Software Engineer - Driving Behavior
- 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)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- Senior Technical Program Manager - Verification and Validation posted Oct 7
- Manager, Technical Product Management – Autonomy Integration posted Oct 2
- Software Engineer - Planner GPU Compute posted Sep 27
- Senior Software Engineer - Planner GPU Compute posted Sep 25
- Senior Manager, Perception Data posted Sep 23
- Data Scientist - Perception Verification and Validation posted Sep 9
- Software Engineer - Collision Avoidance System Metrics posted Sep 3
- Senior Staff / Principal Software Engineer - Freeway Autonomy posted Aug 31
- Senior Software Engineer - Mapping Web posted Aug 28
- Senior/Staff Technical Program Manager - Autonomy Behaviors posted Aug 24
- Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Perception 3D Segmentation posted Jul 17
- Senior Full-stack Engineer - Mapping Web Services posted Jul 7
- Senior/Staff Software Engineer - Machine Learning & System Optimization posted Jun 30
- Software Engineer - Mapping Data Software posted Jun 18
- Senior/Staff Software Engineer - Planner Frameworks Pipeline posted Jun 16
- Software Engineer - Planner Frameworks Pipeline posted May 12
- Principal Software Engineer, Perception Architect posted Apr 20
- Senior Data Scientist - Verification & Validation posted Mar 27
- Manager, Technical Program Management - Artificial Intelligence posted Feb 20
- Software Engineering Manager - Perception Occupancy posted Feb 3
- Software Engineer - Mission Planning posted Jan 9
- Senior / Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Behavior Models for Road Users posted Dec 17
- Senior / Staff Software Engineer - Motion Planning posted Nov 5
- Senior Staff / Principal Machine Learning Engineer - Autonomy Behaviors posted Nov 4
- Senior/Staff Technical Program Manager - Artificial Intelligence posted Oct 21
- Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Perception posted May 20
- Software Engineer - Road Network Tools posted Mar 25
- Software Engineer - Behavior Capabilities posted Dec 2
- Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Perception posted Nov 12
- Software Engineer - Learned Trajectory Machine Learning Engineer posted Nov 7
- Senior / Staff Software Engineer - Learned Trajectory Machine Learning Engineer posted Nov 7
- Senior/Staff Software Engineer - Behavior Capabilities posted Jul 15
- Senior Staff Software Engineer - Perception & Sensing posted May 3
- Staff Data Scientist - Behavior Evaluation posted May 4
- Software Engineer - Motion Planning posted Feb 8
From the team and dates on Zoox's own job board.
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