Zoox · 2 hours ago
Senior/Staff Machine Learning Engineer, 3D Simulation
Foster City, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$242K/yr - $333K/yr
7+ years expZoox is developing the first ground-up, fully autonomous vehicle fleet and the supporting ecosystem required to bring this technology to market. The 3D Simulation group is looking for machine learning engineers to enhance simulation fidelity and variation through innovative ML techniques. You will collaborate with various teams to implement state-of-the-art machine learning approaches and build scalable cloud pipelines for 3D simulation.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Autonomous VehiclesMachine LearningRoboticsTransportation
Responsibilities
Research, implement, and optimize state of the art machine learning approaches to improve simulation variation and fidelity
Collaborate with ML Researchers, Technical Artists and Simulation engineers to bring new ML techniques to our production simulator
Build scalable, useable cloud pipelines for machine learning solutions in 3D simulation
Improve rendering and tooling for generating realistic data at scale
Qualification
Required
7+ years of experience with programming and algorithm design
Fluency in Python and C++
Experience building and extending radiance field ML models
Publications or production experience in human-centric 3D vision, 3D reconstruction, or style transfer
Strong mathematical skills and understanding of probabilistic techniques
Preferred
Bachelor's, Master's or PhD in computer science, mathematics, physics, or related field
Publications in your field (CVPR, ICCV, RSS, ICRA preferred)
Experience with generative models for 3D or video content
Experience automating 3D content pipelines using applications like Houdini, Maya, or Blender
Experience in distributed systems and cloud computing platforms
Experience in generative camera, lidar, radar, or LWIR
Benefits
Paid time off (e.g. sick leave, vacation, bereavement)
Unpaid time off
Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights
Amazon RSUs
Health insurance
Long-term care insurance
Long-term and short-term disability insurance
Life insurance
Company
Zoox
Zoox is an AI robotics company that provides mobility-as-a-service and self-driving car services. It is a sub-organization of Amazon.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$955MKey Investors
Grok Ventures
2020-06-26Acquired
2019-10-21Convertible Note· $200M
2018-07-08Series B· $465M
Leadership Team
Nelson Pedreiro
Sr. Vice President, Hardware
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Zheng Gao
Director of Hardware Engineering
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