AV Safety Data Analyst
Zoox
IT, Data Science
Foster City, CA, USA
Posted on Nov 7, 2025
Zoox is on an ambitious journey to develop a full-stack autonomous robotaxi and safely deploy a transformative mobility solution for cities. The AV Safety Data Analyst will actively work on mining current vehicle data and other internal/external data sources to help develop safety strategies, policies, best practices and process development specific to Zoox’s overall safety approach and Safety Management System. These initiatives will further Zoox’s commitment to continuous improvement of our safety culture, risk management, data assessment, and decision-making processes.
As an AV Safety Data Analyst, you will work closely with a variety of partners, including software, operations, vehicle engineering, systems design and assurance, hardware, communications, policy and legal teams. You will conduct research, build metrics and models to assess, monitor, and diagnose the safety performance of our AV technology. You will drive measurability of safety and implement innovative processes that are rigorous, diligent and systematic, as well as applicable and repeatable as Zoox continues to scale, to ensure the highest level of safety in the organization and product.
In this role you will:
- Facilitate, research, design, and implement innovative safety-data analysis methodologies and processes for quantified decision-making and guidance.
- Conduct exploratory data analyses to uncover trends, failure modes, and opportunities to improve vehicle behavior, specifically focusing on critical safety events and system anomalies
- Mine and triage internal/external incident databases to extract information to assess AV events including both system behavior and hardware related anomalies, for potential safety/legal/regulatory concerns or system gaps, using contextual judgment grounded in safety, legal, and engineering principles
- Develop dashboards for safety data monitoring and consumption by internal stakeholders to support data-driven strategy & decision-making
- Support internal and external investigations related to safety trends with data-driven and risk-based processes.
- Assist with formal reviews of safety programs with executive leadership and present data, findings and areas of improvement
- Champion strong safety culture at Zoox, and represent Zoox with key external stakeholders and organizations
Qualifications
- BS Degree in Computer Science, data analysis, statistics, or related field with at least 4-5 years of experience in the AV, Automotive, Aviation, Transportation, Defense, Robotics or other safety-focused industries
- Experience gathering & using data to drive decision-making at various levels in an organization
- Sound analysis & statistical inference skills, with the ability to communicate uncertainty appropriately to engineering and business stakeholders
- Familiarity with SQL, Python, R, or Scala
- Motivated self-starter and always looking to improve upon status quo
Bonus Qualifications
- PhD or Masters degree in data analytics, statistics, Engineering, Management or other transportation safety-related field
- Experience designing metrics and building mechanisms to fuel business insights
- Familiarity with existing AV safety-related industry best practices
- Familiarity with state and Federal Government regulations/practices regarding AVs
- Thought-leadership in AV or other industry standards, or is an actively participating member of professional engineering or safety organizations