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Manager, System Safety (Service and Operations Verification and Validation) Foster City, CA Zoox is on an ambitious journey to develop a full-stack autonomous mobility solution for cities and safely deploy such a robotaxi solution. The System Design and Mission Assurance (SDMA) team plays a foundational role in the company's success, responsible for constructing the safety case and fail-operational design for our autonomous driving robots before public road deployment. You will be part of an organization with strong leadership and a transparent, respectful culture that enables you to reach your full potential. Zoox is on an ambitious journey to develop a full-stack autonomous mobility solution for cities and safely deploy such a robotaxi solution. The System Design and Mission Assurance (SDMA) team plays a foundational role in the company's success, responsible for constructing the safety case and fail-operational design for our autonomous driving robots before public road deployment. You will be part of an organization with strong leadership and a transparent, respectful culture that enables you to reach your full potential. In this role, you will: - Define and lead the verification and validation strategy for our remote assistance system and cloud based product software, ensuring robust and safe, and reliable performance - Lead a team responsible for the end-to-end verification and validation of safety-critical product software - Lead root-cause analysis for complex service issues and drive strategic improvements to our Verification and Validation (VnV) coverage - Develop and oversee the execution of validation strategies for complex and critical safety scenarios

Senior / Staff Vehicle Program Manager Foster City, CA Zoox is developing autonomous mobility from the ground up. The Vehicle Program team ensures that this groundbreaking vehicle meets its high-performance targets while remaining on time, within budget, and to a very high-quality standard. Reporting to the Director of Vehicle Program Management, the Vehicle Program Manager will be responsible for program management and delivery of future vehicle programs within Zoox. This role serves as the technical and program lead. You will be responsible for high-impact decisions, both technical and strategic. Zoox is developing autonomous mobility from the ground up. The Vehicle Program team ensures that this groundbreaking vehicle meets its high-performance targets while remaining on time, within budget, and to a very high-quality standard. Reporting to the Director of Vehicle Program Management, the Vehicle Program Manager will be responsible for program management and delivery of future vehicle programs within Zoox. This role serves as the technical and program lead. You will be responsible for high-impact decisions, both technical and strategic. In this role, you will: - Work cross-functionally with the Vehicle Development team and across Zoox to plan and execute the vehicle program - Determine program milestones: Work with core team members to define key program timing - Define the deliverables: Align on requirements for each team at each milestone, and define the benchmark for completing them - Set the schedule: Build a realistic and achievable timing plan with input from core program team members - Review progress: Create regular status

Senior/Staff Technical Product Manager, Autonomy Foster City, CA Zoox is redefining the category of autonomous mobility. With our purpose-built vehicle, we are uniquely positioned to deliver the world's best rides and be a good stewart for our communities as we do so. We are rapidly scaling up our service to new customers in new areas, and gaining visibility. We are actively investing in both the rider's experience of our driving behavior and the public's interactions with our vehicle everyday. As a Technical Product Manager on the Autonomy team focused on rider and public dynamics, you will drive the North Star vision for how Zoox can build the world's most loved robotaxi. You are a visionary and also a doer; you inspire the team on a shared future vision and roll up your sleeves to chart the path. Zoox is redefining the category of autonomous mobility. With our purpose-built vehicle, we are uniquely positioned to deliver the world's best rides and be a good stewart for our communities as we do so. We are rapidly scaling up our service to new customers in new areas, and gaining visibility. We are actively investing in both the rider's experience of our driving behavior and the public's interactions with our vehicle everyday. As a Technical Product Manager on the Autonomy team focused on rider and public dynamics, you will drive the North Star vision for how Zoox can build the world's most loved robotaxi. You are a visionary and also a doer; you inspire

