Software Engineer, Test Set Curation

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…

Location: Foster City, CA
Company size: 2,000–5,000
Posted: 1mo ago
Via: Lever

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Software Engineer, Test Set Curation - Zoox

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Job Title: Software Engineer, Test Set Curation
Job Location: Foster City, CA
Job Listing URL: https://jobs.lever.co/zoox/62adaf80-43a9-4210-a908-7b714bfea84b
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. The System Design and Mission Assurance (SDMA) team plays a foundational role in the company's success, responsible for constructing the safety case and fail-operational design for our autonomous driving robots before public road deployment. You will be part of an organization with strong leadership and a transparent, respectful culture that enables you to reach your full potential.

In this role, you will:
Generate test sets of driving logs to evaluate the performance of the autonomous driving system

Validate and optimize the test sets to ensure they meet requirements and reflect the statistical distribution of our targeted robotaxi service.

Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to gather requirements and integrate test sets with our testing frameworks

Develop and maintain data pipelines and tools for efficient test set creation and management

Define and document best practices for the design, curation, and maintenance of large-scale test sets

Present findings and test-set characteristics to both technical and non-technical audiences to inform system development
Qualifications
Master's Degree in Data Engineering, Data Science, Quantitative Science or a related field and at least 3 years of relevant industry experience or PhD in Data Engineering, Data Science, Quantitative Science or a related field

Proficiency in Python for data analysis and scripting

Experience building and curating large test sets for statistical studies or performance analysis

Strong communication and collaboration skills for working with cross-functional teams
Bonus Qualifications

Experience with PySpark

Experience with big data platforms such as Databricks or AWS EMR

Professional experience in the autonomous driving domain