Senior Machine Learning Engineer – Perception Detection and Tracking

Zoox

Senior Machine Learning Engineer developing detection and tracking models for Zoox's autonomous vehicles. Working with sensor data and high-level scene understanding algorithms.

Posted 6/9/2026full-timeFoster City • California, Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $214,000 - $290,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PythonPyTorch

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define on-vehicle architecture for producing the core tracking results from the Perception stack. (Senior)
Assist with the implementation of core tracking results from the Perception stack (Junior)
Work with both the model and data teams to develop a high-performance, efficient model that can run on a vehicle.
Work with Perception data, both on the input and output of machine learning models

Requirements

What you’ll need

BS or higher in Computer Science or a related degree
Familiarity with modern, Sparse-BEV Joint Detection and Tracking models.
Hands-on experience with production ML pipelines, including dataset creation, metrics, and optimization
Experience in Python, PyTorch, or a related ML framework

Benefits

Comp & perks

Amazon Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights
Sign-on bonus may be offered as part of the compensation package

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonPyTorchmachine learningSparse-BEV Joint Detection and Tracking modelsproduction ML pipelinesdataset creationmetricsoptimization

Certifications

BS in Computer Sciencerelated degree