Senior/Staff Software Engineer - Perception & Sensing
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About Zoox
At Zoox, we are pioneering the future of mobility with our innovative autonomous vehicle technology. Our team is a diverse blend of experts in AI, robotics, and engineering, all dedicated to creating a safe and sustainable transportation solution. We thrive on collaboration, creativity, and a commitment to pushing the boundaries of technology, ensuring that every team member can make a substantial impact in shaping the future.
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At Zoox, we are pioneering a revolution in personal transportation by crafting a future that is safer, cleaner, and more enjoyable for everyone. Our innovative vehicle is uniquely designed for navigating the complexities of dense urban environments. As the only vehicle on the market featuring bidirectional driving capabilities and four-wheel steering, we exc…
The Perception team at Zoox plays a pivotal role in advancing our autonomous vehicle technology by creating a sophisticated understanding of the world for our self-driving robots. Our expertise enables safe and efficient navigation through complex environments by leveraging advanced detection, classification, and tracking systems.As a Senior Software Engineer within the perception mapping team, you will be an integral player in Zoox’s online mapping initiatives. Your responsibilities will encompass designing, training, validating, and integrating machine learning models that accurately detect semantic elements within our environment. This role will engage you in all phases of ML development, including data collection, labeling, training, validation, and onboard integration. Your contributions will be crucial in achieving significant milestones in scaling and enhancing our autonomy capabilities, ultimately driving the success of Zoox.
Join Zoox as a Senior/Staff Software Engineer specializing in Perception & Sensing, where you'll work alongside a talented team of engineers from various domains including AI, robotics, and computer vision. This role offers the opportunity to innovate and implement cutting-edge technologies, contribute to research initiatives, and enhance key systems that drive our vision forward. Your expertise will play a pivotal role in the development of algorithms, software, and solutions that enhance our autonomous vehicle technology.
Join Zoox as a Machine Learning Engineer Intern in Perception and gain invaluable hands-on experience with cutting-edge technology while working alongside industry-leading experts. Our internship program is designed for outstanding students who exhibit exceptional academic performance, extracurricular involvement, and a genuine passion for our mission at Zoox. As part of the Perception team, you will contribute to the development of systems that empower our autonomous vehicles to understand their surroundings. You will have the opportunity to work in one of several dynamic teams, focusing on multimodal models, scene understanding, vehicle recognition, and hazard detection, all while utilizing state-of-the-art machine learning techniques and real-world data.
Join Zoox as a Senior Machine Learning Engineer specializing in Perception, where you will play a pivotal role in crafting and deploying state-of-the-art detection models that leverage integrated sensor data. This position focuses on pioneering projects tailored for the next generation of driving software, which includes developing joint detection and tracking models and innovating methods to transmit enriched embeddings to downstream models to enhance semantic understanding and uncertainty management.This unique opportunity allows you to significantly contribute to Zoox's venture into new horizons. By engineering more robust and adaptable models, you will aid in navigating complex and diverse scenarios, propelling our mission to achieve safe and dependable autonomous mobility. We seek an enthusiastic and driven individual who is eager to push the limits of perception technology in autonomous vehicles.
Join us in revolutionizing personal transportation at Zoox, where we're creating a safer, cleaner, and more enjoyable future. Our unique vehicle design is tailored for navigating dense urban environments with bidirectional driving capabilities and four-wheel steering, enabling seamless maneuverability in tight spaces without the need to reverse. We are seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead our Perception Occupancy and Rare Events team. In this role, you will oversee the development of Zoox’s cutting-edge 3D environment model utilizing multi-modal sensor data. Your expertise will guide the creation of innovative AI architectures that blend the latest academic advancements with our pioneering in-house innovations. Our algorithms are meticulously optimized to perform effectively on diverse real-world data and in simulations. As a leader, you will steer high-impact teams, charting technical roadmaps and achieving milestone goals. Collaboration with other AI domains—such as Simulation, Sensor and Hardware, and Systems Design and Mission Assurance—will be essential in delivering a top-tier object occupancy perception system that integrates modalities including vision, lidar, radar, and long-wave IR. You will mentor a diverse team, tackling some of the most intricate challenges in artificial intelligence, perception, and sensor fusion.
About the Internship Zoox is seeking a Software Engineering Intern focused on Perception Data at our Foster City, CA location. This role supports the development of software that improves how our autonomous vehicles understand and interpret their surroundings. What You'll Work On Collaborate with engineers to build and refine perception systems for autonomous vehicles Contribute to software projects that help vehicles navigate safely and efficiently Work alongside experienced professionals committed to advancing autonomous technology
Join Zoox's innovative Perception Object Detection and Tracking team, where we focus on the sophisticated perception of dynamic objects and individuals. In this pivotal role, you will collaborate directly with machine learning model teams to integrate state-of-the-art models into our vehicle technology stack.You will have unparalleled access to premier sensor data and a robust infrastructure designed for rigorous testing and validation of your algorithms. We are pioneering new algorithms for segmentation, tracking, classification, and high-level scene comprehension, and you will have the opportunity to contribute to any (or all!) of these critical components.
