Software Engineer, Test Set Curation

About the role

The System Design and Mission Assurance (SDMA) team at Zoox plays a foundational role in the company's success, responsible for constructing the safety case and fail-operational design for our autonomous driving robots before public road deployment.

Responsibilities

• Generate test sets of driving logs to evaluate the performance of the autonomous driving system
• Validate and optimize the test sets to ensure they meet requirements and reflect the statistical distribution of our targeted robotaxi service
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to gather requirements and integrate test sets with our testing frameworks
• Develop and maintain data pipelines and tools for efficient test set creation and management
• Define and document best practices for the design, curation, and maintenance of large-scale test sets
• Present findings and test-set characteristics to both technical and non-technical audiences to inform system development

Requirements

• Master's Degree in Data Engineering, Data Science, Quantitative Science or a related field and at least 3 years of relevant industry experience
• or PhD in Data Engineering, Data Science, Quantitative Science or a related field
• Proficiency in Python for data analysis and scripting
• Experience building and curating large test sets for statistical studies or performance analysis
• Strong communication and collaboration skills for working with cross-functional teams

Qualifications

• Experience with PySpark
• Experience with big data platforms such as Databricks or AWS EMR
• Professional experience in the autonomous driving domain

Bonus Qualifications

• Experience with PySpark
• Experience with big data platforms such as Databricks or AWS EMR
• Professional experience in the autonomous driving domain

Benefits

• $172,000 - $241,000 a year Base Salary Range
• A sign-on bonus may be offered as part of the compensation package
• A comprehensive package of benefits, including paid time off, Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights, Amazon RSUs, health insurance, long-term care insurance, long-term and short-term disability insurance, and life insurance

Pay

• $172,000 - $241,000 a year Base Salary Range

Schedule

• Not specified