Drimva

Zoox

Senior/Staff Software Engineer - Behavior Capabilities

$254K–$350K

Foster City, CA · Hybrid · Staff · Full-time · Posted Jul 15, 2024

Experience
9+ years of experience.
Education
Master's degree in Computer Science or related field.

About the job

Develops behavioral and motion-planning algorithms that help Zoox vehicles maintain performance when system capabilities are degraded.

What you'll do

  • Improve driving behaviors and implement algorithmic changes in the codebase.
  • Collaborate across teams to mitigate performance degradation under system failure modes and integrate scalable solutions into the driving stack.
  • Partner with validation teams to define and run algorithm tests.

What they ask for

  • Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
  • Fluency in C++.
  • Extensive programming and algorithm-design experience.
  • Understanding of vehicle kinematics.

Nice to have

  • PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
  • Experience shipping products or creating real-time motion-planning algorithms in a cross-functional team.

Pay

USD 254,000–350,000 per-year-salary (base salary)

Tools

C++

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