Join the visionary Perception team at Zoox, where we are revolutionizing autonomous vehicle technology by creating an intricate understanding of our surroundings for self-driving robots. Our mission is to facilitate safe and efficient navigation within complex environments through advanced detection, classification, and tracking systems.As a pivotal software engineer on the perception mapping team, you will drive the development of Zoox's online mapping initiative. Your responsibilities will include designing, training, validating, and seamlessly integrating machine learning models that identify semantic map elements in real-world settings. You will engage in all facets of machine learning development, from data collection and annotation to training, validation, and onboard integration. Your contributions will be instrumental in achieving key milestones that enhance our scaling and autonomy capabilities, playing a crucial role in Zoox's success.
Join our innovative Attributes team within the Perception department as a Senior / Staff Machine Learning Engineer. In this pivotal role, you will spearhead the development and enhancement of advanced behavioral models for diverse road users, such as vehicles, pedestrians, and cyclists. Your focus will be on establishing and maintaining robust perception attribute models that deliver critical signals to our autonomous driving stack. These signals are vital for empowering our Prediction and Planning teams to make intelligent and safe driving decisions for our autonomous vehicles.The Attributes team plays an essential role in Zoox's autonomous driving capabilities. The models you create will form the cornerstone of how our vehicles interpret and engage with other road users, directly influencing the safety and efficiency of our autonomous driving system. By delivering reliable and precise behavioral models, you will enable Zoox's vehicles to make informed, secure decisions in complex urban settings, helping us realize our vision of transforming urban mobility.
Zoox seeks a PhD Research Intern to work on multi-modal foundation encoders for perception. The internship involves research that advances perception systems used in autonomous vehicles. Key responsibilities Contribute to research projects that use multi-modal data and foundation encoders Work closely with a team focused on perception technology for self-driving vehicles Location This position is located in Foster City, CA.
Join the innovative Perception team at Zoox, where we harness the power of Generative AI to produce synthetic data that revolutionizes the training and evaluation of our autonomous systems. As a Machine Learning Engineer specializing in Generative AI, you will be at the cutting edge of developing and training advanced models for sensor-level scenario generation. By utilizing world models and radiance field techniques alongside our extensive proprietary datasets, your work will have a direct impact on enhancing the productivity, safety, and capabilities of Zoox's autonomous systems through real-world algorithm validation.
At Zoox, we're on a mission to redefine personal transportation, creating a future that is not only safer and cleaner but also more enjoyable. Our innovative vehicle is uniquely designed for complex urban environments, featuring the only bidirectional driving capabilities and four-wheel steering available in the market. This allows us to navigate tight spaces and shift directions seamlessly, without ever needing to reverse. The future of mobility is here, and it's designed for riders!We are expanding our dynamic software engineering leadership team and are looking for a Senior Manager of Perception to spearhead our cutting-edge perception stack. This role is crucial for developing Zoox’s exceptional 3D environment model utilizing multi-modal sensor data. Our team is dedicated to creating groundbreaking AI architectures that merge state-of-the-art academic research with our proprietary innovations. Our algorithms are meticulously optimized to operate efficiently and effectively on diverse real-world data as well as in simulated environments.As the Senior Manager of Perception, you will lead high-impact teams in defining their technical roadmaps and achieving milestone objectives. Collaborating closely with other leaders in AI and software, simulation, as well as our systems design and mission assurance teams, you will oversee the development of an advanced dynamic objects perception system that integrates modalities such as vision, lidar, radar, and long-wave IR. You will guide a talented and diverse team while tackling some of the most challenging problems in AI, perception, and sensor fusion.
High-definition maps are essential for ensuring safe and scalable autonomous driving. We are on the lookout for driven engineers who are enthusiastic about tackling intricate, real-world challenges while developing cutting-edge mapping systems.This position involves collaborating with a diverse and cross-functional team to design and implement extensive HD mapping algorithms, workflows, and data pipelines. Your contributions will significantly enhance our capability to efficiently map new urban areas and continuously update existing maps on a large scale, playing a pivotal role in expediting our autonomous vehicle deployment.
Zoox’s Perception and Mapping Data team develops the systems behind high-definition maps for autonomous vehicles. These maps are essential for safe operation and expansion into new cities, as well as for keeping current routes accurate and up to date. Role overview This Software Engineer position centers on building and improving mapping systems that support Zoox’s autonomous driving technology. The work involves both creating new maps for additional locations and maintaining the quality of existing ones. What you will do Design and implement large-scale algorithms and workflows for HD mapping Build and maintain data pipelines to process mapping data efficiently Collaborate with cross-functional teams to address real-world challenges in autonomous driving Improve the speed and efficiency of mapping new areas and updating current maps Requirements Interest in solving challenging technical problems related to autonomous vehicles Experience with mapping systems, large data pipelines, or similar technical domains is valuable Location This role is based in Foster City, CA.
