Senior Data Scientist - Data for Perception Machine Learning

Zoox; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Health insurance

Stock appreciation rights

Job summary

Dormont Manufacturing Co is seeking a skilled Data Scientist to enhance the performance of perception ML models. The role requires defining data quality measures and driving data-centric improvements through collaborative work with various tech teams.

Qualified candidates will hold a Master’s or PhD in a relevant field such as computer science or cognitive science. Proficiency in SQL, Python, and EDA is essential. The position also offers a comprehensive benefits package along with competitive compensation, including salary and stock options.

Qualifications

• Master’s or PhD degree relevant to autonomous driving or data analysis.
• Proficient in SQL/Spark/Scala to build efficient data queries.
• Strong skills in EDA and data visualization.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement data quality measures for ML models.
• Drive ML model improvements to meet critical milestones.
• Support org-wide data ontology for perception models.

Skills

Data query languages (SQL/Spark/Scala)

Python for production-quality code

Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA)

Statistical modeling and analysis

Data-centric ML development

Education

Master’s or PhD degree in relevant field

Job description

We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled data scientist to join the Perception Data and Labeling team. The team is responsible for training and evaluation data powering the perception (vision, lidar, and other modalities) ML models at Zoox. The candidate will work alongside data ops partners, ML engineers, software developers, and data engineers to improve model performance through high quality human- and auto-labeled data.

In this role, you will:

• Define and implement scalable data quality measures across complex, multimodal data labeling pipelines
• Drive data-centric ML model improvements to achieve critical Zoox milestones
• Support an org-wide data ontology and class structure for perception models
• Determine trade-offs and integrations between human-labeled, human-in-the-loop, and zero-shot autolabeled data
• Build metrics to quantify labeling throughput, capacity, and annotator/vendor quality

Qualifications:

• Master’s or PhD degree in a field relevant to autonomous driving (computer science, robotics) to the analysis of human data (computational neuroscience, cognitive science) or a related field
• Proficient using data query languages (SQL and/or Spark/scala) to quickly build complex yet efficient data queries at scale and using Python to build production-quality code
• Proficient in exploratory data analysis (EDA) and data visualization to understand and present trends and their implications for the business.
• Background in statistical modeling and analysis; including experience making data-driven decisions that connect point and uncertainty estimates to business impact.
• Experience with data-centric ML development and data curation

Bonus Qualifications:

• Experience with experiment design and statistical comparisons (A/B testing, parametric/non-parametric statistics, etc.)
• Experience with human data collection, including annotation task design

There are three major components to compensation for this position: salary, Amazon Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), and Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights. A sign‑on bonus may be offered as part of the compensation package. The listed range applies only to the base salary. Compensation will vary based on geographic location and level. Leveling, as well as positioning within a level, is determined by a range of factors, including, but not limited to, a candidate’s relevant years of experience, domain knowledge, and interview performance. The salary range listed in this posting is representative of the range of levels Zoox is considering for this position.

Zoox also offers a comprehensive package of benefits, including paid time off (e.g. sick leave, vacation, bereavement), unpaid time off, Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights, Amazon RSUs, health insurance, long‑term care insurance, long‑term and short‑term disability insurance, and life insurance.