Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer – Perception

Job overview

The Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer – Perception role is onsite in Boston, MA, with a base salary range of $277,000–$389,000 per year. The role supports Zoox’s Perception team, which uses sensor data to understand complex and dynamic driving environments. Zoox is developing a fully autonomous vehicle fleet and its supporting ecosystem. The engineer leads machine-learning algorithm development across autonomy and validation, helping shape technical direction across teams. The work contributes to scene understanding and the broader autonomous-driving problem through algorithm development, model building, validation improvements, and technical mentorship.

What you'll do

• Develop algorithms to understand scenes around the robot and how they evolve
• build multimodal foundation models for on-vehicle and offline applications
• develop generative AI algorithms for simulation to improve offline validation realism
• use large-scale machine-learning infrastructure to discover solutions
• mentor ML developers
• collaborate with Prediction, Planning, and Simulation engineers on autonomous driving in complex urban environments.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior staff machine learning engineer

perception

boston ma

zoox

autonomous vehicles

machine learning

computer vision

sensor data

deep learning

c++

python

$277k–$389k/year

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Paid time off, unpaid time off, Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights, Amazon RSUs, health insurance, long-term care insurance, disability insurance, and life insurance.

Why this role

Cross-team technical leadership; work may influence onboard and offboard autonomy, validation, company milestones, and exploratory projects. Compensation may also include RSUs, Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights, and a possible sign-on bonus.

About the employer

Zoox is hiring for this role. Industry: Engineering Services. Sector: 54.