Radar Systems Engineer - Autonomous Vehicles

Zoox; Foster City (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 271,000; Full time

Job summary

Zoox in Foster City, CA is seeking a Radar Engineer to advance the development of automotive radar systems within our Advanced Hardware Engineering team. You will translate stakeholder needs into measurable radar requirements and lead radar testing to inform system selection and future roadmaps.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in radar development, a MS/PhD in EE, Physics, or Signal Processing, and hands-on experience with MATLAB, Python, Git/GitHub, and ML integration for autonomy software.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in electrical engineering, physics, or signal processing.
• 5+ years in radar development and testing.
• Proficiency with MATLAB, Python, Git/GitHub, and AI tools.
• Understanding of automotive radar principles (e.g., FMCW).
• Experience troubleshooting radar hardware/software intersections.
• Experience integrating radar with ML-based autonomy software.

Responsibilities

• Translate stakeholder needs into measurable radar requirements and test plans.
• Define and document radar requirements.
• Define and conduct radar testing to drive radar selection and future roadmaps.

Skills

Radar engineering

Automotive radar

Troubleshooting

ML integration

Education

MS/ PhD in EE, Physics, or Signal Processing

Tools

MATLAB

Python

Git/GitHub

AI Tools

Job description

Zoox in Foster City, CA is seeking a Radar Engineer to advance the development of automotive radar systems within our Advanced Hardware Engineering team. You will translate stakeholder needs into measurable radar requirements and lead radar testing to inform system selection and future roadmaps.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in radar development, a MS/PhD in EE, Physics, or Signal Processing, and hands-on experience with MATLAB, Python, Git/GitHub, and ML integration for autonomy software.