Software Engineer (Mission Planning)

Join Zoox, a leading autonomous vehicle company, as a Software Engineer in the Mission Planning team. You will be responsible for creating high-level routes for our autonomous vehicles, integrating with various teams, and contributing innovative solutions to architecture and design. This role offers a range of benefits, including paid parental leave, health insurance, and opportunities for remote work.

• Develop mission planner algorithms, including graph search and integration with behavioral planning.
• Integrate and test developed applications in the robot, learn and make improvements.
• Coordinate cross-functional initiatives with other teams across Mission Planning, Behavioral Planning and Cloud Services.

• If you like to work close to the robot platform and enjoy experiencing your developed software in the robot, we would like to hear from you
• Demonstrated ability to write code for a shipped product (commercial robotics, drones, consumer devices, automotive)
• Understanding and experience with a variety of graph search techniques (A*, D*, Dijkstra …)
• BS/MS in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field and 2+ years of industry experience
• Model real-world problems using Markov Decision Processes (MDPs) or related frameworks
• Programming skills in C++
• Develop scalable solutions for sequential decision-making under uncertainty and constraints
• Experience with autonomous robots
• PhD in computer science or related field