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Engineering Manager, Simulation Scenario Generation

Zoox· Software – Software Systems
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Foster City, CA$237k - $322kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Engineering Manager leading a mixed team of software and ML engineers to build simulation tools, generative models, and agentic tooling for validating autonomous vehicle safety and performance; responsible for technical direction, team growth, and cross-functional scaling of generative scenario creation.

Responsibilities

  • Manage and grow a mixed team of software and machine learning engineers building simulation tools used across engineering to validate autonomous vehicle safety and performance.
  • Set and drive the team's technical direction, investing in agentic tooling to automate manual simulation workflows and deploying in-house generative models for exploratory vehicle testing.
  • Lead high-visibility, cross-functional initiatives to scale the company's generative scenario creation capabilities, partnering with stakeholders across engineering and earning executive sponsorship.
  • Own delivery of simulation tooling and services, including scenario authoring tools (e.g., 3D visual editors).
  • Ensure simulation tooling keeps pace with new Operational Design Domain (ODD) capabilities and upcoming autonomy milestones.
  • Recruit, mentor, and develop engineers across both software and ML disciplines, including hiring ML engineers; build a strong team culture and clear growth paths.
  • Partner with product, safety, autonomy, and validation stakeholders to prioritize the roadmap, translate business needs into technical execution, and deliver against autonomy milestones.

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of software engineering experience, with demonstrated technical depth in simulation, developer tools, infrastructure, or a related domain.
  • 2+ years directly managing software and/or ML engineering teams, including hiring, mentoring, and performance management.
  • Experience partnering cross-functionally with leaders and stakeholders across engineering to prioritize and deliver a shared roadmap.
  • Strong understanding of simulation, testing, or validation systems for complex, safety-critical software.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Skills

Required:Software engineering team managementSimulation and validation tooling
Nice to have:Generative AI / generative models

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
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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