About the role#
As an intern on the Platform Safety Engineering and Assurance team, you will contribute to the safety, rigor, and architecture of our purpose-built robotaxi. You will work on developing safety work products, evaluating failure modes, and creating tools to maintain safety compliance and system traceability across the vehicle platform.
What you'll do#
- Build and use AI-assisted engineering workflows to generate, maintain, and verify safety work products that align with industry standards.
- Decompose system-level requirements and interfaces to analyze how failure modes move across hardware, software, and autonomous subsystems.
- Write Python scripts for data analysis and automation to extract metrics, validate requirements, and handle safety analysis workflows.
- Work with systems engineers, hardware and software designers, and validation teams to drive safety traceability and continuous improvement.
What you'll need#
- Current enrollment in a B.S., M.S., Ph.D., or advanced degree program in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or Mechanical Engineering.
- Expected graduation date between Fall 2027 and Summer 2028.
- Good academic standing at an accredited institution.
- Proficiency in Python for scripting, data analysis, or building automated tools.
- A solid foundation in probability and statistics to evaluate reliability and system behavior.
- Experience with modern AI tools and agents, including a habit of validating AI outputs against specifications or empirical data.
- A basic understanding of system architecture, including defining interfaces and reasoning about failure propagation.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to write clear, testable engineering requirements.
- Familiarity with automotive functional safety standards like ISO 26262 or SOTIF, and hazard analysis methods such as FTA, FMEA, or HARA is preferred.
- Experience with requirements management tools like Polarion, DOORS, Jama, or Jira is a plus.
- Background in automotive, aerospace, or robotics, along with experience using Git, SQL, and software verification, is preferred.
Location & details#
- This is a full-time, 12-week internship starting in May or June 2027.
- The role is based in Foster City, California, and requires relocation to the Bay Area for the duration of the internship.
- This position operates on a hybrid schedule.
- Interns may not use proprietary information from their work for theses, published university work, or distribution outside of the company.
About Zoox
Zoox develops autonomous, purpose-built vehicles for mobility-as-a-service. The company focuses on robotics, artificial intelligence, and electric vehicle technology. Founded in 2014, it maintains its headquarters in Foster City, California. The organization employs nearly 4,800 people.
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