Senior/Staff Software Engineer - Behavior Capabilities Foster City, CA The Behavior Capabilities opportunity falls within the Fail Operational Planning team at Zoox. This team works to ensure that the robot continues to operate effectively, even in the presence of minor compartmentalized failures or degraded capabilities. The focus of the team includes developing behavioral and motion planning algorithms to improve trip progress, vehicle uptime metrics, and correspondingly a better customer experience. This is a cutting-edge problem which requires teamwork and collaboration across a diverse group of experts including Planner, Perception, Prediction, Hardware, and more. On this team, you will contribute to the next generation of algorithmic advancements to expand our robot's ability to drive in some of the most complex scenarios. We are looking for an engineer who is excited to understand the interdependencies within the driving stack and takes ownership of their projects and has a holistic product focused approach towards development. The Behavior Capabilities opportunity falls within the Fail Operational Planning team at Zoox. This team works to ensure that the robot continues to operate effectively, even in the presence of minor compartmentalized failures or degraded capabilities. The focus of the team includes developing behavioral and motion planning algorithms to improve trip progress, vehicle uptime metrics, and correspondingly a better customer experience. This is a cutting-edge problem which requires teamwork and collaboration across a diverse group of experts including Planner, Perception, Prediction, Hardware, and more. On this team, you will contribute to the next generation of algorithmic advancements to

Manager, Firmware Validation Foster City, CA Zoox is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a verification and validation team with a focus on power and body systems on the robot in a variety of driving scenarios. In this role, you will lead a team of engineers that leverages test assets and methods, including data analysis, triaging, to iterate on the validation plans. You will work closely with driving software, software tools, System engineers, test and proving ground operators. Ideal candidates bring technical as well as leadership experience to the role, providing mentorship, scoping projects, prioritizing tasks, setting priorities and delivering a stable and functional feature. Zoox is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a verification and validation team with a focus on power and body systems on the robot in a variety of driving scenarios. In this role, you will lead a team of engineers that leverages test assets and methods, including data analysis, triaging, to iterate on the validation plans. You will work closely with driving software, software tools, System engineers, test and proving ground operators. Ideal candidates bring technical as well as leadership experience to the role, providing mentorship, scoping projects, prioritizing tasks, setting priorities and delivering a stable and functional feature. In this role, you will: - Manage and grow team of verification and validation engineers - Develop, own and execute end to end validation strategy and planning - Establish effective collaborations with cross-functional teams like firmware, vehicle engineering, safety and software teams - Lead the planning

Senior/Staff Technical Program Manager - Autonomy Operations Foster City, CA The Program Management Office (PMO) at Zoox is responsible for driving cross-functional program planning and execution at the highest level. We partner with leaders from across the company in vehicle development, system design, software engineering, manufacturing, fleet operations, and business functions to develop and deliver major corporate milestones on the path to launch, and beyond. Our program managers contribute to the end to end success of technical, integrated product milestones involving both of our vehicle platforms - the Toyota Highlander test fleet and Zoox's purpose-built robotaxi. The Autonomy Technical Program Manager (TPM) in PMO is an experienced cross-functional program management leader that will be responsible for planning and execution of technical and integrated product milestones for our vehicle platforms, specifically managing the end-to-end (E2E) PUDO workstream. This person will work on programs to develop, validate, and improve our autonomous driving system, ultimately enabling the Zoox robotaxi to serve riders in a rapidly expanding operational design domain. The Program Management Office (PMO) at Zoox is responsible for driving cross-functional program planning and execution at the highest level. We partner with leaders from across the company in vehicle development, system design, software engineering, manufacturing, fleet operations, and business functions to develop and deliver major corporate milestones on the path to launch, and beyond. Our program managers contribute to the end to end success of technical, integrated product milestones involving both of our vehicle platforms - the Toyota Highlander test fleet and Zoox's

