Data Scientist - Autonomy
Foster City, CA
Data Science – Data Science /
Full-time /
Hybrid
As an Autonomy Data Scientist, you analyze how the self-driving system performs across a wide range of real-world scenarios. Your work focuses on understanding disengagements, success rates, and other key metrics to assess system behavior, diagnose issues, and track progress over time.
These insights are critical for guiding engineering decisions and operational strategy. By delivering clear, data-driven evaluations of autonomy performance, you help Zoox prioritize improvements, measure readiness, and accelerate safe and scalable deployment.
In this role, you will
- Analyze autonomy performance metrics such as disengagements, success rates, and scenario outcomes to assess system readiness
- Identify trends, anomalies, and failure modes using large-scale driving data
- Translate data insights into actionable recommendations that guide engineering priorities and improve system behavior
- Partner closely with autonomy, safety, and operations teams to align on success criteria and validate improvements
- Help shape Zoox’s strategy for safe and scalable deployment by ensuring autonomy decisions are grounded in rigorous analysis
Qualifications
- Experience driving decision-making at various levels in an organization
- Familiarity with SQL, Python, R, or Scala
- Proven ability to define metrics and build scalable analysis pipelines to evaluate complex systems
- Strong communication skills with the ability to translate technical findings into actionable insights
Bonus Qualifications
- Experience with geospatial data analysis
- Experience with Spark or large-scale data analysis
- Familiarity with or exposure to experimentation platforms
- Experience working with autonomous vehicles, robotics, or transportation systems
$169,000 - $203,000 a year
There are three major components to compensation for this position: salary, Amazon Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), and Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights. A sign-on bonus may be offered as part of the compensation package. The listed range applies only to the base salary. Compensation will vary based on geographic location and level. Leveling, as well as positioning within a level, is determined by a range of factors, including, but not limited to, a candidate's relevant years of experience, domain knowledge, and interview performance. The salary range listed in this posting is representative of the range of levels Zoox is considering for this position.
About Zoox
Zoox is developing the first ground-up, fully autonomous vehicle fleet and the supporting ecosystem required to bring this technology to market. Sitting at the intersection of robotics, machine learning, and design, Zoox aims to provide the next generation of mobility-as-a-service in urban environments. We’re looking for top talent that shares our passion and wants to be part of a fast-moving and highly execution-oriented team.
