Software Engineer - Mission Planning

Zoox is on an ambitious journey to develop a full-stack autonomous mobility solution. This role will be a part of a team to expand Zoox’s autonomous mobility to new geofences. We are looking for a Software Engineer to improve and develop autonomous driving capabilities in new conditions. In this role, you will: Design behavioral and motion planning algorithms to improve driving behavior in new geofences and implement those designs in our code base. Adapt existing algorithms and software modules for autonomous driving in new geofences. Integrate and test your developed applications in the robot, learn, and make improvements. Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to support the integration and validation of software components and features for geofence expansion. Support or lead vehicle testing to generate actionable feedback on driving performance. Write and file patents for novel technologies you develop. Qualifications Master's degree in Computer Science or related field and 3+ years of experience Proficient in C++ programming Proven experience in at least one of the following domains: behavioral planning, motion planning, or mission planning for autonomous vehicles Bonus Qualifications Experience with behavioral and motion planning for high-speed autonomous driving Experience with autonomous robots and machine learning or data-driven development processes

Zoox is on a mission to reimagine transportation and ground-up build autonomous robotaxis that are safe, reliable, clean, and enjoyable for everyone. We are still in the early stages of deploying our robotaxis on public roads, and it is a great time to join Zoox and have a significant impact in executing this mission. The ML Platform team at Zoox plays a crucial role in enabling innovations in ML and CV to make autonomous driving as seamless as possible. The Opportunity Would you like to be part of the ML Training platform team that enables autonomous driving, driving scenario understanding, learned planning and trajectories, large scale driving simulations and several other ML use cases at Zoox? You will get to work across all ML teams within Zoox - Foundation Models, Perception, Prediction, Planner, Simulation, Data Science, Collision Avoidance, etc. and have the opportunity to significantly push the boundaries of how ML is practiced within Zoox. The ML Training platform team builds and operates the core part of the ML platform that powers model training at scale. We are responsible for developing and operating ML tools, deep learning frameworks, and distributed model training infrastructure to support foundational models and reinforcement learning. This team also owns the model repository and model lifecycle management tools used by our applied research teams for in- and off-vehicle ML use cases. You will play a crucial role in reducing the time it takes from ideation to productionization of cutting-edge AI innovation. This team has a lot of growth opportunities as we expand our robotaxi deployments and venture into new ML domains. In this role, you will: Build the Zoox Training framework leveraged by all ML teams within Zoox. This framework needs to be highly scalable, reliable, and efficient. Design, implement, and operate a robust and efficient ML platform to enable the training, validation, serving, and monitoring of ML models. Co

The Collision Avoidance System (CAS) is responsible for detecting and reacting to imminent collision situations in support of our vehicle’s overall safety goals. CAS Perception is responsible for processing raw sensor data from our vehicle’s world-class sensor suite using a combination of geometric, interpretable algorithms and deep learning to detect near-collisions with obstacles along our intended driving path, in the most challenging dense urban environments and under tight compute resource constraints. Overall CAS is parallel and complementary to our Main Artificial Intelligence (AI) autonomy stack, and has a close relationship with our vehicle hardware and safety teams in order to architect redundancy into our overall driving system. The CAS Verification & Validation (CAS V&V) is a multidisciplinary team data, software and systems engineers defining and building metrics to measure the Collision Avoidance System performance and work with the Systems Design and Mission Assurance (SDMA) and QA teams to develop validation plans for the features. In this role, you will: Apply distributed computing algorithms to analyze petabytes of urban driving data. Develop metrics and tools to analyze errors and system improvements. Work closely with CAS engineers to evaluate system performance. Collaborate with Perception engineers to define metrics for autonomous driving. Partner with Planning engineers to measure performance in complex urban environments. Qualifications: BS, MS, or PhD degree in computer science or a related field Fluency in C++ and/or Python Extensive experience with programming and algorithm design Bonus Qualifications: Experience with analysis of latency for safety-critical software systems Experience with petabyte-scale distributed computing (Spark, Databricks, generic MapReduce pipelines) <li