Engineering Manager, Autonomy Validation Platform & Pipelines Foster City, CA Zoox is looking for an experienced Software Engineering Manager to lead our Autonomy Validation Platform & Pipelines infrastructure team. This team is responsible for the platform powering Zoox's safety approach through mass-scale simulation, as well as for key safety validation pipelines running on it. You will take on a wide breadth of end-to-end responsibilities, including the design of large-scale distributed systems & compute frameworks, the automation of complex business processes with human-in-the-loop stages, and the establishment of best-in-class operations to maintain mission-critical SLAs. The position comes with a high degree of independence and the opportunity to help define Zoox's autonomy validation and scaling strategy, both technically and organizationally. You will work closely with stakeholders in Autonomy, System Design & Mission Assurance, and Software Systems teams to develop a cohesive, deeply vertically integrated solution. You will also be responsible for hiring and maintaining the health of your team, as well as growing and coaching them to support the continued success of their careers. Zoox is looking for an experienced Software Engineering Manager to lead our Autonomy Validation Platform & Pipelines infrastructure team. This team is responsible for the platform powering Zoox's safety approach through mass-scale simulation, as well as for key safety validation pipelines running on it. You will take on a wide breadth of end-to-end responsibilities, including the design of large-scale distributed systems & compute frameworks, the automation of complex business processes with human-in-the-loop stages, and the establishment of best-in-class

Software Engineer - Behavior Capabilities Foster City, CA The Behavior Capabilities opportunity falls within the Fail Operational Planning team at Zoox. This team works to ensure that the robot continues to operate effectively, even in the presence of minor compartmentalized failures or degraded capabilities. The focus of the team includes developing behavioral and motion planning algorithms to improve trip progress, vehicle uptime metrics, and correspondingly a better customer experience. This is a cutting-edge problem which requires teamwork and collaboration across a diverse group of experts including Planner, Perception, Prediction, Hardware, and more. On this team, you will contribute to the next generation of algorithmic advancements to expand our robot's ability to drive in some of the most complex scenarios. We are looking for an engineer who is excited to understand the interdependencies within the driving stack and takes ownership of their projects and has a holistic product focused approach towards development. The Behavior Capabilities opportunity falls within the Fail Operational Planning team at Zoox. This team works to ensure that the robot continues to operate effectively, even in the presence of minor compartmentalized failures or degraded capabilities. The focus of the team includes developing behavioral and motion planning algorithms to improve trip progress, vehicle uptime metrics, and correspondingly a better customer experience. This is a cutting-edge problem which requires teamwork and collaboration across a diverse group of experts including Planner, Perception, Prediction, Hardware, and more. On this team, you will contribute to the next generation of algorithmic advancements to expand

Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Operational Applications & Platforms Foster City, CA At Zoox, we're not just building self-driving cars; we're creating an autonomous ride-hailing service that will revolutionize how people move. Our Ops Tools team is the central nervous system of this mission, and we're looking for a Senior/Staff Software Engineer to be a technical leader in this critical area. This isn't just another full-stack role. You'll be at the intersection of web development, robotics, and real-time operations, building the software that allows us to manage and scale our fleet of autonomous robotaxis. If you're a seasoned engineer who thrives on solving complex, multi-disciplinary problems and wants to see your work have a tangible impact on the world, we want to hear from you. At Zoox, we're not just building self-driving cars; we're creating an autonomous ride-hailing service that will revolutionize how people move. Our Ops Tools team is the central nervous system of this mission, and we're looking for a Senior/Staff Software Engineer to be a technical leader in this critical area. This isn't just another full-stack role. You'll be at the intersection of web development, robotics, and real-time operations, building the software that allows us to manage and scale our fleet of autonomous robotaxis. If you're a seasoned engineer who thrives on solving complex, multi-disciplinary problems and wants to see your work have a tangible impact on the world, we want to hear from you. In this role, you will: - Architect & own mission-critical systems - Lead the

