# Software Engineer - Collision Avoidance System Metrics

**Company:** [Zoox](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/zoox)
**Location:** Foster City, CA, Boston, MA, San Diego, CA
**Role:** Fullstack Engineering
**Salary:** $185k – $251k/yr
**Skills:** C++, Python, Distributed Computing, Algorithm Design, Spark, Databricks, Mapreduce, Bayesian Statistics, Autonomous Driving, Latency Analysis
**Posted:** 2026-09-03

> Develop metrics, tools, and distributed data-analysis algorithms for validating a collision avoidance system using large-scale urban driving data. The role requires strong C++ or Python programming and algorithm-design experience, with collaboration across perception, planning, systems, and safety teams.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Apply distributed computing algorithms to analyze petabytes of urban driving data.
- Develop metrics and tools to analyze errors and system improvements.
- Work closely with Collision Avoidance System engineers to evaluate system performance.
- Collaborate with Perception engineers to define metrics for autonomous driving.
- Partner with Planning engineers to measure performance in complex urban environments.

## Requirements
- Bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD degree in computer science or a related field.
- Fluency in C++ and/or Python.
- Extensive experience with programming and algorithm design.

## Nice-to-haves
- Experience analyzing latency in safety-critical software systems.
- Experience with petabyte-scale distributed computing, including Spark, Databricks, or MapReduce pipelines.
- Background in Bayesian statistics.

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