Zoox
Robotics
SeniorSoftwareEngineer-3DSimulationApplications
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“Senior Software Engineer - 3D Simulation Applications at Zoox. Skills: Software Engineering, Systems Design, 3D Simulation, Data Infrastructure. Support robot data transmission pipeline. Develop software features daily”
What You'll Achieve.
Bringing service to production; Make smarter, safer robots
Industry & Context.
Critical thinking; Independent problem-solving
Comfortable working at headquarters, Comfortable working in the field at Zoox depots, Comfortable working in vehicles
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years of experience in software engineering and systems design, Fluency in Python and/or C++, Hands-on experience integrating ML models into production code, Experience working directly with customers to deploy solutions, gather real-world feedback, and rapidly iterate to improve the product
Nice to Have
Experience with systems for large-scale processing of 3D, image or multimedia data, Experience in distributed systems and cloud computing platforms
What You'll Do.
Support robot data transmission pipeline
Develop software features daily
Support operational teams
Collaborate with ML researchers
Collaborate with simulation engineers
Collaborate with customer teams
Transform design challenges into systems
Build cloud-based pipelines
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborate with ML researchers; Collaborate with other simulation engineers; Collaborate with customer teams; Work with network operations team; Cross-team collaboration skills
Communication Scope
Excellent communication skills
Full Job Description
## Description Zoox’s Core Data Infrastructure team is looking for a passionate software engineer to support our robot data transmission pipeline at scale across numerous cities. Your contributions will be critical to bringing our service to production. Responsibilities will cover high-bandwidth logging (several GB/min), data offload telemetry, large-scale data transmission and high performance networking. Great candidates will be comfortable working at our headquarters, in the field at Zoox depots, and occasionally in the vehicles themselves. Candidates will do daily software feature development, while regularly supporting operational teams and network planning with our network operations team. Critical thinking, system design and an architectural mindset will be essential to being successful in this role. ## In this role, you will Collaborate with ML researchers, other simulation engineers, and customer teams across the company, expanding the scope of what’s possible with simulation Transform complex design challenges into working systems for using simulation to make smarter, safer robots Build reliable, scalable, customer-focused, cloud-based pipelines for large-scale simulation and analysis ## Qualifications Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Computer Science (or a related field) paired with 5+ years of experience in software engineering and systems design. Fluency in Python and/or C++ as a core part of your technical toolkit. Comfortable with ML concepts and possess hands-on experience integrating ML models into production code. Experience working directly with customers to deploy solutions, gather real-world feedback, and rapidly iterate to improve the product. Excellent communication and cross-team collaboration skills, with a self-motivated, organized, and inventive approach to independent problem-solving. ## Bonus Qualifications Experience with systems for large-scale processing of 3D, image or multimedia data Experience in distributed systems and cloud comp
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