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Senior/Staff Software Engineer - Behavior Capabilities

Zoox· Software – Autonomy Software
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Hybrid (Foster City, CA)$254k - $350kFull-timePosted 4mo ago

About the role

Senior/Staff Software Engineer role on the Fail Operational Planning team focused on behavioral and motion planning algorithms to maintain operation under failures, with cross-functional collaboration and ownership of algorithmic advancements.

Responsibilities

  • Create principled algorithmic improvements to specific areas of driving behavior and implement those changes in our code base.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally to develop strategies and intelligent behaviors to mitigate the performance degradation under various failure modes of the system.
  • Architect and implement scalable solutions ensuring seamless integration with the rest of the driving stack.
  • Partner with validation teams to define and execute tests for developed algorithms.

Qualifications

  • Master's degree in Computer Science or related field and 9+ years of experience
  • Fluency in C++
  • Extensive experience with programming and algorithm design
  • Understanding of vehicle kinematics

Skills

Required:C++Algorithm designVehicle kinematics

Benefits

  • Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights
  • Amazon RSUs
  • health insurance
  • long-term care insurance
  • long-term and short-term disability insurance
  • life insurance
  • paid time off (sick leave, vacation, bereavement)
  • unpaid time off
  • sign-on bonus may be offered
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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