Data Engineer Foster City, CA The Data team leverages data from our autonomous vehicles and operations to determine autonomy and service readiness. We provide the foundation for strategic decision-making at Zoox. You will develop and implement the next generation of our data pipeline to ensure visibility into our business as we scale toward the launch of an autonomous mobility service. You will define the system and build the pipeline to enable Zoox to develop and scale with a data-first culture. You will join a diverse, experienced team with rapidly growing scope and responsibility while also having access to one of the most unique data sets in the autonomous vehicle industry. Hence, we are seeking all skill levels to grow with the team. The Data team leverages data from our autonomous vehicles and operations to determine autonomy and service readiness. We provide the foundation for strategic decision-making at Zoox. You will develop and implement the next generation of our data pipeline to ensure visibility into our business as we scale toward the launch of an autonomous mobility service. You will define the system and build the pipeline to enable Zoox to develop and scale with a data-first culture. You will join a diverse, experienced team with rapidly growing scope and responsibility while also having access to one of the most unique data sets in the autonomous vehicle industry. Hence, we are seeking all skill levels to grow with the team. In this role, you will: - Design, build, and maintain the

AV Safety Data Reporting Engineer Foster City, CA The AV Safety Software Data Engineer will play a critical role in supporting Zoox's safety data reporting and compliance efforts. In this position, you will work with large-scale fleet data to gather, analyze, and triage events for internal safety learnings and external compliance requirements. As an AV Safety Software Data Reporting Engineer, you will operationalize defined requirements through data-driven analyses, dashboards, and workflow automations. You will implement innovative processes that are rigorous, diligent, and systematic, as well as applicable and repeatable, as Zoox continues to scale, to ensure reliable and safe operations. You will continually improve our internal data-gathering, analysis, and reporting processes and work closely with our Legal, Policy, Operations, Vehicle Engineering, Safety Design, Software, Hardware, and Communications teams to ensure a rigorous, disciplined, quantified engineering approach. A successful candidate will be able to support other Zoox safety efforts, including Operational Safety, Safety Planning, Policy, System Design, and Risk Assessment activities. The AV Safety Software Data Engineer will play a critical role in supporting Zoox's safety data reporting and compliance efforts. In this position, you will work with large-scale fleet data to gather, analyze, and triage events for internal safety learnings and external compliance requirements. As an AV Safety Software Data Reporting Engineer, you will operationalize defined requirements through data-driven analyses, dashboards, and workflow automations. You will implement innovative processes that are rigorous, diligent, and systematic, as well as applicable and repeatable, as Zoox continues to scale, to ensure reliable and

Software Engineer, Test Set Curation Foster City, CA Zoox is on an ambitious journey to develop a full-stack autonomous mobility solution for cities and safely deploy such a robotaxi solution. The System Design and Mission Assurance (SDMA) team plays a foundational role in the company's success, responsible for constructing the safety case and fail-operational design for our autonomous driving robots before public road deployment. You will be part of an organization with strong leadership and a transparent, respectful culture that enables you to reach your full potential. Zoox is on an ambitious journey to develop a full-stack autonomous mobility solution for cities and safely deploy such a robotaxi solution. The System Design and Mission Assurance (SDMA) team plays a foundational role in the company's success, responsible for constructing the safety case and fail-operational design for our autonomous driving robots before public road deployment. You will be part of an organization with strong leadership and a transparent, respectful culture that enables you to reach your full potential. In this role, you will: - Generate test sets of driving logs to evaluate the performance of the autonomous driving system - Validate and optimize the test sets to ensure they meet requirements and reflect the statistical distribution of our targeted robotaxi service. - Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to gather requirements and integrate test sets with our testing frameworks - Develop and maintain data pipelines and tools for efficient test set creation and management - Define and document best practices for the design, curation,

