Zoox

Software Engineer - Motion Planning

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over 10 years ago
Foster City, CA, USA or Seattle, WA, USAMid Level
H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$189k - $270k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Create and implement principled algorithmic improvements to driving behavior in the codebase
  • Use backend tooling to test changes across many driving situations
  • Lead on-vehicle drive reviews and turn driving-performance feedback into improvements
  • Stay informed about developments in robotics and motion planning through conferences and literature reviews
  • Write and file patents for novel technologies

Requirements

  • Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field and relevant experience
  • Fluency in C++
  • Understanding of configuration spaces and planning techniques including A*, RRTs, and PRMs
  • Demonstrated ability to create real-time motion-planning algorithms
  • Significant contributions to geometric- or sampling-based planning algorithms are a bonus
  • Experience with autonomous robots and machine learning or data-driven development processes is a bonus
  • Experience with ROS, pose estimation, SLAM, probabilistic filtering, 3D data, or CUDA is a bonus

Benefits

  • Paid time off including sick leave, vacation, and bereavement leave
  • Unpaid time off
  • Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights and Amazon RSUs
  • Health insurance
  • Long-term care insurance
  • Long-term and short-term disability insurance
  • Life insurance

Tech Stack

Categories

Robotics
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About Zoox

1,001-5,000 employees

Zoox is transforming mobility-as-a-service by developing a fully autonomous, purpose-built fleet designed for AI to drive and humans to enjoy.

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