Zoox

Software Platforms and Product

PartTimeStudentWorkerAutomation&BehavioralScienceEngineer

$42–62k ~AI est. Foster City, California, United States CONTRACT Remote Friendly
The Brief

“Part-Time Student Worker Automation & Behavioral Science Engineer at Zoox. Skills: RAG pipeline, Autonomous vehicle behavior, Behavioral science. Design RAG pipeline. Build RAG pipeline”

What You'll Achieve.

Show it with data

Industry & Context.

Software Platforms and Product
Problems you'll solve

Ambiguous problems; Open-ended problems

Eligibility Requirements

No proprietary use

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

B. S. or M. S. in quantitative field, Programming skills in Python, Solid data manipulation understanding, Solid foundation in machine learning, Solid foundation in statistics, Comfort operating independently, Excellent written communication, Excellent verbal communication, Teamwork skills, Collaboration skills, Currently pursuing B. S. or M. S., Available for 6 month project, Commit to at least 40 hours per week, Ability to commute on-site

Nice to Have

Experience with RAG systems, Experience with LLMs, Experience with vision-language models, Background in quantitative discipline, Prior research experience, Genuine interest in autonomous vehicles

What You'll Do.

Define empirical experiments

Run empirical experiments

Work through ambiguous problems

Work through open-ended problems

Communicate complex results

Communicate trade-offs

Communicate uncertainty

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Communicate to team; Communicate to stakeholders

Communication Scope

Written communication; Verbal communication; Convey complexity; Convey ambiguity

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