Validation Test Engineer, Test Set Curation

Zoox · Foster City, CA

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.

In this role, you will:

  • 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
  • Qualifications

  • 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
  • Bonus Qualifications

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