# Software Development Engineer in Test, Machine Learning

**Company:** [Zoox](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/zoox)
**Location:** Foster City, CA
**Role:** ML Engineering
**Salary:** $180k – $225k/yr
**Experience:** 4+ years
**Skills:** Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, huggingface, RAG, LLMs, AWS, Databricks, CI/CD, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, NLP
**Posted:** 2026-07-17

> Build and productionize agentic LLM-powered triage systems and ML/DL pipelines to automate failure analysis for autonomous robots. Requires Master's/PhD in STEM + 4+ years production ML/NLP experience with PyTorch, RAG, Databricks, and AWS.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Design and improve ML/DL algorithms on large-scale data to automate test and triage workflows.
- Build and run agentic LLM systems (e.g., Claude or Gemini) that automate triage, from prototype to production.
- Run multiple production pipelines: monitor them, respond to issues, and fix the root causes.
- Work with stakeholders across data science, ML, autonomous drive planning, and quality assurance.
- Build monitoring tools and use them to keep improving your algorithms in production.

## Requirements
- PhD or Master's in a STEM field and 4+ years in Triage, Performance Analytics for Fortune 500, including infrastructure as code, ML, NLP, or deep learning.
- Strong productionization and CI/CD experience for medium to large projects in Python, with a solid grasp of dashboards, eval, algorithms, and data manipulation.
- Experience with RAG, PyTorch, TensorFlow, or HuggingFace.
- Has built or managed agentic LLM systems (Claude or Gemini) in a professional setting with large datasets to satisfy multiple stakeholders.
- Has run multiple production pipelines on platforms like Databricks and AWS, including fixing production issues.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Experience with self-correcting models, installation and maintenance of LLMs, data visualization tools like Looker/Dash/Databricks Dashboards.
- Experience in Performance Monitoring at Scale, Support environments, autonomous driving, robotics.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.

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