Embedded Software Engineer - Drive Systems
- Location
- Foster City, CA · On-site
- Job type
- Full-time
- Level
- Mid-level
- Listed
- 30 days ago
Skills & highlights for this role
- embedded software
- firmware
- safety-critical software
Also useful
- vehicle control systems
- real-time systems
About Zoox
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, steering angles, and more), arbitrating between control sources (our nominal AI stack, in-house remote controller, and test sources like drive-by-wire and trajectory spoofing), and continuously monitoring the safety of trajectory execution and drive control ECUs.
We are looking for people who are passionate about working with hardware and developing production-quality, safety-critical code for complex dynamic systems.
Drive Systems engineers literally make the robot move. Whether a Zoox robot is in service carrying riders, staging at a depot, undergoing critical testing on test tracks, or freshly off the assembly line, this team ensures it drives safely and reliably.
From Zoox's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 10, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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