- Robot type
- Autonomous Vehicle
- Location
- Foster CityCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Software
- Posted
- Jul 8, 2026
- Salary
- $209,000–$285,000 a year
Full-time
Senior Software Engineer, Vehicle Deployment
Job description
Zoox — Senior Software Engineer, Vehicle Deployment (Foster City, California).
Job responsibilities
- Expand Capability: Design and integrate deployment support for next-generation vehicle components and subsystems.
- Architect Infrastructure: Enhance the core deployment framework, developer tools, instrumentation, and integrations with broader engineering systems.
- Optimize Performance: Drive systemic improvements in deployment speed, efficiency, and mission-critical reliability.
- Root-Cause Failures: Triage, debug, and resolve complex deployment failures across hardware and software boundaries.
- Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Partner closely with Firmware, QA, Systems, Manufacturing, and Fleet Operations teams to ensure seamless end-to-end execution.
Job requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
- 7+ years of professional experience developing clean, scalable code in Python .
- Strong working knowledge of Linux within embedded or constrained environments.
- Familiarity with CAN or other embedded/automotive communication protocols (e.g., Ethernet, LIN).
- Demonstrated excellence in hardware/software triage, debugging, and root-cause analysis.
- Proficiency in systems-level programming languages without automatic memory management (e.g., C or C++ ).
- Experience configuring or optimizing software build systems (e.g., Bazel, CMake).
- Familiarity with manufacturing execution systems (MES) or end-of-line flashing environments.
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