Technical Program Manager, Zoox
Vehicle Development, CAE
$186-257k
Office located in Foster City, CA
Autonomous vehicle technology
Be an early applicant
Autonomous vehicle technology
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$186-257k
Office located in Foster City, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To reimagine transportation from the ground up.
Role
Who you are
- 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
What the job involves
- 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
- 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
Our take
Zoox, a self-driving vehicle company, was founded to make personal transportation safer and more enjoyable for all. It has aimed to achieve this goal by creating a new mode of driverless transportation, thus eradicating the safety and logistical issues that come with human drivers.
It revealed its custom vehicle design in December 2020, showcasing something different from just a car without a driver. Uniquely, all four wheels are independent of one another, and the vehicles have no front or back, making them more agile than a standard car. Zoox claims that it is different from other industry players because it has created an entire driverless ecosystem, including the vehicle itself, allowing it to have more control.
The company is fast becoming a major player in an industry that is predicted to be worth $2 trillion by 2030. Electric motors are highly desirable, particularly in an urban environment, as governments look for ways to reduce emissions and improve air quality. Zoox is aiming to play a vital role in this evolution towards more sustainable urban mobility. Amazon acquired the company in 2020 and, despite a general downturn in the sector through 2022, opened its first Zoox factory for robotaxis in 2025, and is testing the autonomous vehicles in multiple cities in the US.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
24% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Oct 2019
$200m
CONVERTIBLE
Jul 2018
$500m
SERIES B
Total funding: $1.2bn
Company benefits
- Paid parental leave
- Affinity groups and sports clubs
- Work from home opportunities
- Health insurance
- Our crew’s health and happiness is our first priority. We offer comprehensive health and mental health support, a wellbeing program, and unlimited and flexible paid time away
- We invest in our crew—and their families—for the long term. That includes generous family planning support, caregiver support, and strong cash compensation with great equity upside
- We look after our crew when they’re in the office too. Our famous food program is a great example, featuring a daily changing menu of local and sustainable dishes
- There’s a busy calendar of social events at Zoox, with more sports teams than you can count. And, of course, playing with robots is an important part of the job description
Company HQ
Vintage Park, Foster City, CA
Leadership
Aicha Evans
(CEO)Having studied at the George Washington University, Aicha started her career with 2 years in Engineering at Skyworks before joining Intel, where she spent over 11 years. She left her role as Corporate Strategy Officer in February 2019 to join Zoox as CEO.
Jesse Levinson
(CTO)Prior to co-founding Zoox, completed a Computer Science PhD at Stanford University. Also created Pro HDR, a million+ selling mobile photography app.
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