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Zoox

Robot type
Autonomous Vehicle
Location
Foster CityCaliforniaUSA
Job type
Software
Posted
Jun 30, 2026
Salary
$254,000–$366,000 a year
Full-time

Manager, RL Algorithms & Decoder

Job description

Zoox — Manager, RL Algorithms & Decoder (Foster City, California).

Job responsibilities

  • Lead a Team: Manage, mentor, and grow a team of individual contributors, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.
  • Develop Strategy: Develop and organize our overall strategy for Onboard Behavior ML Models for generating driving plans for our autonomous vehicle.
  • Provide technical guidance and leadership in the design and development of training models at large scale and work with partner teams on ensuring their efficient inference.
  • Monitor Performance: Establish and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the effectiveness of work packages and drive continuous improvement.
  • Manage Resources: Manage the allocation of resources within the team, ensuring that projects are staffed appropriately and that team members have the necessary tools and support to succeed.

Job requirements

  • Expertise with Reinforcement Learning and Machine Learning for at least one of these areas: Planning, LLMs, VLAs/VLMs, recommendation systems.
  • Extensive experience with programming and algorithm design, strong mathematics skills.
  • MS or PhD degree in computer science or related field.
  • 5+ years of experience with production Machine Learning pipelines, with at least 3 years in a leadership or management role.
  • Conference or Journal publications in Machine Learning or Robotics related venues.
  • Prior experience working with autonomous vehicles or robotics, diffusion models, large scale training.

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