Cellanome
Role Overview Cellanome is hiring an Associate Director of People in Foster City, CA. This position shapes company culture and guides people strategy across the organization. The role leads efforts to build a diverse and inclusive workplace, focusing on employee engagement and a sense of belonging. What You Will Do Partner with company leadership to design and roll out talent management programs. Improve the employee experience through targeted initiatives and feedback. Develop and implement performance management systems that support growth and accountability. Drive strategies to attract, retain, and develop talent in the biotechnology sector. About Cellanome Cellanome works at the intersection of biotechnology and innovation, with a focus on building a supportive, high-performing team.
Tipalti Solutions
Join Tipalti as we revolutionize the global finance automation sector! We are on the lookout for an innovative Director of KYC and Compliance Onboarding. This critical leadership role is aimed at redefining our compliance operations, transforming them from a reactive necessity to a strategic driver of global expansion. In this role, you will report to the VP of Customer Onboarding and spearhead the development of our onboarding framework to facilitate our next stage of rapid growth. As a customer-oriented leader, you understand that stringent compliance and an effortless user experience can coexist. Your goal is to establish a premier KYC process that our customers and partners recognize as the most streamlined in the fintech landscape. Key Responsibilities Strategic Vision & Roadmap: Define and lead the vision for Tipalti’s KYC/KYB future, crafting a smooth onboarding experience that removes conventional compliance hurdles while ensuring robust regulatory adherence. Operational Standardization: Ensure absolute consistency across our global team of KYC analysts. You will develop and implement a Global Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to guarantee uniform decision-making, quality, and efficiency, irrespective of the analyst’s location. Customer-Centric Compliance: Advocate for the customer at every phase of the compliance lifecycle. Continuously enhance the Customer Journey to minimize friction, streamline documentation requests, and boost transparency. Cross-Departmental Collaboration: Serve as a vital partner to Sales, Onboarding Management, Product, and Legal. Align all teams on a cohesive “Go-Live” strategy that balances commercial urgency with regulatory demands. Tech Strategy & Execution: Lead the assessment, selection, and swift implementation of cutting-edge RegTech tools (ID verification, registries, data sources, risk-scoring engines, etc.). Transition from viewing tools as mere services to seeing them as full-fledged solutions that integrate deeply into our existing systems. AI & Automation Leadership: Champion the shift to an “Always-On” monitoring environment. Leverage AI to automate identity verification and business entity checks, significantly shortening the “Time-to-Green” for our clients. Quality Assurance Framework: Establish a comprehensive QA and feedback loop to maintain high standards across all compliance processes.
Tipalti Solutions
Overview Join Tipalti's dynamic Marketing team as the Director of Creative Strategy, where your passion for innovative visual storytelling will thrive. If you see creativity as both an art and a scalable process across various marketing channels, we would love to connect with you. In your role, you will lead a talented team of designers in shaping the evolution of Tipalti's brand identity and visual narrative. You will actively contribute to brainstorming, reviewing, and executing exceptional designs for key creative initiatives. Your leadership will ensure high standards of craftsmanship while promoting continuous improvement in design practices and trends. As a mentor, you will provide guidance and constructive feedback, enhancing the team's skills and creativity. You will maintain visual consistency and rigor across all branding touchpoints, blending strategic insight with creative brilliance to create assets that resonate across marketing channels. Your ability to transform complex concepts into accessible and engaging visuals will be vital in distinguishing Tipalti in the finance automation landscape. Why Choose Tipalti? Tipalti is revolutionizing finance operations with our AI-powered platform, empowering finance teams to achieve greater efficiency in a global economy. We simplify the complexities of international business, enabling our clients to scale rapidly. Our comprehensive suite of finance automation solutions caters to mid-market companies in areas such as accounts payable, global payouts, procurement, and more. With partnerships with top financial institutions, we support over 5,000 companies in securely managing payments globally. At Tipalti, we foster a collaborative culture that values quality and talent. Our Tipaltians are dedicated and enthusiastic about their work, thriving in a flexible environment that promotes diversity and personal growth. We offer competitive benefits, career development opportunities, and a culture that encourages teamwork towards shared success.
Zoox is seeking a Senior Director of Talent Acquisition based in Foster City, CA. This leadership position shapes the company’s approach to hiring and retention, guiding a team dedicated to recruiting top talent. Role overview The Senior Director of Talent Acquisition will set and refine Zoox’s talent acquisition strategy. This includes overseeing the full recruitment process, from attracting candidates to supporting retention efforts. The role calls for experience in building and executing broad talent strategies that support company growth. Team leadership Managing a diverse team, the Senior Director will provide direction and mentorship to recruiters and talent professionals. The ability to lead and inspire a group focused on finding and keeping outstanding employees is central to this position. Requirements Extensive experience developing and implementing talent acquisition strategies Proven leadership managing recruitment teams Strong background in attracting and retaining high-performing talent
Join Zoox as a Machine Learning Engineer specializing in 3D vision perception! In this role, you will be at the forefront of developing cutting-edge technologies that empower autonomous vehicles to perceive and understand their environment in three dimensions. Utilize your expertise in machine learning and computer vision to create innovative solutions that enhance the safety and efficiency of our self-driving systems.
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