Software Engineer - Driving Behavior

Number of employees

4100

Foster City, CA, United States

Posted on: 2026-05-12

Category: emobility

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Employment type:

Full time

Experience required:

Intermediate

Salary

Salary not provided

About the company:

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 is on an ambitious journey to develop a full-stack autonomous mobility solution. This role will be a part of a team to expand Zoox’s autonomous mobility to new geofences. We are looking for a Software Engineer to improve and develop autonomous driving capabilities in new conditions.

In this role, you will:

  • Design behavioral and motion planning algorithms to improve driving behavior in new geofences and implement those designs in our code base.

  • Adapt existing algorithms and software modules for autonomous driving in new geofences.

  • Integrate and test your developed applications in the robot, learn, and make improvements. 

  • Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to support the integration and validation of software components and features for geofence expansion.

  • Support or lead vehicle testing to generate actionable feedback on driving performance. 

  • Write and file patents for novel technologies you develop.

  • Qualifications

  • Master's degree in Computer Science or related field and 3+ years of experience

  • Proficient in C++ programming

  • Proven experience in at least one of the following domains: behavioral planning, motion planning, or mission planning for autonomous vehicles

  • Bonus Qualifications

  • Experience with behavioral and motion planning for high-speed autonomous driving

  • Experience with autonomous robots and machine learning or data-driven development processes

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