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Data Scientist - Perception Verification and Validation

Zoox· Software – Autonomy Software
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Hybrid (Boston, MA)$167k - $228kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Data Scientist role in the Perception Verification and Validation team to verify and validate the perception stack of an autonomous driving system, developing datasets and metrics, and defining KPIs to measure feature impact on perception and end-to-end system behavior.

Responsibilities

  • Define key performance metrics that will help perception engineers to measure the impact of new features on the perception stack and the end-to-end system behavior
  • Create and maintain datasets used to evaluate the perception stack and end-to-end driving performance
  • Analyze large scale metric results to identify patterns and insights about perception failure modes. Present results and insights to leadership
  • Design and implement statistical methods to quantify uncertainty in our performance and validation metrics

Qualifications

  • Master's or PhD degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related field
  • Proficient using data query languages (SQL and/or Spark/Scala) to quickly build complex yet efficient data queries at scale and using Python to build production-quality code
  • Basic experience with autonomous driving, safety-critical systems, or computer vision systems
  • Proficient in exploratory data analysis (EDA) and data visualization to understand and present trends and their implications for the business
  • Background in statistical modeling and analysis; including experience making data-driven decisions that connect point and uncertainty estimates to business impact

Skills

Required:Key performance metrics definitionDataset creation and maintenanceStatistical analysis and uncertainty quantificationExploratory data analysis and visualizationData querying (SQL, Spark/Scala)Python production-quality coding

Benefits

  • Zoox offers a comprehensive package of benefits, including 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, and life insurance
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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