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Zoox

Robot type
Autonomous Vehicle
Location
Foster CityCaliforniaUSA
Job type
Software
Posted
Aug 5, 2026
Salary
$161,000–$242,000 a year
Full-time

Software Systems Engineer - Security

Job description

Zoox — Software Systems Engineer - Security (Foster City, California).

Job responsibilities

  • Perform Risk Assessment by quantifying security related safety risks, collaborating with cross functional teams particularly safety teams to ensure alignment with safety and security objectives while supporting…
  • Drive verification of quantified risks by fuzzing real world scenarios in simulator environments.
  • Write design proposals and drive execution while proactively communicating risks to partner teams.
  • Proactively identify opportunities to roll up risk metrics into various company wide frameworks.
  • Interface with a multitude of engineering teams within Product Security as well as across software and hardware engineering.

Job requirements

  • Master’s degree in CS or related engineering field (software, hardware, systems) and 3+ years of experience
  • A strong general systems engineering background along with a demonstrated passion and concrete expertise in cybersecurity
  • Prior experience with quantitative risk assessment frameworks (eg: EPSS, Attack trees/graph quantification, Monte Carlo simulations, Bayesian networks)
  • Prior experience with the risk analysis of complex embedded systems and a demonstrated skill in turning the analysis into high-quality written deliverables
  • Pragmatic adoption of AI/LLM toolchains for security analysis and authoring high quality regulatory work products
  • Experience with autonomous vehicle software stack (e.g., Perception, Prediction, Planning)
  • Experience implementing large-scale evaluation pipelines
  • Familiarity with common cloud deployment architecture and frameworks

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