Senior Staff / Principal Software Engineer - Freeway Autonomy
Zoox · Foster City, CA
Posted about 2 months ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 52 days Zoox's roles stay open a median of 80 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 2% of Zoox's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Zoox
- high 241 stale, 2 reposted of 249 open
- Hiring momentum
- 309 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-23
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Zoox's own lever board since 2026-08-04. Full hiring picture for Zoox.
About this role
In this role, you will be a key player in developing a full-stack autonomous robotaxi solution, specifically focusing on freeway driving. You will leverage your deep technical expertise in autonomy to help transition from supervised to driverless operations on freeways, influencing the broader Autonomy organization.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Zoox as an employer.
What you need
- Significant experience in autonomy domain related to autonomous vehicles
- Experience in transitioning freeway driving programs from supervised operation to driverless
Worth weighing
- The specific autonomy domain expertise required is flexible, which may lead to varied expectations.
- The role is described as highly visible, indicating potential pressure and responsibility.
Summarised from Zoox's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Zoox on their lever job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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