Staff Autonomy Systems Engineer, Zoox
$191-260k
Office located in Foster City, CA
Autonomous vehicle technology
Job no longer available
Autonomous vehicle technology
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$191-260k
Office located in Foster City, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To reimagine transportation from the ground up.
Role
Who you are
- 12+ Years of Experience
- Strong understanding of systems engineering principles, standards, or frameworks (INCOSE Handbook, NASA Systems Engineering Handbook, ISO 29148, ISO 15288); hardware development practices (Waterfall); and software development practices (Agile)
- Familiar with functional safety concepts and evidenced-based testing methodologies (ISO 21448, ISO 26262)
- Ability to work in a fast-paced development environment and proactively collaborate cross-functionally with other teams to solve process problems, and demonstrate strong leadership skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Must be self-motivated, with a desire to continuously improve and learn
Desirable
- Experience with large-scale system architecture, including integrating hardware and software systems
- Knowledge of artificial intelligence principles (Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Neural Networks, and Computer Vision)
- Familiarity with leveraging machine learning models for system optimization or predictive analytics
What the job involves
- Zoox is seeking a highly motivated, energetic, Systems Engineer to lead and drive the Autonomy Systems on the Zoox ride service
- Autonomy is critical to the Zoox product as it provides the mapping, navigation, and driving functions of the Zoox ride service
- You will be responsible for supporting a diverse group of product managers, software engineers, data scientists, safety systems engineers, and validation engineers in activities including: design documentation of Zoox’s autonomy functions; interface definition for adjacent systems; debug and performance improvement of existing functions; and diagnostic/monitor/watchdog development
- Build complex multisystem plans which enable Zoox ride service to expand to new markets, use cases, and conditions. This involves working with leadership from product, program, engineering, and finance
- Work with technical leads to create design and documentation of novel functions for non-deterministic systems. This includes: concept of operation (ConOps); functional decomposition; intended functionality; degraded and failsafe functionality; performance metrics; interface definition for adjacent systems (Teleguidance System and Scheduling System)
- Support debug and performance improvement of existing autonomy functions. Create new diagnostics, monitors, or watchdogs to improve reliability
- Utilize existing simulation tooling to forecast reliability for future releases. Bring systems engineering best practices (Design of experiments, trace requirements to test runs) to develop an efficient test plan which accounts for bug fixes, novel features, and product expansions
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, is building a Zoox factory and budgeting $1 billion per year for future development and production.
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, not founder)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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