Director, Production Hayward, CA As the Director of Production, you will lead all aspects of vehicle assembly, diagnostics, testing, and End-of-Line (EOL) processes, ensuring the successful build and validation of Zoox vehicles. You will oversee daily factory operations, managing, coordinating, planning, and directing the production team to meet production volume and quality targets while maintaining a safe working environment. Reporting to the Senior Director of Manufacturing Engineering and General Assembly, you will be a critical leader in the Zoox Manufacturing Operations team. Your responsibilities will encompass hiring, training, and performance evaluation of direct and indirect employees, analyzing production data, driving process improvements, and leading workplace safety best practices. You will guarantee that finished products meet all quality and product specifications. Possessing strong communication skills, you will serve as the primary point of contact for the executive team regarding all General Assembly matters. You will also manage financial and headcount budgets. The Manufacturing Engineering and Logistics teams will support the Production team, and you will collaborate closely with Corporate Quality, Supply Chain, and various Engineering Departments (e.g., Vehicle Development, Software) within Zoox. As the Director of Production, you will lead all aspects of vehicle assembly, diagnostics, testing, and End-of-Line (EOL) processes, ensuring the successful build and validation of Zoox vehicles. You will oversee daily factory operations, managing, coordinating, planning, and directing the production team to meet production volume and quality targets while maintaining a safe working environment. Reporting to the Senior Director of Manufacturing Engineering and General Assembly, you will be

Software Engineer - Core Sensors Foster City, CA Zoox is seeking a highly skilled and experienced software developer to join our team. The Core Sensors team is a specialized group responsible for developing the drivers for the lidar, radar, and camera sensors on the vehicle. This suite of sensors serves as the input to the perception and planning stack and is fundamental to the autonomous driving capabilities of our robot platform. Zoox is seeking a highly skilled and experienced software developer to join our team. The Core Sensors team is a specialized group responsible for developing the drivers for the lidar, radar, and camera sensors on the vehicle. This suite of sensors serves as the input to the perception and planning stack and is fundamental to the autonomous driving capabilities of our robot platform. In this role, you will: - Design, implement, and maintain high-quality, robust code that meets the vehicle's specific use/safety case. - Develop and maintain driver software for lidar, radar, and camera sensors - Work closely with the perception, planning, and advanced hardware teams to ensure the drivers meet the required specifications - Develop and maintain highly performant, robust, safety-critical code - Collaborate with other teams to ensure the sensor software integrates seamlessly with the autonomous driving stack and offline tool pipelines Qualifications - Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field with minimum 5 years of experience in software development - Strong proficiency in C++ programming language - Experience with developing device drivers

Technical Program Manager - Release Management Foster City, CA As a Technical Program Manager (TPM) for Release Management at Zoox, you will serve as the primary orchestrator of the software and systems delivery engine for our autonomous vehicle platform. Sitting at the intersection of Engineering, QA, Operations, and the PMO, you will govern the release lifecycle of a complex system integrating sensors, vehicle hardware, and remote software. You are an autonomous, systems-oriented professional who can uphold rigorous execution standards while partnering with Engineering Managers to improve the health and velocity of Zoox driverless release programs. As a Technical Program Manager (TPM) for Release Management at Zoox, you will serve as the primary orchestrator of the software and systems delivery engine for our autonomous vehicle platform. Sitting at the intersection of Engineering, QA, Operations, and the PMO, you will govern the release lifecycle of a complex system integrating sensors, vehicle hardware, and remote software. You are an autonomous, systems-oriented professional who can uphold rigorous execution standards while partnering with Engineering Managers to improve the health and velocity of Zoox driverless release programs. In this role, you will: - Operationalize Health & Program Monitoring: Track the technical health of individual releases while also monitoring the Release Management Program's health. You will analyze process velocity, deployment frequency, and failure rates to drive continuous program improvements. - Uphold Execution Standards: Hold release owners accountable for the timeliness, quality, and reliability of all deliverables. You will ensure contributions meet established technical benchmarks and milestones before

