Collision Avoidance Metrics Engineer

Socket.dev; Foster City (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Zoox is seeking a CAS Verification & Validation Engineer to analyze vast driving data and develop metrics to measure system performance. You will collaborate across CAS, Perception, and Planning teams to quantify improvements in autonomous driving.

Strong programming and distributed computing experience are essential for this role. Join Zoox in advancing safety-critical software in a fast-moving, execution-oriented team focused on robust validation plans and metrics for a next-generation

Qualifications

• What you will bring: strong programming skills with C++/Python and solid algorithm design.
• Advanced degree in CS or a related field is preferred.
• Experience with large-scale data analysis and distributed computing is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Apply distributed computing to analyze petabytes of urban driving data.
• Develop metrics and tools to evaluate system performance and errors.
• Collaborate with CAS engineers to measure and improve CAS performance.
• Define metrics for autonomous driving with Perception and Planning teams.
• Work closely with SDMA/QA to validate features and validate performance.

Skills

C++ and Python

Algorithms design

Programming experience

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Spark

Databricks

MapReduce pipelines

Job description

Zoox is seeking a CAS Verification & Validation Engineer to analyze vast driving data and develop metrics to measure system performance. You will collaborate across CAS, Perception, and Planning teams to quantify improvements in autonomous driving.

Strong programming and distributed computing experience are essential for this role. Join Zoox in advancing safety-critical software in a fast-moving, execution-oriented team focused on robust validation plans and metrics for a next-generation