Engineering Manager, AI-Powered Simulation Tools

Ev Magazine; Foster City (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights

Amazon RSUs

Health insurance

Paid time off

Long-term care insurance

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Job summary

Zoox in Foster City, CA is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a mixed team of software and ML engineers building scenario authoring tools, generative models, and agentic tooling used to validate autonomous vehicle safety and performance.

You will own the team's technical direction, scale generative scenario creation, mentor engineers, and partner with product, safety, autonomy, and validation stakeholders to drive autonomy milestones.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience in simulation, developer tools, or related domain.

Responsibilities

• Manage and grow a mixed team of software and ML engineers building simulation tools.
• Set and drive the team's technical direction and invest in agentic tooling to automate manual workflows.
• Lead high-visibility cross-functional initiatives to scale generative scenario creation capabilities.
• Own delivery of simulation tooling and services, including scenario authoring tools.
• Recruit, mentor, and develop engineers; build a strong team culture and clear growth paths.

Skills

Software engineering

Simulation

Developer tools

Infrastructure

ML engineering

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

3D visual editors

Generative models

Agentic tooling

Simulation tooling

Job description

Zoox in Foster City, CA is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a mixed team of software and ML engineers building scenario authoring tools, generative models, and agentic tooling used to validate autonomous vehicle safety and performance.

You will own the team's technical direction, scale generative scenario creation, mentor engineers, and partner with product, safety, autonomy, and validation stakeholders to drive autonomy milestones.