Software Development Engineer in Test, Zoox
Hardware-in-the-Loop
$135-195k
+ Amazon RSUs + Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights
Office located in Foster City, CA
Autonomous vehicle technology
Open for applications
Autonomous vehicle technology
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$135-195k
+ Amazon RSUs + Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights
Office located in Foster City, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To reimagine transportation from the ground up.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or related field, with a minimum of 5 years of experience in complex testing environments (Consumer Electronics, Automotive, Aerospace, or related industries)
- Experience with developing automated functional test software on Hardware-in-the-Loop infrastructure
- Deep knowledge of software testing methodologies and experience in developing, executing, and automating performance and latency testing
- Understanding of software system performance concepts (CPU, GPU, IO, memory tradeoffs, job scheduling, networking)
- Expert Python programming experience with a focus on system-level tests and test framework development
Desirable
- Prior experience with the rigorous verification and validation of complex robotics and safety-critical software systems with a focus on performance measurements
- Proficiency with Github, CI, and Jira
- Experience using Linux perf to identify performance bottlenecks
What the job involves
- As a Software Development Engineer in Test on the Release Management team at Zoox, you will help accelerate our software release by ensuring that we are shipping the safest and most reliable software possible
- As developers build new features, you will be responsible for building and maintaining tooling to measure the performance of various software components
- You will also play a key role in developing Hardware-In-Loop tests, measuring system performance, and escalating issues seen during on-vehicle and offline testing
- These efforts are critical to maintaining our code quality and ensuring our service capabilities are operating as intended
- Your ability to understand the overall system design and component interaction to help guide test methodology for functional and safety sign-off is crucial to the overall success of our team
- Accountability and integrity are core to our team
- Build and maintain tooling on Hardware-in-the-Loop assets to measure the performance of different software components during the Integration and Acceptance testing phase
- Lead investigation of performance issues arising due to recent code changes before release sign-offs
- Monitor and analyze performance results from both offline (Hardware-in-the-Loop test runs) and on-vehicle logs, and develop automated performance reporting
- Triage and identify software regressions and possible improvements for development teams
- Be the quality gate for software performance before qualifying a release candidate
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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