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Embedded Software Engineer - Drive Systems

Zoox · Foster City, CA

The role

Zoox seeks an embedded software engineer for its Firmware Drive Systems team. The role involves developing production-quality, safety-critical code that translates autonomous trajectories into vehicle actuator commands. The team manages drive control, source arbitration, and safety monitoring for Zoox's autonomous robots.

Location
Foster City, CA

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About Zoox

Zoox is developing autonomous robot vehicles for ride-hailing service, including testing and depot operations.

What you would do

  • Develop production-quality, safety-critical embedded software for drive systems
  • Translate autonomous trajectories into actuator commands like motor and brake torques
  • Arbitrate between control sources including AI stack and remote controller
  • Monitor safety of trajectory execution and drive control ECUs
  • Work with hardware and complex dynamic systems
  • Ensure safe and reliable driving across service, testing, and assembly scenarios

Must have

  • Passionate about working with hardware
  • Develop production-quality, safety-critical code
  • Experience with complex dynamic systems

Key skills

  • embedded software
  • firmware
  • drive systems
  • actuator control
  • safety-critical systems
  • hardware

Zoox is looking for an embedded software engineer to join our Firmware Drive Systems team. Drive Systems owns the critical path from autonomous trajectory to vehicle motion — taking a trajectory from our AI stack and translating it into drive control actuator commands (motor torques, brake torques,…

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