Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Perception
Zoox
Software Engineering
Foster City, CA, USA
USD 197k-252k / year + Equity
Posted on May 22, 2025
As a Perception Engineer, you will be instrumental in designing and implementing cutting-edge detection backbones for our neural network models, utilizing fused sensor data. Your work will directly contribute to advancing our model architectures by incorporating state-of-the-art techniques, ensuring our autonomous vehicles can robustly perceive their environment and provide rich information to the vehicle planner.
This role offers a unique opportunity to directly impact Zoox's expansion into new areas. By developing more generalizable and adaptable models, you will help us navigate diverse and challenging circumstances, accelerating our mission to deliver safe and reliable autonomous mobility. We are looking for a highly motivated individual passionate about pushing the boundaries of perception in the autonomous vehicle space.
In this role, you will:
- Train ML models, perform various studies into incorporating SOTA approaches as well as ablations/modifications of existing models
- Document experimental outcomes and drive towards deploying these models into Zoox robots
- Visualize your data at the input and output to understand the issues
- Collaborate with teams such as ML optimization, data labeling, metrics and planner to ensure project is successful for Zoox releases
Qualifications
- MS/PhD in Computer Science or related field
- Experience with PyTorch or related ML frameworks
- Experience deploying learned models into production
- Excellent collaboration and teamwork skills with proven track record of working on large-scale problems
Bonus Qualifications
- Prior experience in the AV or related space with joint detection and tracking models
- Deep understanding of how to setup end-to-end training and evaluation processes
Compensation and Benefits
There are three major components to compensation for this position: salary, Amazon Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), and Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights. The salary will range from $197,000-$252,000. A sign-on bonus may be part of a compensation package. Compensation will vary based on geographic location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
Zoox also offers a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (e.g. sick leave, vacation, bereavement), unpaid time off, Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights, Amazon RSUs, health insurance, long-term care insurance, long-term and short-term disability insurance, and life insurance.