Zoox is building the world's most advanced self-driving hardware and software solution, and nearly every part of it depends on moving data reliably. Sensor frames to perception, planner decisions to vehicle controls, telemetry to the cloud, and remote operator video back down again. All of it crosses process, host, and network boundaries under hard latency and reliability budgets, on a vehicle that has to keep working when a link degrades or a network gets congested.
The Middleware Transport team owns that data path end to end: in-vehicle messaging (pub/sub, RPC, inter-process and inter-host transport), the vehicle's internal network, and vehicle-to-cloud connectivity. It also owns the transport and serialization abstractions the rest of the software organization builds on. Every one of those paths crosses a team boundary, so the work happens alongside firmware, product security, simulation, manufacturing, and IT, and those partners rely on this team for transport and networking depth to achieve their goals. As the team leader you will own the roadmap and the release commitments, and you will spend a real share of your time in those partnerships.
In this role, you will:
Own the roadmap, staffing, and release commitments across the team's messaging, in-vehicle network, and cloud connectivity work.
Lead and grow a team of software engineers, run their performance and promotion cycles, and hire into the gaps.
Represent the team in cross-functional programs across firmware, product security, simulation, fleet operations, and infrastructure, and build the relationships that keep shared work moving.
Set the technical bar. Make the architecture calls stick, and make sure the abstractions the team ships are ones other teams want to build on.
Balance interrupt-driven reliability work against long-horizon architecture, and be explicit with partners about the tradeoff.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, electrical / computer engineering, or equivalent experience.
- 9+ years of experience in software development, with 4+ years in a leadership role managing software engineers.
- Strong grounding in at least one of: networked distributed systems, pub/sub and RPC middleware, vehicle or embedded networking, or transport protocols. Enough depth to hold your own in a design review without needing to run it.
- Strong C++ programming experience with large code bases and technical dependencies.
- A track record of driving work that spans organizational boundaries, where you did not control the people doing the work.
Bonus Qualifications
- Robotics, automotive, aerospace, or another safety-relevant domain.
- Hands-on experience with DDS, PTP and time synchronization, QUIC or multipath transport, or Ethernet switch configuration and diagnostics at fleet scale.
- Experience building platform abstractions with internal customers, including the migration and adoption side.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent experience
- 9+ years of software development experience
- 4+ years of experience managing software engineers in a leadership role
- Strong grounding in networked distributed systems, pub/sub and RPC middleware, vehicle or embedded networking, or transport protocols
- Strong C++ programming experience with large codebases and technical dependencies
- Track record of driving work across organizational boundaries without direct authority over participating teams
- Experience in robotics, automotive, aerospace, or another safety-relevant domain
- Hands-on experience with DDS, PTP and time synchronization, QUIC or multipath transport, or Ethernet switch configuration and diagnostics at fleet scale
- Experience building platform abstractions with internal customers, including migration and adoption
Zoox Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Zoox and has not been reviewed or approved by Zoox.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare is extensive, with broad medical and vision options, company‑paid disability coverage, and multiple mental‑health resources. Feedback suggests coverage breadth and auxiliary programs support a wide range of needs.
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Parental & Family Support — Family supports include paid parental leave, additional pregnancy disability time, fertility coverage, and adoption/surrogacy assistance. Backup care and family‑oriented programs further reinforce support across life stages.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Day‑to‑day perks are robust, including free daily meals, fitness subsidies, commuter support, and on‑site amenities. Feedback suggests these lifestyle benefits enhance convenience and workplace experience, especially for office‑based roles.
Zoox Insights
What We Do
Zoox is an autonomous mobility company that was founded to provide a safer, cleaner, and more enjoyable future on the road. To achieve that goal, the company has spent the past 10 years creating a purpose-built robotaxi that gives the world a better way to ride.
Why Work With Us
At Zoox, we are working to solve one of the greatest technological challenges of our generation. From the beginning, we have been focused on our goal of reimagining transportation from the ground up. We are a mission-driven community of innovators working together to create a safer, cleaner, and more enjoyable future on the road.
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