Validation Test Engineer, Test Set Curation

Zoox•Foster City, CA

About The Position

Zoox is on an ambitious journey to develop a full-stack autonomous mobility solution for cities and safely deploy such a robotaxi solution. The System Design and Mission Assurance (SDMA) team plays a foundational role in the company's success, responsible for constructing the safety case and fail-operational design for our autonomous driving robots before public road deployment. You will be part of an organization with strong leadership and a transparent, respectful culture that enables you to reach your full potential.

Requirements

Master's Degree in Data Engineering, Data Science, Quantitative Science or a related field and at least 3 years of relevant industry experience or PhD in Data Engineering, Data Science, Quantitative Science or a related field
Proficiency in Python for data analysis and scripting
Experience building and curating large test sets for statistical studies or performance analysis
Strong communication and collaboration skills for working with cross-functional teams

Nice To Haves

Experience with PySpark
Experience with big data platforms such as Databricks or AWS EMR
Professional experience in the autonomous driving domain

Responsibilities

Generate test sets of driving logs to evaluate the performance of the autonomous driving system
Validate and optimize the test sets to ensure they meet requirements and reflect the statistical distribution of our targeted robotaxi service.
Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to gather requirements and integrate test sets with our testing frameworks
Develop and maintain data pipelines and tools for efficient test set creation and management
Define and document best practices for the design, curation, and maintenance of large-scale test sets
Present findings and test-set characteristics to both technical and non-technical audiences to inform system development