Hybrid Machine Learning Engineer – Scene Understanding

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About the role

  • Machine Learning Engineer developing next-generation algorithms for Zoox’s autonomous vehicles. Collaborating on complex driving scenarios to ensure safe navigation in urban environments.

Responsibilities

  • Develop machine learning algorithms for Bird’s Eye View scene analysis and real-time hazard detection.
  • Design and implement scene understanding solutions specifically for Zoox's unique bidirectional vehicle.
  • Lead the end-to-end data strategy—including mining, auto-labeling, and dataset construction—to keep our ML models improving.
  • Implement on-vehicle software for model inference and result post-processing that runs reliably in real-time.
  • Use our large-scale data pipelines and infra to research, prototype, and deploy changes that directly improve how the vehicle handles complex road scenarios.
  • Team up with Perception, Prediction, and Planning teams to integrate your signals into the final driving solution.

Requirements

  • BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field with 2+ years of industry experience training and deploying ML models.
  • Experience with BEV (Bird’s Eye View) models, segmentation, or 3D representations.
  • Hands-on experience with the full lifecycle: dataset construction, training frameworks, and building metrics pipelines to evaluate performance.
  • A strong mathematical foundation in linear algebra, calculus, and probability.
  • Fluency in C++ and Python. Experience with PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX.

Benefits

  • paid time off (e.g. sick leave, vacation, bereavement)
  • unpaid time off
  • Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights
  • Amazon RSUs
  • health insurance
  • long-term care insurance
  • long-term and short-term disability insurance
  • life insurance

Job title

Machine Learning Engineer – Scene Understanding

Job type

Experience level

JuniorMid level

Salary

$179,000 - $245,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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