Zoox
Senior Staff Software Engineer, Spatial AI
$410K–$492K
Seattle, WA · Hybrid · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Apr 20, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years in autonomous systems, including at least 2 years in an architectural role.
- Education
- Ph.D. or MS in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field with a focus on Computer Vision.
About the job
Architect end-to-end perception systems for autonomous products, coordinating sensing, compute, and ML teams to advance platforms and perception capabilities.
What you'll do
- Define perception architecture from sensor inputs through the fused world model.
- Lead hardware-software co-design and transitions to new sensing and compute platforms.
- Coordinate cross-functional projects and set performance metrics for latency and accuracy.
What they ask for
- 8+ years in autonomous systems, including at least 2 years in an architectural role, shipping and evolving perception systems.
- Mastery of computer vision, deep learning, foundational models, sensor fusion, and state estimation.
- Deep understanding of hardware acceleration, component budgeting, sensor modalities, 3D geometry, linear algebra, and probabilistic robotics.
- Production-grade C++ and Python proficiency; ability to run experiments and metrics across system components.
Pay
USD 410,000–492,000 (per-year-salary) base salary
Tools
LiDAR, Radar, Camera, SLAM, EKF/UKF, C++, Python
AI focus
Lead the transition to AI innovation pipelines while maintaining safety and interpretability for edge deployment.
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