Software Engineering Manager - Perception Occupancy
Core
Lead the Perception Occupancy and Rare Events team to build Zoox's 3D environment model from multi-modal sensor data for autonomous vehicles in dense urban environments.
Role type
Engineering Manager (Perception/AI)
Builds
3D environment models, occupancy perception systems, and rare event detection algorithms for autonomous vehicles.
Domain
Autonomous driving, computer vision, sensor fusion, AI/ML.
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Computer vision systems, AI software stacks, sensor fusion, technical leadership, recruiting, team management, real-time system architecture, autonomy solutions deployment, advanced ML techniques (VLM, LLM, Transformers, GenAI, 3D/4D GS, Diffusion, NeRF).
Preferred skills
Autonomous vehicle perception experience, real-world product deployment, risk/safety-critical system validation.
Responsibilities
Lead technical strategy and roadmap for occupancy modeling and rare event detection; drive development and deployment of critical perception models; adopt state-of-the-art ML techniques for performance improvement; collaborate with simulation and data teams on synthetic data and edge-case scenarios; ensure organizational health and scaling best practices.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with management responsibilities
