Senior Embedded Linux Systems Engineer

Zoox

Foster City (CA)

On-site

USD 180,000 - 240,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Zoox's Robot Software Infrastructure team is seeking a software engineer to develop and advance the common operating system powering several devices on our vehicle, including Autonomy systems. The team builds platform-level software and services, enabling complex workloads on automotive-grade hardware.

We collaborate with cross-functional teams to support vehicle development and deployment at scale. If you are excited by broad problem spaces and how components fit within a larger system, you may

Qualifications

  • 8+ years delivering production systems and software applications.
  • 2+ years delivering custom Embedded Linux operating systems.
  • Deep understanding of Linux, Yocto, and U-Boot.
  • Device drivers and kernel-space code experience.
  • Strong written and verbal communication; bachelor’s degree or equivalent.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain the OS platform powering on-bot devices and apps.
  • Architect platform-level software to support robotics infrastructure.
  • Configure embedded Linux build systems (Yocto) and bootloaders (U-Boot).
  • Develop and optimize device drivers in C/C++/Rust.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally to integrate OS across hardware bring-up and manufacturing.
  • Triage issues and support new hardware bring-up.

Skills

C/C++
Rust
Embedded Linux
Linux kernel-space
Scripting (bash, Python)

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience
Graduate degree focus on networking, OS, or firmware

Tools

Yocto
U-Boot
systemd

Job description

Zoox's Robot Software Infrastructure team is seeking a software engineer to develop and advance the common operating system powering several devices on our vehicle, including Autonomy systems. The team builds platform-level software and services, enabling complex workloads on automotive-grade hardware.

We collaborate with cross-functional teams to support vehicle development and deployment at scale. If you are excited by broad problem spaces and how components fit within a larger system, you may

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