Zoox
Software Engineer - Robot Software Infrastructure
$196K–$242K
Foster City, CA · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Sep 8, 2026
- Experience
- 4+ years delivering production systems and software applications.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Develops platform-level software, operating systems, and infrastructure for vehicle devices and autonomous-driving workloads.
What you'll do
- Build and maintain continuous integration and validation toolchains for the robot operating system platform.
- Implement platform software and configure embedded Linux build systems and bootloaders.
- Develop and optimize drivers and kernel components, and collaborate on hardware integration, issue triage, and manufacturing support.
What they ask for
- Designed and deployed end-to-end CI and validation toolchains for Linux/OS images across hardware platforms.
- Proficiency in Linux internals, kernel-space development, device drivers, and systems programming in C/C++ and scripting languages such as Python/Bash.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
Nice to have
- Experience with embedded Linux in robotics.
- Familiarity with security software or Nvidia GPUs and related technologies.
Pay
USD 196,000–242,000 per-year-salary; base salary
Tools
Linux, Yocto, U-Boot, C, C++, Rust, Python, Bash
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