Zoox · 7 hours ago
Data Scientist - Perception Verification and Validation
Zoox is developing the first ground-up, fully autonomous vehicle fleet and the supporting ecosystem required to bring this technology to market. They are seeking a highly skilled Data Scientist to join their Perception Verification and Validation team, responsible for verifying and validating the perception stack of their autonomous driving system. The role involves defining key performance metrics, creating datasets, analyzing metric results, and designing statistical methods for performance quantification.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Autonomous VehiclesMachine LearningRoboticsTransportation
Responsibilities
Define key performance metrics that will help perception engineers to measure the impact of new features on the perception stack and the end-to-end system behavior
Create and maintain datasets used to evaluate the perception stack and end-to-end driving performance
Analyze large scale metric results to identify patterns and insights about perception failure modes. Present results and insights to leadership
Design and implement statistical methods to quantify uncertainty in our performance and validation metrics
Qualification
Required
Master's or PhD degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related field
Proficient using data query languages (SQL and/or Spark/scala) to quickly build complex yet efficient data queries at scale and using Python to build production-quality code
Basic experience with autonomous driving, safety-critical systems, or computer vision systems
Proficient in exploratory data analysis (EDA) and data visualization to understand and present trends and their implications for the business
Background in statistical modeling and analysis; including experience making data-driven decisions that connect point and uncertainty estimates to business impact
Preferred
Skilled at using AI tools to improve development efficiency and quality
Experience with experiment design and statistical comparisons (A/B testing, parametric/non-parametric statistics, etc.)
Experience analyzing geospatial data
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.
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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
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