Senior Manager, Perception Foster City, CA We're reinventing personal transportation-making the future safer, cleaner, and more enjoyable. We've created our vehicle specifically for dense, complicated urban environments. Zoox is the only driving vehicle on the market with bidirectional driving capabilities and four-wheel steering, allowing us to maneuver through compact spaces and change directions without the need to reverse. The future is for riders! Our growing software engineering leadership team is searching for a Senior Manager of Perception. Our perception stack is responsible for building Zoox's world-class 3D environment model from multi-modal sensor data. We create novel AI architectures that combine the latest academic results with many in-house innovations in creative ways. Our algorithms are relentlessly optimized and tuned to run efficiently and effectively on a wide variety of real-life data as well as in simulation. You will be responsible for leading high-impact Perception teams with their technical roadmap and milestone goals. You will be closely collaborating with other AI and SW leaders, simulation, and our systems design and mission assurance teams to deliver an exceptional dynamic objects perception system encompassing modalities such as vision, lidar, radar and long-wave IR across pipelines such as segmentation, detection, classification, fusion and tracking. You will lead a diverse, experienced team with a rapidly growing scope and responsibility while also working on some of the most complex problems in artificial intelligence, perception, and sensor fusion. We're reinventing personal transportation-making the future safer, cleaner, and more enjoyable. We've created our vehicle specifically for dense, complicated urban

Software Engineer - Ride and Fleet Services San Diego, CA Our Ride and Fleet Backend team is looking for a Software Engineer to build out the Fleet Dispatch System to efficiently dispatch missions to our robots. Zoox robots take missions like Rideshare Trips, Charging, Cleaning, Return to Depot, R&D missions, and Roaming missions. It is the backbone of our autonomous fleet management system and the brains behind connecting our riders and vehicle operators to our robots! Our Ride and Fleet Backend team is looking for a Software Engineer to build out the Fleet Dispatch System to efficiently dispatch missions to our robots. Zoox robots take missions like Rideshare Trips, Charging, Cleaning, Return to Depot, R&D missions, and Roaming missions. It is the backbone of our autonomous fleet management system and the brains behind connecting our riders and vehicle operators to our robots! In this role, you will: - Design and build a scalable, efficient, and robust robotaxis dispatch service. - Craft and refine algorithms for real-time dispatch optimization and route planning, leveraging operational research techniques. - Apply operational research methods such as linear programming, integer programming, stochastic processes, and queuing theory to solve complex dispatch problems. - Use operational research tools for data analysis, forecasting demand, and modeling transport networks to improve robotaxi service efficiency. - Integrate optimization algorithms into the robotaxi platform. - Build and use in-house or 3rd-party simulation models to test dispatch optimization algorithms' effectiveness. Qualifications - Bachelor's/Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Operations Research, or

Senior Industrial Engineer Hayward, CA At Zoox, our Logistics team enables seamless, scalable, and efficient material flow across the supply chain, ensuring the timely delivery of components critical to vehicle manufacturing and service operations. We value collaboration, innovation, and a commitment to operational excellence. Zoox is seeking a highly skilled and strategic Senior Industrial Engineer to spearhead the design, scaling, and execution of our Service Warehousing and Service Network Infrastructure. Unlike traditional manufacturing roles, this position is focused on the lifecycle of our service parts network. You will be the architect of our Distribution Center strategy and drive the standardization and deployment of multiple localized service warehouses. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in large-scale distribution hub setup, network-wide standardization, and the logistical agility required to support a rapidly scaling, high-tech autonomous vehicle service network. At Zoox, our Logistics team enables seamless, scalable, and efficient material flow across the supply chain, ensuring the timely delivery of components critical to vehicle manufacturing and service operations. We value collaboration, innovation, and a commitment to operational excellence. Zoox is seeking a highly skilled and strategic Senior Industrial Engineer to spearhead the design, scaling, and execution of our Service Warehousing and Service Network Infrastructure. Unlike traditional manufacturing roles, this position is focused on the lifecycle of our service parts network. You will be the architect of our Distribution Center strategy and drive the standardization and deployment of multiple localized service warehouses. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in large-scale distribution hub setup, network-wide standardization,

