Zoox is transforming mobility-as-a-service by developing a fully autonomous, purpose-built fleet designed for AI to drive and humans to enjoy.
Zoox’s internship program provides hands-on experiences with state of the art technology, mentorship from some of the industry's brightest minds, and the opportunity to play a part in our success. Internships at Zoox are reserved for those who demonstrate outstanding academic performance, activities outside their course work, aptitude, curiosity, and a passion for Zoox's mission.
As a Automation or DevOps Tooling Intern, you may be assigned to one of the following teams:
On the Tools and Automation team, you will develop full-stack applications to support and enhance our QA Engineering processes. Your work will involve building scalable and efficient systems that integrate with various internal tools. Additionally, you will contribute to automation solutions to improve efficiency and streamline processes.
On the Release Management team, you will automate the existing release workflow, by developing new tooling and enhancing existing ones. This role requires someone passionate about automation and customer satisfactions, as those tools will be used both by the release team and by the rest of the company. Some examples of tools you might develop are dashboards to visualize the status of a release or trends of metrics across releases, automation of the approval process, from ingest of test results to sign off and deployment feature flag management tools, or propose tool and/or feature ideas to the team to improve and streamline processes.
On the Firmware Tools team, you will write software to help integrate internal and external tools for automated firmware prototyping, development, testing and integration. This role requires someone passionate about automation using both existing test frameworks, as well as developing new ones. In this role, you will develop software for an automated validation framework, supporting continuous integration (CI) and nightly tests. You’ll be able to propose tool and/or feature ideas to the team to improve processes, integrate tester software systems with server infrastructure, and design and implement automated test framework optimizations.
Compensation:
The monthly salary range for this position is $5,500 to $9,500. Compensation will vary based on geographic location and level of education. Additional benefits may include medical insurance, and a housing stipend (relocation assistance will be offered based on eligibility).
Requirements:
Currently working towards a B.S., M.S., Ph.D., or advanced degree in a relevant engineering programMust be returning to school to continue your education upon completing this internshipGood academic standingAble to commit to a 12-week internship beginning in May or June of 2026At least one previous industry internship, co-op, or project completed in a relevant areaAbility to relocate to the Bay Area, California for the duration of the internshipInterns at Zoox may not use any proprietary information they are working on as part of their thesis, any published work with their university, or to be distributed to anyone outside of ZooxQualifications:
Experience with software development languages (Python and C++ preferred) Experience with JavaScript/Typescript for front end development Experience building cross-platform software with source control (Git)Understanding of hardware testing and verification methods
Bonus Qualifications:
CI and build systems (e.g. Bamboo, Buildkite, etc.)Python libraries (e.g. pybind, pytest, pandas, python-can, plotly, matplotlib, etc.)HIL and/or SIL Test FrameworksCommunication protocols (e.g. CAN, LIN, pub/sub)Multiprocessing and multithreadingBasic knowledge of C++, Java and/or KotlinClickHouse, OpenSearch, Grafana, Databricks, etc.Databases