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ZooxZooxFoster City, CA

Senior Software Systems Engineer

Develop metrics and large-scale evaluation pipelines to assess fidelity of Zoox's GenAI-powered autonomous vehicle simulator. Requires 5+ years in quantitative evaluation or robotics, strong Python/data analysis skills, and statistics knowledge.

208k – 300k/yr
Hybrid5+ YOEML Engineering

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement metrics to measure the accuracy of simulated sensors, agents, and virtual environments.
  • Develop robust strategies for simulator evaluation, including dataset mining, and implement these in large-scale evaluation pipelines.
  • Write design proposals and drive execution while proactively communicating risks to partner teams.
  • Drive consensus on validation methodologies with cross-functional teams in Autonomy, Safety, and Simulation.
  • Collaborate with autonomy, safety, and simulation teams to define quantitative validation criteria for simulator fidelity.
  • Use exploratory data analysis to root-cause gaps in simulator performance.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in quantitative evaluation, autonomous robotics, or sensor data analysis (lidar, camera, radar).
  • Proficiency in Python and data analysis (e.g., Pandas, NumPy, SQL).
  • Strong foundation in data visualization.
  • Working knowledge of applied statistical methods (e.g., histograms, probability distributions, simple hypothesis testing).
  • Strong communication skills and thrives in dynamic environments by proactively seeking clarity.
  • BS, MS, or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field.

Nice-to-Haves

  • Experience with autonomous vehicle software stack (e.g., Perception, Prediction, Planning).
  • Experience implementing large-scale evaluation pipelines.
  • Experience using applied statistics for system validation (e.g., confidence intervals, p-values).

Skills

PythonpandasNumPySQLData VisualizationStatisticshypothesis testingautonomous roboticssensor data analysislidarcameraradarperceptionpredictionplanning

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