Zoox
Senior Staff / Principal Machine Learning Engineer - Autonomy Behaviors
$340K–$492K
Foster City, CA · Hybrid · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Nov 4, 2025
- Experience
- 10+ years of experience.
- Education
- BS, MS, or PhD degree in computer science or related field.
About the job
Lead technical development of machine-learning algorithms for Zoox’s autonomous vehicle Planner, setting its direction and advancing onboard planning models.
What you'll do
- Set technical direction for ML development of the Planner and advance imitation learning, reinforcement learning, and model scaling.
- Improve ML development through metrics, data, and training frameworks, and develop ways to use Foundation Models in the Planner.
- Mentor ML developers and collaborate across teams to solve autonomous driving problems in complex urban environments.
What they ask for
- BS, MS, or PhD in computer science or a related field.
- Proven technical leadership in large-scale AI organizations.
- Significant experience training and deploying deep-learning models to production.
- Fluency in C++ or fluency in Python with a basic understanding of C++; strong mathematics and extensive programming and algorithm-design experience.
Nice to have
- Conference or journal publications in machine-learning or robotics venues.
- Prior experience with prediction and planning for autonomous vehicles.
Pay
USD 340,000–492,000 per-year-salary (base salary)
Tools
C++, Python
AI focus
Develop machine-learning algorithms and models for the onboard Planner, including imitation learning, reinforcement learning, model scaling, and leveraging Foundation Models.
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