The Perception team at Zoox is fundamental to our autonomous vehicle technology, creating the understanding of the world for our self-driving robots. We enable safe and efficient navigation in complex environments through sophisticated detection, classification, and tracking systems.
As an engineer on the Localization team, you will be a key contributor to Zoox’s online pose estimation systems. This role focuses on improving the ML systems that utilize cameras for Localization. You will design, train, validate, and integrate computer vision models into the online software system. Your work will enable important milestones to scaling and autonomy capabilities and will be critical to the success of Zoox.
In this role, you will...
Research, implement, and train ML models to perform vision based localization
Curate datasets for model training and validation
Closely collaborate with validation teams to formulate and execute model validation pipelines
Integrate models into the greater onboard autonomy system within compute budgets
Be a technical leader on the team, maintaining coding and ML development best practices and contributing to architectural decisions
Qualifications
MS plus 7+ years in Computer Science or related field
Experience in computer vision based pose estimation
Experience with training and deploying deep learning models
Experience with with Python libraries (pytorch, numpy)
Experience with C++
Bonus Qualifications
Experience with SLAM systems which incorporate ML models
Experience in robotics or autonomous systems
Experience with CUDA and/or GPU programming
Skills Required
- MS plus 7+ years in Computer Science or related field
- Experience in computer vision based pose estimation
- Experience with training and deploying deep learning models
- Experience with Python libraries (pytorch, numpy)
- Experience with C++
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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