Senior Staff / Principal Machine Learning Engineer - Autonomy Behaviors
- Location
- Foster City, CA · On-site
- Job type
- Full-time
- Level
- Director
- Listed
- 31 days ago
Skills & highlights for this role
- machine learning
- planning algorithms
- autonomous driving systems
Also useful
- trajectory prediction
- simulation
- cross-functional leadership
About the role
The Autonomy Behaviors team is responsible for producing our vehicle’s driving trajectory. As a Principal ML Engineer, you will lead the technical development of machine learning algorithms for our next-generation ML Planner. Your impact will range from delivering innovations for immediate milestones to pioneering exploratory projects.
You will collaborate closely with teams specializing in Foundation Models, Perception, Simulation, and Safety Validation, in influencing our autonomy stack. Your role will look at problems in a way that crosses team boundaries to prototype new approaches that influence the long term technical direction of multiple organizations within the company.
From Zoox's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 10, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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