Part Time Student Worker – Performance Optimization & Agentic Systems
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Job Location:
San Diego, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
8 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
About Zoox
Zoox is transforming mobility with fully autonomous electric vehicles designed from the ground up for a driverless future. Our mission is to make transportation safer more sustainable and accessible to everyone. At Zoox innovation collaboration and a bold vision for the future drive everything we do.
About Our Part Time Student Worker Program
Zooxs program offers hands-on experience with cutting-edge technology mentorship from some of the industrys brightest minds and the opportunity to make meaningful contributions to real projects. We seek part time student workers who demonstrate strong academic performance engagement beyond the classroom intellectual curiosity and a genuine interest in Zooxs mission.
Project Overview
Zoox is seeking a highly detail-oriented and methodical student contractor to join our platform architecture team. The primary focus of this role is to design and execute rigorous performance optimization experiments for software processes running on high-performance CPU/GPU platforms (NVIDIA).
In this role you will:
- Ensure that experiments are reproducible profiling data is meticulously captured and edge cases are thoroughly investigated
- Thrive on precision
- You will work at the intersection of traditional hardware-aware optimization and cutting-edge agentic systems using tools like Claude to develop LLM-based agents that can assist in the optimization lifecycle
Qualifications:
- Strong Mathematical Foundation: Demonstrated proficiency in Linear Algebra Control Theory or Stochastic Optimization to model autonomy and performance bottlenecks
- Hardware-Aware Optimization: A deep academic or project-based understanding of computer architecture (NVIDIA platforms) to optimize for memory bandwidth and high-throughput TFLOPS
Agentic Systems & Analysis: Experience experimenting with LLM-based agents and a disciplined approach to systems profiling and software engineering - Operational Style: You must be exceptionally detail-oriented and careful in your execution prioritizing accuracy and deep-dive analysis over speed
Program Requirements:
- Currently pursuing a B.S. or M.S. in a relevant engineering field
- Available for a 6 month project
- Able to commit to at least 20 hours per week
- Ability to commute on-site to one of our offices
- Student Worker may not use proprietary Zoox information in university theses publications or share it outside
$30 per hour.
This is a contract position and employment for this position will be through a vendor contracted with Zoox. The hourly pay range is posted and you will be eligible for a benefits package as offered by the vendor.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
About Company
We’re reinventing personal transportation—making the future safer, cleaner, and more enjoyable for everyone. This is on-demand autonomous ride-hailing.
