About this role
Zoox is developing the first ground-up, fully autonomous vehicle fleet and the supporting ecosystem required to bring this technology to market. In this role, you will be focused on improving the driving behaviors of the robot and creating algorithmic improvements to enhance its capabilities in complex driving situations.
Responsibilities:
- Create principled algorithmic improvements to specific areas of driving behavior and implement those changes in our code base
- Use our extensive backend tooling to test your changes across many different driving situations at the press of a button
- Lead on-vehicle drive reviews to generate actionable feedback on driving performance. Use this experience to help the team learn and make improvements
- Attend conferences and survey literature to stay informed on the most recent developments in the fields of Robotics and Motion Planning
- Write and file patents for novel technologies you develop