SAP BRIM - Convergent Mediation (CM) Lead Foster City, CA The Business Applications team at Zoox is responsible for building the foundation that connects our autonomous vehicle technology with a seamless customer experience. Our team thrives on collaboration, open problem-solving, and supportive risk-taking. You will be part of a growing and mission-driven Enterprise Applications team driving the key aspect of customer enablement and pricing landscape for Zoox, while contributing to our broader dedication to making cities safer, smarter, and more sustainable. In this role, you will have the opportunity to expand your technical horizons across our billing and financial ecosystem while taking direct ownership of a high-volume, high-transaction mediation layer. We are looking for an individual who loves to learn, values data accuracy, and is excited to see their designs directly support autonomous fleet operations. The Business Applications team at Zoox is responsible for building the foundation that connects our autonomous vehicle technology with a seamless customer experience. Our team thrives on collaboration, open problem-solving, and supportive risk-taking. You will be part of a growing and mission-driven Enterprise Applications team driving the key aspect of customer enablement and pricing landscape for Zoox, while contributing to our broader dedication to making cities safer, smarter, and more sustainable. In this role, you will have the opportunity to expand your technical horizons across our billing and financial ecosystem while taking direct ownership of a high-volume, high-transaction mediation layer. We are looking for an individual who loves to learn, values data accuracy, and is

Senior Data Scientist - Data for Perception Machine Learning Boston, MA We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled data scientist to join the Perception Data and Labeling team.. The team is responsible for training and evaluation data powering the perception (vision, lidar, and other modalities) ML models at Zoox. The candidate will work alongside data ops partners, ML engineers, software developers, and data engineers to improve model performance through high quality human- and auto-labeled data. We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled data scientist to join the Perception Data and Labeling team.. The team is responsible for training and evaluation data powering the perception (vision, lidar, and other modalities) ML models at Zoox. The candidate will work alongside data ops partners, ML engineers, software developers, and data engineers to improve model performance through high quality human- and auto-labeled data. In this role, you will: - Define and implement scalable data quality measures across complex, multimodal data labeling pipelines - Drive data-centric ML model improvements to achieve critical Zoox milestones - Support an org-wide data ontology and class structure for perception models - Determine trade-offs and integrations between human-labeled, human-in-the-loop, and zero-shot autolabeled data - Build metrics to quantify labeling throughput, capacity, and annotator/vendor quality Qualifications: - Master's or PhD degree in a field relevant to autonomous driving (computer science, robotics) to the analysis of human data (computational neuroscience, cognitive science) or a related field - Proficient using data query languages (SQL and/or Spark/scala) to quickly build complex yet

Senior Software Engineer - Mapping Automation Foster City, CA The 3D Mapping team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to develop a scalable, efficient mapping automation system that supports the creation, cataloging, and maintenance of HD maps deployed to Zoox's fleet. This role will be instrumental in scaling our mapping operations to the next level. The 3D Mapping team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to develop a scalable, efficient mapping automation system that supports the creation, cataloging, and maintenance of HD maps deployed to Zoox's fleet. This role will be instrumental in scaling our mapping operations to the next level. In this role, you will: - Automate complex pipelines and workflows in Zoox HD map machinery. - Support the development of HD map creation and maintenance pipelines. - Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define system requirements and technical roadmaps. - Contribute to all phases of the software development cycle including prototyping, requirements capture, design, implementation, and validation. Qualifications - B.S. or M.S. degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field - 3+ years of industry experience working on data pipelines or automated workflows - Proficient in C++ and Python - Experience in cloud / distributed computing and relational databases - Experience developing RESTful APIs Bonus Qualifications - Experience with frontend web development: React/Typescript - Experience working with geospatial data and coordinate systems - Experience automating complex workflows Base Salary Range There are three major components to compensation for this position: salary, Amazon Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), and Zoox

