Embedded Software Engineer - Drive Systems

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 Zoox’s program offers hands-on experience with cutting-edge technology, mentorship from some of the industry’s 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 Zoox’s mission. Project Overview Zoox is seeking a motivated Firmware Engineer student worker to join our team, focusing on diagnostic services for the thermal and body systems. This is an opportunity to own highly-visible, foundational projects where you will extend our existing diagnostic infrastructure. You will work on the full development cycle of robot firmware development. In this role, you will: Work on the development of diagnostics for autonomous vehicle software, ensuring robust fault detection, reactions, and serviceability Design, develop, and test embedded software for body, thermal, lighting, and door functions of the Zoox vehicle Contribute to all phases of the software development cycle including prototyping, requirements capture, design, implementation, and validation Collaborate with system, software, hardware, and test engineers to define, implement, and validate diagnostic requirements Qualifications: Currently enrolled in a Bachelor's or Master's program in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering or equivalent experience Proficiency in modern C++ for firmware development Experience with Python programming Experience with embedded micro-control

Zoox is looking for an AWS Cloud Security Engineer to lead the design and implementation of secure, scalable, and software-defined infrastructure in our AWS cloud environment. This role is responsible for establishing best-in-class security practices across AWS, driving automation-first infrastructure security, and partnering with engineering and platform teams to embed security into every layer of our technology stack. You’ll act as a security champion, ensuring that infrastructure designs meet the highest standards of confidentiality, integrity, and availability — while maintaining operational efficiency and scalability through Infrastructure as Code (IaC). In this role, you will: Define and own the multi-year security architecture and roadmap for Zoox's robots and fleet, spanning embedded/firmware, in-vehicle networks, cloud, and supporting infrastructure. Partner with hardware, firmware, autonomy, and infrastructure engineering teams to embed security requirements into system design from the ground up, rather than bolting them on after the fact. Lead threat modeling and architecture reviews for new vehicle platforms and major feature launches, identifying and prioritizing systemic risk across the fleet. Set technical standards and guardrails - secure boot, key management, network segmentation, update/OTA security, and more - and drive their adoption across engineering teams. Represent Product Security in cross-functional and leadership discussions, translating technical risk into business and safety impact for the organization. Qualifications 10+ years of experience in security engineering, including significant time in an architect, staff, or technical lead capacity. Deep expertise in embedded/IoT security, including secure boot, TPM/TEE, cryptographic key management, and hardened firmware/OS design. Demonstrated experience architecting security for complex, physical/cyber-physical sys

Zoox is looking for an embedded software engineer to join our Firmware Body Systems team. In this role, you will be responsible for embedded software development for the body, thermal, lighting, and closure system functions and sub-systems of the Zoox vehicle. This includes integration of supplier systems, coordination and control of all body sub-systems, and interactions with higher-level systems. You will work closely with vehicle engineers, systems engineers, controls engineers, electrical engineers, and suppliers to create a seamless and highly automated rider experience for the Zoox vehicle. We are looking for people who are passionate about working with hardware and developing production-quality code for complex dynamic systems. In this role, you will: Design, develop, and test embedded software for body, thermal, lighting, and door functions of the Zoox vehicle Create software requirements, design documentation, test plans, and other supporting documentation Work cross-functionally with vehicle engineers, controls engineers, electrical engineers, validation engineers, and other experts to ensure a seamless and highly-automated experience for the Zoox vehicle Integrate supplier sub-systems into the Zoox softwar

As a Software Engineer on the Firmware team, you will own the software integration, performance, optimization, and debugging of our TCU (Telematics Control Unit). Managing a complex architecture that integrates third-party hardware with our autonomous vehicle platform, you will analyze diagnostics and log outputs across cellular networks, 4G/5G modems, internal software layers, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth. You will not only reactively troubleshoot complex field issues but also proactively architect and develop robust host-side connectivity software to handle cellular edge cases and vulnerabilities before they impact operations. Your work will directly safeguard the safety, reliability, and scaling of the Zoox autonomous fleet. Robust, low-latency connectivity is fundamental to autonomous vehicle deployment, powering essential real-time cloud services, fleet management pipelines, and teleoperation capabilities. By ensuring our vehicles maintain seamless, high-performance connections under the most demanding real-world conditions, you will bridge the gap between cutting-edge hardware, cloud infrastructure, and test systems to enable Zoox to deliver the future of autonomous mobility. You will leverage a profound understanding of how these stacks operate to define the architecture, utilize vendor interfaces, and debug complex cross-layer issues. Responsibilities Contribute and Develop: Contribute to Zoox's firmware and cellular wireless connectivity stack (LTE/5G), developing and enhancing connectivity features across multiple generations of hardware. Vendor Integration: Act as the primary technical expert working with cellular chipset vendors (e.g., Qualcomm) to integrate their proprietary firmware, SW stacks, and L1-L3 implementations into our custom embedded Linux platform. Architecture Definition: Define, architect, and validate the critical software interfaces betw

Zoox's Robot Software Infrastructure team is seeking a passionate software engineer to help develop and advance the common performant operating system that powers several devices on our Robotaxi including onboard AI systems running Autonomy software. This team develops platform-level software and services, including custom operating systems that enable complex, hardware-accelerated workloads critical for autonomous driving on automotive-grade hardware. We work closely with cross-functional teams—including other software developers, hardware engineering, release management, manufacturing and operations—to support vehicle development and deployment at scale. If you are excited to explore a broad problem space and are mindful of how components fit within a larger system, you may be a great fit! In this role, you will: Design, develop, and maintain the operating system platform that powers various on-bot devices and applications Configure and manage embedded Linux build systems (e.g., Yocto) and bootloader processes (e.g., U-Boot) to ensure reliable system startup and maintenance Develop and optimize device drivers and kernel-space components using C, C++, or Rust to meet performance and reliability requirements Collaborate cross-functionally to support seamless integration and delivery of the OS platform, triage issues, support new hardware bring-up and manufacturing functions Qualifications 4+ years delivering embedded software for production systems Have a deep understanding of Linux, build systems like Yocto, and bootloaders like U-Boot Be familiar with Linux init systems (e.g., systemd), containerization concepts (e.g., chroot, cgroups, Linux namespaces), and filesystems Understand device drivers and kernel-space code and proficiency in a language without automatic memory management (e.g., C or C++), and in multiple scripting languages like bash and Python S

Zoox's Robot Software Infrastructure team is seeking a passionate software engineer to help develop and advance the common performant operating system that powers several devices on our vehicle including Autonomy systems. This team develops platform-level software and services, including operating systems that enable complex, hardware-accelerated workloads critical for autonomous driving on automotive-grade hardware. We work closely with cross-functional teams—including developers, release management, hardware engineering, manufacturing and operations—to support vehicle development and deployment at scale. You'll have the opportunity to influence the next generation of our platform, hardware, and robotaxi. If you are excited to explore a broad problem space and are mindful of how components fit within a larger system, you may be a great fit! In this role, you will: Design, develop, and maintain the operating system platform that powers various on-bot devices and applications Architect and implement platform-level software to support robust and scalable robotics infrastructure Configure and manage embedded Linux build systems (e.g., Yocto) and bootloader processes (e.g., U-Boot) to ensure reliable system startup and maintenance Develop and optimize device drivers and kernel-space components using C, C++, or Rust to meet performance and reliability requirements Collaborate cross-functionally to support seamless integration and delivery of the OS platform, triage issues, support new hardware bring-up and manufacturing functions Qualifications 8+ years delivering production systems and software applications, 2+ years of delivering custom Embedded Linux operating systems Have a deep understanding of Linux, build systems like Yocto, and bootloaders like U