Autonomy Software Intern: ML & Robotics for AV

Zoox; Foster City (CA); On-site; USD 73,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Relocation stipend

Job summary

Zoox is offering a 12‑week internship in the Bay Area for graduate students pursuing an MS or PhD in CS, robotics, or EE. Interns join Autonomy Software teams and work with a mentor on open research questions that feed into Zoox vehicles and simulations.

You'll design and implement state‑of‑the‑art algorithms in C++ and Python, train models on driving data, and present results at a project showcase, with potential relocation support and benefits.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a MS or PhD in computer science, robotics, electrical engineering, or a related engineering program.
• Expected to graduate between Fall 2027 and Summer 2028, and enrolled at an accredited college or university throughout the internship.
• Able to commit to a full‑time, 12‑week internship beginning in May/June 2027.
• Ability to relocate to the Bay Area, California, for the duration of the internship.
• Interns at Zoox may not use any proprietary information they are working on as part of their thesis, any published work with their university, or to be distributed to anyone outside of Zoox.

Responsibilities

• Work on interesting research or advanced engineering problems that could have the potential to revolutionize the existing Autonomy Software stack.
• Design, build and evaluate state‑of‑the‑art algorithms or machine learning models for a real autonomous driving system.
• Train and test models on large‑scale driving and simulation data, and analyze failure modes to measure improvements.
• Write production‑quality C++ and Python that goes through code review.
• Present your results to your team and at the end‑of‑summer project showcase, and contribute to publishable research where the project allows.

Skills

C++

Python

Machine Learning

Computer Vision

Motion Planning

Education

MS or PhD in CS/Robotics/EE

Tools

PyTorch

Jax

TensorFlow

NumPy

Job description

Zoox is offering a 12‑week internship in the Bay Area for graduate students pursuing an MS or PhD in CS, robotics, or EE. Interns join Autonomy Software teams and work with a mentor on open research questions that feed into Zoox vehicles and simulations.

You'll design and implement state‑of‑the‑art algorithms in C++ and Python, train models on driving data, and present results at a project showcase, with potential relocation support and benefits.