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Zoox · 2 weeks ago

Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Perception

Boston, MA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$277K/yr - $389K/yr

Zoox is developing the first ground-up, fully autonomous vehicle fleet and the supporting ecosystem required to bring this technology to market. In this role, you will lead the development of machine learning algorithms for perception, collaborating with teams to influence the technical direction of multiple organizations within the company.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Autonomous VehiclesMachine LearningRoboticsTransportation

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Develop new algorithms to understand the scene around the robot, and how that scene would evolve through time

Build multi-modal foundation models for on-vehicle and offline applications

Develop new algorithms to apply generative AI to simulation to improve the realism of our offline validation systems

Leverage our large-scale machine learning infrastructure to discover new solutions and push the boundaries of the field

Provide technical mentorship to the broader group of ML developers at Zoox

Collaborate with engineers on Prediction, Planning, and Simulation to solve the overall Autonomous Driving problem in complex urban environments

Qualification

Deep LearningMachine Learning pipelinesComputer VisionProgramming (C++/Python)Mathematical skillsAutonomous robotsRealtime sensor fusionConvolutional neural nets3D data representationsPublicationsTechnical mentorship

Required

BS, MS, or PhD degree in computer science or related field

Experience with training and deploying Deep Learning models on sensor data

Experience with production Machine Learning pipelines: dataset creation, training frameworks, metrics pipelines

Experience with modern computer vision techniques

Strong mathematical skills and understanding of probabilistic techniques

Fluency in C++ or Fluency in Python with a basic understanding of C++

Extensive experience with programming and algorithm design

Strong mathematics skills

Preferred

Publications in your field (CVPR, ICCV, RSS, ICRA preferred)

Experience with autonomous robots

Experience with realtime sensor fusion (e.g. LiDAR, camera, radar)

Experience with novel pipelines and architectures for convolutional neural nets

Experience with 3D data and representations (pointclouds, meshes, etc.)

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.

Founded in 2014

Foster City, California, USA

1001-5000 employees

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

Nelson Pedreiro

Sr. Vice President, Hardware

Zheng Gao

Director of Hardware Engineering

Recent News

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2025-12-13

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