Zoox
Zoox29d ago
USD 192000–275000/yr

Senior Software Systems Engineer - Middleware & Diagnostics

United StatesFoster CityFull-timesenior
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This is an opportunity to join the Software Systems Engineering team to participate in building the Zoox robotaxi, the first in the world to operate on public roads.

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This is an opportunity to join the Software Systems Engineering team to participate in building the Zoox robotaxi, the first in the world to operate on public roads. The Software Systems Engineering team is responsible for defining SW development processes and ensuring that all safety-critical software meets a high safety bar for production vehicles.
 
In this role, you will help introduce and drive the adoption of software development best practices across middleware components, including requirements, architectural design, code quality, and testing strategy; contributing to defining diagnostics strategies and appropriate system reactions to ensure robust, safe, and maintainable operation.
  • Act as a cross-functional bridge between middleware developers, and safety teams to ensure aligned design decisions and requirements.
  • Develop and maintain a holistic architectural view of the middleware stack, including dependencies, interfaces and potential failure paths, for various compute platforms.
  • Help evolve and strengthen the middleware and diagnostics architecture by identifying improvement opportunities such as decoupling interdependent components, designing appropriate fault reactions, etc.
  • Define and implement component and system level diagnostics strategy, including fault detection, reporting, logging and traceability.
  • Analyze fault propagation scenarios across components and help design mitigations that improve system availability and safety.
  • Generate and track fault metrics on a regular cadence.
  • B.S./M.S./PhD in Engineering, Physics or relevant field and 7+ years of experience
  • Strong experience in middleware, ideally in embedded or distributed systems
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to translate architectural and safety considerations into actionable engineering requirements
  • Demonstrated ability to apply software engineering best practices
  • Experience working in cross-functional environments involving platform, safety and software teams
  • Hands on experience with design and implementation of diagnostic systems such as health monitoring, fault reduction or logging frameworks
  • C++, MATLAB, Python
  • Experience on Safety-Critical Systems
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    Posted
    March 26, 2026
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    March 27, 2026
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    April 24, 2026

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    Zoox, a subsidiary of Amazon, designs fully autonomous vehicles focusing on making urban transportation safer and more efficient.

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    Founded
    2014
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    zoox.com
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    ZooxSenior Software Systems Engineer - Middleware & DiagnosticsUSD 192000–275000