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Job Location drjobs

Foster, CA - USA

Monthly Salary drjobs

$ 230000 - 332000

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

The Fail Operational Planning team at Zoox works to ensure that the robot continues to operate effectively even in the presence of minor compartmentalized failures or degraded capabilities. The focus of the team includes developing behavioral and motion planning algorithms to improve trip progress vehicle uptime metrics and correspondingly a better customer experience. This is a cuttingedge problem which requires teamwork and collaboration across a diverse group of experts including Planner Perception Prediction Hardware and more.

On this team you will contribute to the next generation of algorithmic advancements to expand our robots ability to drive in some of the most complex scenarios. We are looking for an engineer who is excited to understand the interdependencies within the driving stack and takes ownership of their projects and has a holistic product focused approach towards development.

In this role you will:

    • Create principled algorithmic improvements to specific areas of driving behavior and implement those changes in our code base.
    • Collaborate crossfunctionally to develop strategies and intelligent behaviors to mitigate the performance degradation under various failure modes of the system.
    • Architect and implement scalable solutions ensuring seamless integration with the rest of the driving stack.
    • Partner with validation teams to define and execute tests for developed algorithms.

Qualifications:

    • Masters degree in Computer Science or related field
    • Fluency in C
    • Extensive experience with programming and algorithm design
    • Understanding of vehicle kinematics
    • 7 years of experience in a related field

Bonus Qualifications

    • PhD in Computer Science Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineering or related field
    • Experience shipping products to market (commercial robotics drones consumer devices etc.
    • Demonstrated ability to create realtime motion planning algorithms in a crossfunctional team
Compensation
There are three major components to compensation for this position: salary Amazon Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) and Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights. The salary will range from$230000 to $332000. A signon bonus may be part of a compensation package. Compensation will vary based on geographic location jobrelated knowledge skills and experience.

Zoox also offers a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (e.g. sick leave vacation bereavement) unpaid time off Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights Amazon RSUs health insurance longterm care insurance longterm and shortterm disability insurance and life insurance.

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Senior IC

Employment Type

Full-Time

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