Hardware Engineer - Test Development

Foster City · USD 151,000-182,000 / year · 2+ years experience · Full-time · Onsite · Posted Oct 14, 2026

At a glance

Zoox is seeking a Hardware Engineer - Test Development to join the Autonomy Hardware Validation team in Robot Platform Verification & Validation.
The role involves building test setups and automation, running tests in Foster City labs, and helping find the root cause of failures across next-generation vehicle platforms and production validation.

Build, debug and maintain test setups for vehicle ECUs, including fixtures, test carts, harnesses, fault injection racks, power supplies, electronic loads, data acquisition and thermal chambers.
Run electrical, environmental and reliability tests in Foster City labs and at local test labs, and document the results clearly.
Write test automation and tools in Python, and use AI tools to review specifications and test procedures, synthesize results and speed up test development.
Support root cause analysis of test failures with validation, design, firmware and supplier quality engineers, and track issues to closure in Jira.
Add capacity where it’s needed most, working with validation leads to turn their validation plans into working test setups and procedures.

2+ years of experience in hardware test, hardware validation or electrical engineering
BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or a related field
Hands-on experience with lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, power supplies, electronic loads, DMMs and data acquisition systems
Experience building or modifying test setups such as harnesses, fixtures or instrumentation, and reading schematics to debug board-level issues
Working proficiency in Python for test automation or data analysis
Comfortable using AI tools to review documents, synthesize information and build test tooling, and checking their output critically

This role does require an onsite presence in our Foster City, CA office 5 days per week.