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Senior/Staff Software Systems Engineer - Software Health and Complexity
Zoox · Foster City, CA · Hybrid · Active · $208,000–$300,000 / year · Lever
Job facts
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Company | Zoox |
| Title | Senior/Staff Software Systems Engineer - Software Health and Complexity |
| Normalized title | - |
| Department / team | Software / Software Systems |
| Location | Foster City, CA, United States |
| Work model | Hybrid / Hybrid |
| Employment type | Full Time |
| Salary | $208,000–$300,000 / year |
| Status | active |
| ATS provider | Lever |
| Posted / first seen | 2026-06-10 / 2026-06-11 |
| Changed / last seen | 2026-06-11 / 2026-06-23 |
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| Company | Zoox |
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| ATS provider | Lever |
Description
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 design and implement methodologies, tools, and processes for safety-critical software that will revolutionize transportation in the 21st century. Borrowing principles from avionics, automotive, and other safety-critical industries, you will work with software engineers throughout the Zoox software org, ranging from state-of-the-art AI Autonomy software, all the way to highly-critical RTOS and middleware components.
About Zoox
Zoox is developing the first ground-up, fully autonomous vehicle fleet and the supporting ecosystem required to bring this technology to market. Sitting at the intersection of robotics, machine learning, and design, Zoox aims to provide the next generation of mobility-as-a-service in urban environments. We’re looking for top talent that shares our passion and wants to be part of a fast-moving and highly execution-oriented team.
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Accommodations
If you need an accommodation to participate in the application or interview process please reach out to [email protected] or your assigned recruiter.
A Final Note:
You do not need to match every listed expectation to apply for this position. Here at Zoox, we know that diverse perspectives foster the innovation we need to be successful, and we are committed to building a team that encompasses a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and skills.
In this role, you will:
Develop and employ formal languages and models to describe intended software/system behaviors.
Leverage third-party or build in-house tools to generate formal design and validation tests.
Implement and integrate tools to verify that software/systems behave as intended.
Integrate analysis and verification into existing processes, workflows, tools, and other infrastructure.
Lead various systems engineering activities that are essential for a successful launch of safety-critical software on a self-driving vehicle.
Qualifications:
Advanced degree (MS or PhD) in computer science, electrical engineering, robotics, aerospace, or related fields and 7+ years of experience.
Strong problem-solving, leadership, and mentoring skills in a fast-paced, safety-focused environment.
Strong formal methods background with good understanding of logic, formal languages, automata theory, and model checking
Experience applying modeling and analysis techniques to software systems.
Strong programming skills in Python and C++ in real-time safety-critical applications and programming language fundamentals, object-oriented programming, memory management, performance, etc.
Bonus Qualifications:
Contributed to formal methods research and/or implementations.
Shipped software products to market in production automobiles, aircraft, spacecraft, or other systems that require safety-critical software in embedded hardware.
Experience with standards such as DO178, ISO26262, SPICE or ASPICE, ISO12207, IEC61508, EN50128, etc.
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| Title | Senior/Staff Software Systems Engineer - Software Health and Complexity |
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| Status | active |
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| Location Text | Foster City, CA |
| Department | Software |
| Team | Software Systems |
| Employment Type | Full-time |
| Workplace Type | hybrid |
| Remote Policy | hybrid |
| Country | United States |
| Region | CA |
| City | Foster City |
| Salary Raw | USD 208000-300000 per-year-salary |
| Salary Min | 208,000 |
| Salary Max | 300,000 |
| Salary Currency | USD |
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| Source URL | https://jobs.lever.co/zoox/8e29ed0e-8cce-42e8-8784-79dfbd1660c8 |
| Apply URL | https://jobs.lever.co/zoox/8e29ed0e-8cce-42e8-8784-79dfbd1660c8/apply |
| First Seen At | 2026-06-11 07:56:10Z |
| Last Seen At | 2026-06-23 07:56:06Z |
| Last Checked At | 2026-06-23 07:56:06Z |
| Last Changed At | 2026-06-11 07:56:10Z |
| Inactive At | — |
| Source Posted At | 2026-06-10 21:27:09Z |
| Source Updated At | — |
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