Staff Software Engineer - Perception

6 Months ago • 8 Years + • Artificial Intelligence

Job Details

Zoox is looking for a software engineer to join our Perception team and help us build novel architectures for classifying and understanding the complex and dynamic environments in our cities. In this role, you will have access to the best sensor data in the world and an incredible infrastructure for testing and validating your algorithms. We are creating new algorithms for segmentation, tracking, classification, and high-level scene understanding, and you could work on any (or all!) of these components.

We're looking for engineers with advanced degrees and experience building perception pipelines that work with real data in rapidly changing and uncertain environments.

Qualifications

    • Master's degree or PhD in computer science or related field
    • Fluency in C++
    • Experience with modern computer vision techniques
    • Extensive experience with programming and algorithm design
    • Demonstrated ability to create functional realtime systems that solve difficult perception tasks
    • Experience handling large data sets efficiently
    • Strong mathematical skills and understanding of probabilistic techniques
    • 8+ years of experience in a related field

Bonus Qualifications

    • Publications in your field (CVPR, ICCV, RSS, ICRA preferred)
    • Experience with autonomous robots
    • Experience with realtime sensor fusion (e.g. LiDAR, camera, radar)
    • Experience with novel pipelines and architectures for convolutional neural nets 
    • Experience with 3D data and representations (pointclouds, meshes, etc.)
Compensation
There are three major components to compensation for this position: salary, Amazon Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), and Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights. The salary will range from $216,000 to $272,000. A sign-on bonus may be part of a compensation package. Compensation will vary based on geographic location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.  

Zoox also offers a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (e.g. sick leave, vacation, bereavement), unpaid time off, Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights, Amazon RSUs, health insurance, long-term care insurance, long-term and short-term disability insurance, and life insurance.

About Zoox
Zoox is developing the first ground-up, fully autonomous vehicle fleet and the supporting ecosystem required to bring this technology to market. Sitting at the intersection of robotics, machine learning, and design, Zoox aims to provide the next generation of mobility-as-a-service in urban environments. We’re looking for top talent that shares our passion and wants to be part of a fast-moving and highly execution-oriented team.


Accommodations
If you need an accommodation to participate in the application or interview process please reach out to accommodations@zoox.com or your assigned recruiter.

A Final Note:
You do not need to match every listed expectation to apply for this position. Here at Zoox, we know that diverse perspectives foster the innovation we need to be successful, and we are committed to building a team that encompasses a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and skills.

Similar Jobs

Niantic - Senior Computer Vision Software Engineer

Niantic

London, England, United Kingdom (Hybrid)
1 Month ago
Google - Tech Lead, Software Engineering (For Women in Tech Candidates)

Google

State Of Minas Gerais, Brazil (On-Site)
4 Months ago
Epic Games - Research Engineer

Epic Games

Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia (On-Site)
2 Months ago
ByteDance - Software Development Engineer Graduate (Distributed NoSQL Database Systems)

ByteDance

Seattle, Washington, United States (On-Site)
3 Months ago
Hawk Eye Innovations - Senior Computer Vision Engineer

Hawk Eye Innovations

Budapest, Hungary (Hybrid)
1 Month ago
ByteDance - Research Scientist, Edge Research Project for General Intelligence

ByteDance

San Jose, California, United States (On-Site)
2 Weeks ago
Meta - Software Engineer, Systems ML - SW/HW Co-design

Meta

New York, New York, United States (Remote)
5 Months ago
Bally's Interactive - Machine Learning Developer

Bally's Interactive

Toronto, Ontario, Canada (On-Site)
2 Weeks ago
Wargaming - Gen AI Business Development Manager

Wargaming

Belgrade, Serbia (On-Site)
2 Months ago
Pika - Research Engineer (Applied Research)

Pika

Palo Alto, California, United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Similar Skill Jobs

SLAY - Marketing Data Analyst (SKAN Attribution, LTV forecasting)

SLAY

Berlin, Berlin, Germany (On-Site)
1 Month ago
S&P Global - Lead Data Scientist

S&P Global

Hyderabad, Telangana, India (On-Site)
6 Months ago
Mozilla - Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Gen AI

