Contract Student Worker Data Analyst
Foster, CA - USA
Job Summary
About Zoox
Zoox is an autonomous ridehailing company building the worlds first purpose-built robotaxi fully electric bidirectional with no steering wheel or drivers seat. Backed by Amazon and founded to make transportation safer cleaner and more accessible Zoox designs its vehicles entirely around the rider. Were currently operating in Las Vegas and San Francisco with Austin and Miami on the horizon and testing underway across seven U.S. markets.
About Our Contract Student Worker Program
Zooxs contract student worker program puts you at the center of one of the most ambitious challenges in transportation. Youll contribute to real projects work alongside engineers and researchers pushing the boundaries of autonomous technology and gain experience that goes well beyond the classroom. Were looking for students who bring strong academic foundations curiosity that doesnt stop at coursework and a drive to be part of something that matters.
- Partner with Operations leaders to define meaningful performance metrics and reporting requirements.
- Build and maintain data models dashboards and recurring reporting using SQL Databricks and Python.
- Analyze operational performance identify trends and root causes and translate findings into actionable recommendations.
- Establish data-quality checks and investigate gaps that could affect the accuracy or reliability of reporting
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- Use AI to accelerate data exploration code development insight generation and recurring reporting
- Prototype AI-enabled workflows that detect anomalies summarize performance automate business-review preparation and surface actions for operational leaders
- Collaborate with Product Engineering and Data Science partners to improve underlying data sources and instrumentation.
- Currently pursuing or recently completed a masters degree in data science business analytics computer science industrial engineering operations research statistics economics or a related field
- An AI-native analytical skill set with demonstrated experience using LLMs coding copilots or AI-enabled analytics tools to accelerate data exploration write and debug SQL or Python automate reporting and communicate insights
- Support weekly business reviews by developing clear performance narratives and surfacing risks and opportunities.
- Strong SQL skills and experience analyzing complex datasets.
- Experience building dashboards or data visualizations using Databricks Tableau Looker Power BI or a similar platform.
- Help establish metric ownership targets and sustainable reporting processes.
- Ability to translate ambiguous operational questions into structured analysis.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills including the ability to explain insights to non-technical audiences.
- Currently enrolled in a B.S. or M.S. program in a relevant discipline.
- A collaborative proactive approach and comfort working in a fast-moving environment.
- Available to commit to a minimum three-month assignment.
- Able to commit a minimum of 20 hours per week.
- Able to work on-site at in Foster City CA.
- Must adhere with Zoox confidentiality requirements including refraining from using or sharing proprietary company information outside of Zoox such as in academic research theses publications or presentations.
Required Experience:
IC
About Company
We’re reinventing personal transportation—making the future safer, cleaner, and more enjoyable for everyone. This is on-demand autonomous ride-hailing.