# Engineering Manager, Simulation Scenario Generation

**Company:** [Zoox](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/zoox)
**Location:** Foster City, CA
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Salary:** $240k – $300k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** simulation, Machine Learning, Generative AI, Software Engineering, 3d visual editors, agentic tooling, scenario generation, synthetic data, autonomous vehicles, Robotics, testing, validation systems
**Posted:** 2026-08-13

> Leads a mixed software and ML engineering team building simulation, scenario authoring, generative modeling, and agentic tools for autonomous vehicle validation. The role owns technical direction, cross-functional delivery, team development, and generative scenario creation at company scale.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Manage and grow a mixed team of software and machine learning engineers building simulation tools used across engineering to validate autonomous vehicle safety and performance.
- Set and drive technical direction, including agentic tooling to automate manual simulation workflows and in-house generative models for exploratory vehicle testing.
- Lead high-visibility, cross-functional initiatives to scale generative scenario creation capabilities across the company.
- Own delivery of simulation tooling and services, including 3D scenario authoring and visual editor tools.
- Ensure simulation tooling keeps pace with new Operational Design Domain (ODD) capabilities and autonomy milestones.
- Recruit, mentor, and develop software and ML engineers, including hiring ML engineers; build team culture and clear growth paths.
- Partner with product, safety, autonomy, and validation stakeholders to prioritize the roadmap and deliver against autonomy milestones.

## Requirements
- 7+ years of software engineering experience, with technical depth in simulation, developer tools, infrastructure, or a related domain.
- 2+ years directly managing software and/or ML engineering teams, including hiring, mentoring, and performance management.
- Experience partnering cross-functionally with engineering leaders and stakeholders to prioritize and deliver a shared roadmap.
- Strong understanding of simulation, testing, or validation systems for complex, safety-critical software.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

## Nice-to-haves
- Experience managing teams combining traditional software engineering with applied ML or generative AI.
- Familiarity with generative models for simulation or testing, including traffic infilling, scenario creation, and synthetic data.
- Experience building or scaling tools used broadly across a large engineering organization, such as visual editors and agentic authoring tools.
- Background in autonomous vehicles, robotics, or another safety-critical, sensor-driven domain.
- Track record of leading high-visibility initiatives with executive stakeholders.

## Compensation
- Salary range: $240,000–$300,000.

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