Zoox
Software Engineer - Mission Planning
$163K–$263K
Foster City, CA · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Jan 9, 2026
- Experience
- 2+ years of industry experience.
- Education
- BS/MS in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field.
About the job
Develop and integrate high-level route-planning software that helps autonomous vehicles select routes and adapt to changing city conditions.
What you'll do
- Develop mission-planning algorithms, including graph search and integration with behavioral planning.
- Integrate and test applications on the robot, then improve them based on results.
- Coordinate cross-functional planning initiatives and contribute to technical direction.
What they ask for
- BS/MS in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field.
- Programming skills in C++.
- Understanding and experience with graph search techniques; ability to model problems using MDPs or related frameworks.
- Experience developing scalable sequential decision-making solutions under uncertainty and constraints, and writing code for a shipped product.
Nice to have
- PhD in computer science or a related field.
- Experience with autonomous robots.
Pay
USD 163,000–263,000 per-year-salary; base salary
Tools
C++, A*, D*, Dijkstra, Markov Decision Processes (MDPs)
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