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Contract Student Worker – Firmware Engineer (FW Thermal/Body)

Zoox· Software – Software Platforms and Product
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Hybrid (Foster City, CA / San Diego, CA / Seattle, WA)$30/hrContractPosted 6mo ago

About the role

Part-time student worker role focused on diagnostic services for Zoox vehicle thermal and body systems, involving embedded firmware development and full software lifecycle activities.

Responsibilities

  • Work on the development of diagnostics for autonomous vehicle software, ensuring robust fault detection, reactions, and serviceability
  • Design, develop, and test embedded software for body, thermal, lighting, and door functions of the Zoox vehicle
  • Contribute to all phases of the software development cycle including prototyping, requirements capture, design, implementation, and validation
  • Collaborate with system, software, hardware, and test engineers to define, implement, and validate diagnostic requirements

Qualifications

  • Currently enrolled in a Bachelor's or Master's program in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering or equivalent experience
  • Proficiency in modern C++ for firmware development
  • Experience with Python programming
  • Experience with embedded micro-controllers and/or microprocessors (ARM, PowerPC)
  • Basic knowledge of control systems for electromechanical systems

Skills

Required:C++PythonEmbedded systemsControl systems
Nice to have:Unit testing (gtest)Hardware bring-up and debuggingAutomotive protocols

Benefits

  • Benefits package as offered by the vendor
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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