Field Reliability Analyst
Zoox
IT
Foster City, CA, USA
USD 155k-186k / year + Equity
Posted on Jan 29, 2026
Zoox is transforming mobility with fully autonomous, electric vehicles designed from the ground up for a driverless future. Our mission is to make transportation safer, more sustainable, and accessible to everyone. At Zoox, innovation, collaboration, and a bold vision for the future drive everything we do.
The Reliability team leverages data from our autonomous vehicle fleet and operations to understand system performance, identify failure trends, and improve vehicle availability and safety. As a Reliability Data Analyst, you will work closely with Reliability Engineering, Mission Assurance, and Vehicle Systems teams to develop analytics, metrics, and tooling that support reliability targets and continuous improvement across our autonomous platform. This role is ideal for someone early in their career who enjoys hands-on data work, statistical analysis, and collaborating with engineers to translate vehicle and operational data into actionable reliability insights. You will contribute directly to production decisions such as issue prioritization, design improvements, and maintenance strategies while building depth in reliability engineering and large-scale data pipelines. You’ll join a diverse, experienced reliability organization and gain access to one of the most unique vehicle datasets in the autonomous driving industry.
In this role, you will:
- Analyze fleet, vehicle, and operational data to support reliability, safety validation, and service readiness initiatives
- Partner with Reliability Engineering and Mission Assurance to help define and track key performance metrics
- Build and scale end-to-end predictive frameworks to monitor component/subsystem health, degradation trends, and real-world usage patterns.
- Build and maintain data pipelines, queries, and dashboards to enable visibility into system health and performance
- Perform statistical analyses to identify trends, anomalies, and improvement opportunities across hardware and software systems
- Support investigations into vehicle issues by cleaning, aggregating, and visualizing large datasets
- Contribute to best practices around data quality, reproducibility, and analytical rigor
- Communicate findings clearly to technical stakeholders through written summaries, visualizations, and presentations
Qualifications:
- 1–3 years of professional experience (or equivalent academic/project experience) in data science, analytics, reliability engineering, or a related field
- Working proficiency in SQL for querying relational databases
- Working proficiency in Python and common data analysis libraries (Pandas, NumPy, SciPy)
- Foundational understanding of statistics and the ability to communicate uncertainty and assumptions
- Experience building analyses, metrics, or dashboards to support engineering or business decisions
- Familiarity with version control systems (Git).
- General knowledge of physics and engineering principles.
- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across engineering teams
Bonus Qualifications:
- Exposure to Spark or large-scale data processing environments (e.g., Databricks)
- Coursework or experience in reliability engineering, statistical inference, or system performance analysis.
- Experience working with hardware, automotive, or embedded system data
- Familiarity with geospatial data
- Interest in autonomous vehicles, robotics, or complex cyber-physical systems
- Exposure to machine learning or experimentation frameworks
About Zoox
Zoox is developing the first ground-up, fully autonomous vehicle fleet and the supporting ecosystem required to bring this technology to market. Sitting at the intersection of robotics, machine learning, and design, Zoox aims to provide the next generation of mobility-as-a-service in urban environments. We’re looking for top talent that shares our passion and wants to be part of a fast-moving and highly execution-oriented team.
Accommodations
If you need an accommodation to participate in the application or interview process please reach out to accommodations@zoox.com or your assigned recruiter.
A Final Note:
You do not need to match every listed expectation to apply for this position. Here at Zoox, we know that diverse perspectives foster the innovation we need to be successful, and we are committed to building a team that encompasses a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and skills.
155000 - 186000 USD a year
There are three major components to compensation for this position: salary, Amazon Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), and Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights. A sign-on bonus may be offered as part of the compensation package. The listed range applies only to the base salary. Compensation will vary based on geographic location and level. Leveling, as well as positioning within a level, is determined by a range of factors, including, but not limited to, a candidate's relevant years of experience, domain knowledge, and interview performance. The salary range listed in this posting is representative of the range of levels Zoox is considering for this position.
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.