Forecasting Data Scientist - Student Contract (3mo)

AI Chopping Block; Foster City, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 34,000 - 55,000; Part time

Job summary

Zoox seeks a data-science oriented student to forecast fleet demand, staffing, charging, and infrastructure needs for an autonomous ridehailing service. You will build scenario models, convert manual planning into reproducible analytic workflows, and evaluate forecast accuracy.

The role provides hands-on experience with real projects alongside engineers and researchers. The position is on-site in Foster City, CA, for at least three months with a minimum of 20 hours per week, in Zoox's contract

Qualifications

• Strong communication, problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Experience with forecasting, statistical modeling, optimization, simulation, or machine learning through coursework, research, internships, or projects.
• Prototype AI-powered decision-support tools that explain forecast drivers and planning scenarios.

Responsibilities

• Develop forecasting models for fleet availability, supply hours, staffing, operational workload, charging demand, and infrastructure needs.
• Convert planning processes into reproducible, scalable analytic workflows.
• Evaluate model performance through backtesting, forecast-versus-actual reporting, and accuracy measures.

Job description

Zoox seeks a data-science oriented student to forecast fleet demand, staffing, charging, and infrastructure needs for an autonomous ridehailing service. You will build scenario models, convert manual planning into reproducible analytic workflows, and evaluate forecast accuracy.

The role provides hands-on experience with real projects alongside engineers and researchers. The position is on-site in Foster City, CA, for at least three months with a minimum of 20 hours per week, in Zoox's contract