Senior/Staff Software Engineer - Perception & Sensing Foster City, CA The Perception Sensing team is looking for a Senior or Staff Software Engineer to drive the evaluation and architectural design of our PCP stack for future vehicle platforms enabling winter driving and low cost vehicle platforms. This team acts as the bridge between Perception Software and Autonomous Hardware Engineering (AHE). We ensure that as Zoox evolves toward future platforms, every sensor change across all modalities (Lidar, Radar, Camera etc) is validated with mathematical rigor. The role focuses on executing the technical validation pipeline and experimental design across the entire sensor suite. The Perception Sensing team is looking for a Senior or Staff Software Engineer to drive the evaluation and architectural design of our PCP stack for future vehicle platforms enabling winter driving and low cost vehicle platforms. This team acts as the bridge between Perception Software and Autonomous Hardware Engineering (AHE). We ensure that as Zoox evolves toward future platforms, every sensor change across all modalities (Lidar, Radar, Camera etc) is validated with mathematical rigor. The role focuses on executing the technical validation pipeline and experimental design across the entire sensor suite. Responsibilities - Execute the PCP metrics pipeline, assessing how hardware updates across various sensors impact PCP performance sensitivity in 3D scene understanding, live mapping and localization, especially in adverse weather and winter conditions. - Design and run structured A/B testing experiments, including side-by-side custom mount runs and tandem vehicle data collection, to clear sensors for the winter ODD.

UX Researcher, Vehicle Experience Foster City, CA We are looking for a mixed-method Vehicle Experience Researcher, which will be the glue between the digital interface and the physical cabin experience for Zoox. This role requires a high-velocity researcher who is just as comfortable designing a complex quantitative benchmark study as they are running extensive in-vehicle testing. You will navigate the unique intersection of software and hardware, ensuring that everything of the vehicle works as a single, cohesive system. We are looking for a mixed-method Vehicle Experience Researcher, which will be the glue between the digital interface and the physical cabin experience for Zoox. This role requires a high-velocity researcher who is just as comfortable designing a complex quantitative benchmark study as they are running extensive in-vehicle testing. You will navigate the unique intersection of software and hardware, ensuring that everything of the vehicle works as a single, cohesive system. In this role you will: - Design and execute both qualitative and quantitative research that uncovers core user needs, behaviors, and experience patterns - Synthesize insights into clear frameworks that inform product direction - Contribute to defining principles that guide the evolution of in-vehicle experience - Move beyond individual features to map the entire end-to-end vehicle rider experience journey. - Conduct foundational research in ambiguous, early-stage product areas where the problem space is not well defined. - Design and run robust quant studies to establish experience benchmarks. You will define what "good" looks like and track our progress against those metrics

Manager, Safety Clearance Program Management Foster City, CA Zoox is on an ambitious journey to develop a full-stack autonomous mobility solution for cities and safely deploy such a robotaxi solution. The System Design and Mission Assurance (SDMA) team plays a foundational role in the company's success, responsible for constructing the safety case and fail-operational design for our autonomous driving robots before public road deployment. You will be part of an organization with strong leadership and a transparent, respectful culture that enables you to reach your full potential. Zoox is on an ambitious journey to develop a full-stack autonomous mobility solution for cities and safely deploy such a robotaxi solution. The System Design and Mission Assurance (SDMA) team plays a foundational role in the company's success, responsible for constructing the safety case and fail-operational design for our autonomous driving robots before public road deployment. You will be part of an organization with strong leadership and a transparent, respectful culture that enables you to reach your full potential. In this role, you will: - Oversee and manage the end-to-end SDMA clearance process, ensuring all program stages are executed efficiently while ensuring scalable and robust processes are implemented as the company expands - Lead a team of Technical Program Managers, providing guidance and support for multiple concurrent clearance programs, including live service, early milestone, and clearance - Develop and drive program schedules, milestones, and deliverables related to the safety and clearance of our autonomous robotaxi - Serve as the primary point of contact