Senior Software Engineer - Controls Metrics - Zoox

Job Title: Senior Software Engineer - Controls Metrics
Job Location: Foster City, CA
Job Listing URL: https://jobs.lever.co/zoox/b2618996-6a67-47b0-ac04-09ab848e18dc
Job Description: Zoox is looking for a controls metrics engineer to join our Planning and Control team. The controls team is responsible for our vehicle’s longitudinal and lateral dynamics. As Zoox moves towards deploying vehicles at scale we need a controls engineer to monitor and optimize fleet wide performance of the system.
In this role, you will:
You will define key performance metrics for our safety critical control system in order to guide product development to a commercial launch
You will work closely with software engineers, data engineers, and data scientists to develop metrics and tools for analyzing errors and guiding improvements in our systems
You will apply distributed computing algorithms to efficiently analyze petabytes of urban driving data
You will contribute to the refinement and optimization of the control system
You will contribute to all phases of the software development cycle
Qualifications
BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Data Science, or related field Statistics, Computer Science, Machine Learning, Applied Mathematics, or related quantitative field
Strong programming skills in C / C++ and Python
Strong background in controls (PID, LQR, MPC, etc.) for complex dynamic systems
Strong background in statistics, mathematical, and geometrical skills
Understanding of vehicle dynamics and automotive sensors and actuators
Bonus Qualifications
PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field
Experience with designing metrics and delivering actionable insights that drive business decisions
Experience with large-scale data analysis and statistical modeling as well as hands-on experience with production machine learning pipelines (including dataset creation, training frameworks, and metrics pipelines)

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