Zoox’s System Design and Mission Assurance (SDMA) team constructs the Safety Case and validates that our vehicles are safe for autonomous driving. SDMA enables Zoox to rapidly iterate and safely expand capabilities through trustworthy, innovative, and pragmatic safety engineering. As a Platform System Vehicle Test Engineer at Zoox, you will be working as part of a multidisciplinary team to develop and test systems that enable and support our robotaxi, ensuring the safety and performance of the closed-loop drive system. The Platform System Vehicle Test Engineer will have strong technical skills, and a deep understanding of functional safety technical solutions and verification techniques based on ISO 26262 or similar standards. You will be responsible for developing and executing vehicle-level testing for autonomous safety-critical systems. In this role, you will: Develop and execute the technical and logistical planning of vehicle tests including cross-functional coordination with other teams such as systems requirements, firmware, software motion controls, vehicle engineering, and operations Interpret complex test data, and strategize the optimal balance between physical vehicle testing and simulation to ensure comprehensive test coverage Analyze system requirements to understand the safety concept Maintain traceability between requirements, test cases, and results Design, develop, and operate the Zoox Robot, test equipment, and instrumentation systems Troubleshoot and debug issues in the field, and trace failures to correct subsystems Perform test data analysis and report test results. Define and develop automated data extraction tools to streamline and continuously improve analysis and reporting. Qualifications: B.S. or higher degree in Automotive Engineering, Aerospace, Robotics, Electrical, Mechanical, or Systems Engineering 6+ years of test engineering experience in the automobile, robot

Replit is the agentic software creation platform that enables anyone to build applications using natural language. With millions of users worldwide, Replit is democratizing software development by removing traditional barriers to application creation. About the Role: Join our Infrastructure Engineering team and help ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of Replit's infrastructure that serves millions of developers worldwide. As a Staff Infrastructure Engineer, you will bridge the gap between development and operations, implementing automation and establishing best practices that enable our platform to scale efficiently while maintaining high availability. We are seeking Staff Infrastructure Engineers who are passionate about building and maintaining resilient systems at scale. Your mission will be to proactively find and analyze reliability problems across our stack, then design and implement software and systems to create step-function improvements. You will design robust monitoring solutions, automate operational tasks, and continuously improve our infrastructure's reliability, all while mentoring and educating the broader engineering team to make reliability a core value at Replit. You Will: Drive Automation and Infrastructure as Code: Architect, build, and improve automation to eliminate toil and operational work. Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation using tools like Terraform or Pulumi. Create self-healing systems that can automatically respond to common failure scenarios. Optimize Performance and Infrastructure: Collaborate with core infrastructure and product teams to performance tune and optimize our cloud deployments (Kubernetes, Docker, GCP). Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, implement capacity planning strategies, and reduce latency across global regions. Elevate Developer Experience: Design and implement improvements to our build, test, and deployment systems to make software delivery faster, safer,

Zoox is seeking an impactful and visionary Head of Executive Recruiting to architect and scale our in-house executive search capabilities. Operating as a strategic player-coach and trusted advisor to leadership, you will engineer the executive recruiting strategy and infrastructure, personally lead high-impact Director+ searches, and manage a dedicated team to deliver our most mission-critical hiring needs. In this role, you will... Leadership: Design and scale a world-class executive search function, including managing/coaching a small team, development of internal executive research capabilities and long-term succession planning. End-to-End Recruitment: Own and drive the entire executive recruitment lifecycle, from initial strategy meeting to candidate offer and closing, ensuring a seamless and high-touch experience for all executive candidates. Hands-on Executive Search: While leading the function and team, remain actively involved in the full-cycle execution of high-priority, mission-critical searches, personally driving candidate generation, engagement, and closing for select senior-level roles. Market Mapping & Sourcing: Develop sophisticated, data-driven market maps of executive talent in relevant industries (e.g., autonomous technology, automotive, software, hardware engineering, operations, finance). Candidate Engagement: Articulate the Zoox mission, vision, and unique culture compellingly to high-profile executive candidates, often involving complex compensation, negotiation, and relocation strategies. Confidentiality & Discretion: Handle extremely sensitive and confidential candidate information and internal organizational details with the utmost professionalism and discretion. Partnering with Leadership: Serve as a tru