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Zoox

Software Engineer - Driving Behavior

Foster City, CA
Salary
USD 177,000 - 270,000 / per-year-salary
Level
Mid
Work type
Hybrid · Foster City

Not stated in the posting: visa.

Open. First seen 22 October 2026.

About the role

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

What this role asks for

In most of Zoox's ads

Machine Learning

Named in most of its open postings, whatever the role.

Compared with Zoox's other open jobs.

The team: Autonomy Software HIRES STEADILY

This role is one of 36 open in Autonomy Software. 5 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in February: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.

WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS

Machine Learning (32 of 36), C++ (22 of 36), Python (17 of 36), Computer Vision (12 of 36), Deep Learning (9 of 36), CUDA (6 of 36), LLM (5 of 36)

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