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Zoox · 4 hours ago

Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Perception

positionFoster City, CA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level
money$242K/yr - $290K/yr

Zoox is developing the first ground-up, fully autonomous vehicle fleet and the supporting ecosystem required to bring this technology to market. As a Perception Engineer, you will design and implement detection models to enhance the next generation of driving software, contributing to the advancement of safe and reliable autonomous mobility.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Autonomous VehiclesMachine LearningRoboticsTransportation
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Responsibilities

Train ML models, perform various studies into incorporating SOTA approaches as well as ablations/modifications of existing models
Document experimental outcomes and drive towards deploying these models into Zoox robots
Visualize your data at the input and output to understand the issues
Collaborate with teams such as ML optimization, data labeling, metrics and planner to ensure project is successful for Zoox releases

Qualification

PyTorchML model deploymentJoint detection modelsEnd-to-end trainingCollaboration skills

Required

MS/PhD in Computer Science or related field
Experience with PyTorch or related ML frameworks
Experience deploying learned models into production
Excellent collaboration and teamwork skills with proven track record of working on large-scale problems

Preferred

Prior experience in the AV or related space with joint detection and tracking models
Deep understanding of how to setup end-to-end training and evaluation processes

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

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Zoox is an AI robotics company that provides mobility-as-a-service and self-driving car services. It is a sub-organization of Amazon.
dateFounded in 2014
location
Foster City, California, USA
people-size1001-5000 employees
web-link
https://www.zoox.com/

H1B Sponsorship

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Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$955M
Key Investors
Grok Ventures
2020-06-26Acquired
2019-10-21Convertible Note· $200M
2018-07-08Series B· $465M

Leadership Team

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Nelson Pedreiro
Sr. Vice President, Hardware
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Zheng Gao
Director of Hardware Engineering
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