Zoox
Data Scientist - Perception Verification and Validation
$167K–$228K
Boston, MA · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Sep 9, 2026
- Education
- Master's or PhD degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related field.
About the job
Develop datasets, metrics, and statistical methods to verify and validate an autonomous-driving perception stack and measure its impact on end-to-end system behavior.
What you'll do
- Define performance metrics for perception features and end-to-end system behavior.
- Create and maintain evaluation datasets; analyze large-scale results to identify perception failure patterns and present findings to leadership.
- Design and implement statistical methods to quantify uncertainty in performance and validation metrics.
What they ask for
- Master's or PhD degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related field.
- Proficiency with SQL and/or Spark/scala for large-scale queries and Python for production-quality code.
- Basic experience with autonomous driving, safety-critical systems, or computer vision systems.
- Experience in exploratory data analysis, data visualization, and statistical modeling and analysis.
Nice to have
- Skilled at using AI tools to improve development efficiency and quality.
- Experience with experiment design and statistical comparisons, or geospatial data analysis.
Pay
USD 167,000–228,000 per year base salary
Tools
SQL, Spark/scala, Python
AI focus
Use AI tools to improve development efficiency and quality (bonus qualification).
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