Senior Software Engineer, Zoox
Motion Planning Collision Avoidance
$204-276k
+ Amazon Restricted Stock Units (RSUs); + Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights
Autonomous vehicle technology
Open for applications
Autonomous vehicle technology
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$204-276k
+ Amazon Restricted Stock Units (RSUs); + Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights
1001+ employees
Company mission
To reimagine transportation from the ground up.
Role
Who you are
- PhD + 3 years of related experience or Masters + 7 years
- Strong background in computer science, especially coding in c++
- Have experience of real-time system, especially latency handling
- Must be a team player with good communication skills and be able to guide the team member through software architecture design, experience with mentoring team members
- Past experience of Autonomous driving or robotics industry
Desirable
- Experience with writing functional requirements driven code and familiar with formal verification & validation techniques
- Hands-on experience with Bayesian Estimation Techniques such as Kalman Filters
- Experience with existing Advanced Driver-Assistance System (ADAS) technologies, including adaptive cruise control, automatic emergency braking, lane-following, automated lane changing
What the job involves
- Zoox is looking for a software engineer to join our Collision Avoidance System Motion planning team. In this role, you will be responsible for bringing cutting edge collision avoidance decision making and prediction systems into production
- This is a multidisciplinary role that will include responsibilities in and exposure to safety-critical system engineering, perception, prediction, and motion planning all with a focus on robustness and low latency
- You will be at the forefront of defining safety for cutting-edge AI software in real world environments
- Build collision avoidance software for motion planning, decision making, and prediction
- Lead the technical direction of software projects, define architecture, and develop new algorithms
- Design, develop, and review complex software components, ensure code quality and maintainability
- Help define and develop robust probabilistic decision making algorithms
- Identify and resolve complex technical challenges, analyze data to identify potential issues
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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