Automation Engineer - Compute Software Performance

About the role

Zoox's Robot Software Infrastructure team is seeking a passionate software engineer to help develop Robot software and infrastructure to advance the common performant operating system that powers several devices on our vehicle including Autonomy systems. This team develops platform-level software and services, including operating systems that enable complex, hardware-accelerated workloads critical for autonomous driving on automotive-grade hardware.

We work closely with cross-functional teams-including application software engineering, release management, hardware engineering, manufacturing and operations-to support vehicle development and deployment at scale. If you are excited to explore a wide problem space and are mindful of how components fit within a larger system, you may be a great fit!

In this role, you will

• Automate common workflows & processes for performance data storage and analysis (CPU, GPU, latency, memory, etc)
• Build agentic harness to support efficient triage & investigations of performance issues, iterative loops for self-optimizations.
• Make dense performance metrics accessible to the software organization for use in release monitoring/gating as well as agent driven optimization loops.
• Work cross-functionally to ensure performance tooling is integrated with Zoox continuous integration and release management processes, and support releases by triaging latency and memory regressions with application teams.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional experience in software development or related fields and BS in computer science or related field
• Strong knowledge of Python, proficiency in C++, and experience in large code bases
• Expertise in continuous integration systems (Buildkite, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar)
• Experience using LLMs and agentic AI to automate engineering workflows
• Good communication and organizational skills, with a logical approach to problem-solving, good time management, and task prioritization skills

Bonus Qualifications

• Proficiency with Git and Bazel
• Experience with software and hardware benchmarking and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) systems
• Savvy with efficient SQL queries and data platforms such as Databricks, Looker, and ETL pipelines

Accommodations

If you need an accommodation to participate in the application or interview process please reach out to or your assigned recruiter.

A Final Note

You do not need to match every listed expectation to apply for this position. Here at Zoox, we know that diverse perspectives foster the innovation we need to be successful, and we are committed to building a team that encompasses a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and skills.