Mozilla

Denmark (Remote)
6 Months ago
Gallagher - Data Scientist

Gallagher

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (On-Site)
5 Months ago
Google - Software Engineer, Black Community Inclusion

Google

(On-Site)
5 Months ago
My Fitness Pal - Staff Machine Learning Engineer

My Fitness Pal

United States (Remote)
3 Months ago
NVIDIA - Customer Technical Program Manager

NVIDIA

Beijing, Beijing, China (On-Site)
2 Months ago
N-iX - 2D/3D Visualization Engineer

N-iX

Ukraine (Remote)
3 Months ago
NVIDIA - Customer Technical Program Manager

NVIDIA

Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China (On-Site)
3 Months ago
Fluence - Jr. Controls Engineer (m/f/d) - German speaker

Fluence

Erlangen, Bavaria, Germany (Hybrid)
6 Months ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Jobs in Foster City, California, United States

NVIDIA - Senior Software Architect - Data Center Systems

NVIDIA

Austin, Texas, United States (Remote)
2 Months ago
The Walt Disney Company - Sr. FinOps Tech Data Analyst

The Walt Disney Company

Washington, United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Meta - Product Manager, Machine Learning

Meta

Bellevue, Washington, United States (Remote)
5 Months ago
Second Dinner - Senior Platform Engineer I - SDK & Game Integration

Second Dinner

United States (Remote)
3 Weeks ago
Netflix - Data Engineer (L5) - Product (Device)

Netflix

United States (Remote)
6 Months ago
The Walt Disney Company - Lead Software Engineer, Machine Learning - Ad Platforms

The Walt Disney Company

California, United States (On-Site)
2 Weeks ago
Life church - StaffKids Teacher

Life church

Edmond, Oklahoma, United States (On-Site)
6 Months ago
Everyday Health Group - UX Designer - Lose It!

Everyday Health Group

United States (Remote)
4 Weeks ago
Feld Entertainment - Warehouse Associate

Feld Entertainment

Jessup, Maryland, United States (On-Site)
6 Months ago
Onward Search - Product Manager

Onward Search

Orlando, Florida, United States (Hybrid)
2 Weeks ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Artificial Intelligence Jobs

NVIDIA - Solution Architect - AI and ML

NVIDIA

(Remote)
3 Months ago
Zoox - Software Engineering  - Returnship

Zoox

Foster City, California, United States (Hybrid)
6 Months ago
NVIDIA - Senior System Software Engineer - Triton Inference Server

NVIDIA

California, United States (Remote)
3 Months ago
ByteDance - Student Researcher (Doubao (Seed) - Foundation Model AI Platform) - 2025 Start (PhD)

ByteDance

San Jose, California, United States (On-Site)
6 Months ago
NVIDIA - Software Engineering Intern, AI Engineering - 2025

NVIDIA

Shanghai, Shanghai, China (On-Site)
3 Months ago
ByteDance - Research Scientist Intern (Doubao (Seed) - Machine Learning System) - 2025 Summer (PhD)

ByteDance

San Jose, California, United States (On-Site)
6 Months ago
Seedify - AI Product Manager

Seedify

Japan (Remote)
4 Months ago
NVIDIA - Full Stack Developer, AI and LLM

NVIDIA

California, United States (Hybrid)
1 Month ago
Microsoft - Technical Product Manager, AI Multimodal

Microsoft

London, England, United Kingdom (On-Site)
2 Weeks ago
NVIDIA - Solutions Architect - Cloud Providers and Hyperscale

NVIDIA

Washington, United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

About The Company

Zoox is transforming mobility-as-a-service by developing a fully autonomous, purpose-built fleet designed for AI to drive and humans to enjoy.

Seattle, Washington, United States (On-Site)

Foster City, California, United States (On-Site)

Foster City, California, United States (On-Site)

Foster City, California, United States (On-Site)

Foster City, California, United States (On-Site)

Foster City, California, United States (On-Site)

Foster City, California, United States (On-Site)

Foster City, California, United States (Hybrid)

Foster City, California, United States (Hybrid)

Foster City, California, United States (Hybrid)

View All Jobs

Get notified when new jobs are added by Zoox

Level Up Your Career in Game Development!

Transform Your Passion into Profession with Our Comprehensive Courses for Aspiring Game Developers.

Job Common Plug