Zoox

Software Engineer – Trajectory Generation

Zoox

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Foster City • California • United States

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Salary

💰 $151,000 - $270,000 per year

About the role

  • Design trajectory generation algorithms and implement them in high-quality software to continuously improve the capability of our autonomous driving system and enhance the safety and comfort of our driving behavior on public roads.
  • Use our extensive backend tooling to test and validate your algorithms and software across many different driving situations, and develop metrics and pipelines to further our ability to test/measure the algorithms’ performance.
  • Participate in or lead cross-functional projects to deliver mission-critical features to expand our autonomous driving capabilities.
  • Participate in on-vehicle drive reviews to gather actionable feedback on driving performance, and use this knowledge to help the team learn and make continuous improvements.
  • Conduct literature review and participate in study groups to stay current with the advancements in the fields of Motion Planning, Autonomous Driving, and Robotics in general.

Requirements

  • Master's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, or related fields
  • Fluency in C++ with experience shipping productionized software
  • Proven experience in developing trajectory optimization algorithms and real-time motion planning software
  • Deep knowledge about numerical constrained optimization methods
  • Experience with geometric, sampling, and search-based planning algorithms (Bonus Qualification)
  • Experience with machine learning-based motion planning (Bonus Qualification)
  • Experience with behavior planning, discrete decision making, tree search, and POMDP (Bonus Qualification)
Benefits
  • 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
  • life insurance
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
C++trajectory generation algorithmstrajectory optimization algorithmsreal-time motion planning softwarenumerical constrained optimization methodsgeometric planning algorithmssampling-based planning algorithmssearch-based planning algorithmsmachine learning-based motion planningbehavior planning
Soft Skills
cross-functional collaborationleadershipcommunicationfeedback gatheringcontinuous improvement
Certifications
Master's degree in Computer ScienceMaster's degree in Robotics