SECTION I · THE BRIEF
Brief #82749Updated 27 MAR 2026FOSTER CITY, CALeverSOFTWARE COMPANIES
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Senior/Staff Data Scientist, Quantitative Risk Assessment

Zoox is an American autonomous vehicle company currently headquartered in Foster City, California, United States with multiple offices of operations throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. The company was founded in…

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Foster City, CA
Company size
2,000–5,000
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Senior/Staff Data Scientist, Quantitative Risk Assessment - Zoox

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Job Title
Senior/Staff Data Scientist, Quantitative Risk Assessment
Job Location
Foster City, CA
Job Description

Zoox is on an ambitious journey to develop a full-stack autonomous mobility solution for cities and safely deploy such a robotaxi solution. Zoox’s System Design and Mission Assurance (SDMA) team is responsible for constructing the safety case for each milestone. We play a foundational role for the success of the company. As a data scientist focused on quantitative risk assessment, you will help Zoox to improve and expand our existing safety risk assessment framework. The safety risk assessment framework is a critical part of the overall safety case and informs the decision-making in every aspect of the technology.

In this role, you will:
  • Lead efforts to improve the fidelity of Zoox’s safety and progress performance metrics

  • Apply distributed computing algorithms to efficiently analyze petabytes of urban driving and vehicle testing data

  • Develop and standardize best practices of safety risk assessment across the company

  • Develop and automate the tooling of the the risk assessment framework

  • Contribute to the improvement and evolution of the Safety Case of Zoox technology, in close collaboration with cross-functional teams including Software, Hardware, Vehicle Development, Fleet Operations, Safety Strategy and Operations, Legal, etc.

Qualifications
  • M.S. or higher degree in an Engineering or Science discipline with a strong focus on Statistics, Probability Theory, or Data Science

  • Proficiency in quantitative analysis/modeling tools

  • Proficient with SQL / Spark / Python for interfacing with Zoox’s urban driving and simulation data

  • At least 3 years of relevant work experience in understanding and quantifying safety risks

  • Collaborative team player with strong written and in-person communication skills

  • Bonus Qualifications
  • Ph.D. in an Engineering or Science discipline with a strong Data Science or Statistics focus

  • Publications in the field of quantitative risk assessment for safety engineering

  • Experience with human behavior data

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    Zoox Headquarters Location

    Foster City, CA

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    Zoox Company Size

    Between 2,000 - 5,000 employees

    Zoox Founded Year

    2014

    Zoox Total Amount Raised

    $1,005,000,000

    Zoox Funding Rounds

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    • Convertible Note

      $200,000,000 USD

    • Convertible Note

      $200,000,000 USD

    • Series B

      $465,000,000 USD

    • Series B

      $465,000,000 USD

    • Series A

      $50,000,000 USD

    • Series A

      $50,000,000 USD

    • Series A

      $250,000,000 USD

    • Series A

      $250,000,000 USD

    • Seed

      $40,000,000 USD

    • Seed

      $40,000,000 USD