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Director, Perception

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zoox logoZoox · Foster City, CA
Full-timeHybrid8mo ago
ClassificationLeadershipMachine LearningRobotics
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Requirements

  • Strong understanding of computer vision systems and AI software stacks.
  • 8+ years of extensive leadership experience, leading teams of 40+
  • 10+ years of experience in computer vision, machine learning and related technologies.
  • Strong leadership skills suitable for recruiting, leading, growing, and managing technical team members in solving a challenging problem, and building a critical component of a real-time system.
  • Recent experience in implementing vision & perception algorithms.
  • Expertise in implementing autonomy solutions and deploying real-world systems.
  • Experience with recent AI approaches including E2E models for perception, transformers and sparse networks.
  • Experience with sensor fusion and uncertainty modeling across multiple modalities.
  • Strong presentation and communication skills.
  • MSc or PhD in Robotics, Computer Science or related fields.

Additional Information

We're reinventing personal transportation-making the future safer, cleaner, and more enjoyable. We've created our vehicle specifically for dense, complicated urban environments. Zoox is the only driving vehicle on the market with bidirectional driving capabilities and four-wheel steering, allowing us to maneuver through compact spaces and change directions without the need to reverse. The future is for riders! Our growing software engineering leadership team is searching for a Director of Perception. Our perception stack is responsible for building Zoox's world-class 3D environment model from multi-modal sensor data. We create novel AI architectures that combine the latest academic results with many in-house innovations in creative ways. Our algorithms are relentlessly optimized and tuned to run efficiently and effectively on a wide variety of real-life data as well as in simulation. You will be responsible for leading high-impact Perception teams with their technical roadmap and milestone goals. You will be closely collaborating with other AI and SW leaders, simulation, and our systems design and mission assurance teams to deliver an exceptional dynamic objects perception system encompassing modalities such as vision, lidar, radar and long-wave IR across pipelines such as segmentation, detection, classification, fusion and tracking. You will lead a diverse, experienced team with a rapidly growing scope and responsibility while also working on some of the most complex problems in artificial intelligence, perception, and sensor fusion. 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. Follow us on LinkedIn Accommodations If you need an accommodation to participate in the application or interview process please reach out to accommodations@zoox.com 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.


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