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Senior Staff / Principal Software Engineer - Freeway Autonomy

Zoox· Software – Autonomy Software
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Foster City, CA$340k - $493kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Senior Staff or Principal Software Engineer to lead driverless freeway autonomy initiatives, contributing deep technical expertise across autonomy domains and driving cross-functional execution to enable freeway-grade autonomous operation.

Responsibilities

  • Guide autonomy-wide initiatives toward driverless freeway operation, including setting the technical vision and strategy, building the roadmap, and driving cross-functional execution
  • Identify the highest-risk gaps between our current freeway capabilities and driver-out readiness, and lead the engineering work to close them
  • Develop algorithms that enable freeway driving capabilities, spanning architecture, design, implementation, integration, testing, and verification and validation
  • Communicate technical trade-offs, risk assessments, and readiness recommendations to diverse stakeholders, including senior and executive leadership
  • Mentor engineers across the freeway program and raise the bar for how we design, test, and validate high-speed autonomous driving

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of industry software experience
  • Demonstrated technical leadership of removing the human driver from an autonomous vehicle operating on freeways or highways
  • Deep technical expertise in at least one autonomy domain, such as behavior/motion planning, perception, prediction, simulation, or systems engineering
  • Proven ability to lead large, cross-functional engineering efforts from ambiguity to shipped results
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical trade-offs for varied audiences including executives

Skills

Required:Software engineeringAutonomy domain expertiseLeadership and stakeholder communication
Nice to have:C++

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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