Safety, and Veh Dyn virtual status at weekly and project milestone gateways.
- Support the CAE team members in creating and maintaining the CAE attribute’s development plans aligned with high level program milestones, identifying needed resources, key deliverables, and status reporting timeline.
- Track status performance and mass gaps to target across the CAE attributes through status reporting.
- Highlight product design/performance maturity throughout the virtual series development phases, work with CAE and engineering teams to ensure performance targets are robustly met.
- Support cross-functional CAE work streams to close out performance gaps to specific targets.
- Align CAE status with attribute leads and the manager, and escalate critical issues as appropriate.
- Balance CAE attribute delivery against competing requirements, including cost, mass, safety, and timing.
Qualifications
- Bachelors and or Masters degree with at least 15+ years hands on experience in automotive CAE development in the specific requested areas.
- Prior team management and leadership experience, able to lead multiple projects simultaneously.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Excellent organizational skills.
- Strong background in CAE, specifically LS-Dyna, Opti-struct, fatigue, and vehicle dynamics.
- Knowledge of CAE Software, Oasys, Altair, BetaCAE, and ADAMs.
- Experience in Smartsheet and Jira preferred
Skills Required
- Bachelors and/or Masters degree
- 15+ years hands on experience in automotive CAE development
- Prior team management and leadership experience
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Excellent organizational skills
- Strong background in CAE, specifically LS-Dyna, Opti-struct, fatigue, and vehicle dynamics
- Knowledge of CAE Software, Oasys, Altair, BetaCAE, and ADAMs
- Experience in Smartsheet and Jira
Zoox Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Zoox and has not been reviewed or approved by Zoox.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare is extensive, with broad medical and vision options, company‑paid disability coverage, and multiple mental‑health resources. Feedback suggests coverage breadth and auxiliary programs support a wide range of needs.
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Parental & Family Support — Family supports include paid parental leave, additional pregnancy disability time, fertility coverage, and adoption/surrogacy assistance. Backup care and family‑oriented programs further reinforce support across life stages.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Day‑to‑day perks are robust, including free daily meals, fitness subsidies, commuter support, and on‑site amenities. Feedback suggests these lifestyle benefits enhance convenience and workplace experience, especially for office‑based roles.
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The Company
What We Do
Zoox is an autonomous mobility company that was founded to provide a safer, cleaner, and more enjoyable future on the road. To achieve that goal, the company has spent the past 10 years creating a purpose-built robotaxi that gives the world a better way to ride.
Why Work With Us
At Zoox, we are working to solve one of the greatest technological challenges of our generation. From the beginning, we have been focused on our goal of reimagining transportation from the ground up. We are a mission-driven community of innovators working together to create a safer, cleaner, and more enjoyable future on the road.
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