Senior Software Engineer, C++ Vehicle Experience

Job overview

The Senior Software Engineer, C++ Vehicle Experience role is onsite in Foster City, CA. Annual salary is $235,000–$285,000. Zoox is developing an autonomous vehicle fleet and mobility-as-a-service ecosystem; this role supports its Vehicle Experience team. The engineer builds and optimizes software that manages ride states and coordinates rider-facing vehicle features. The work integrates vehicle systems and cloud services to improve mission handling, personalization, situational awareness, performance, reliability, and quality.

What you'll do

• Design and implement real-time C++ software for autonomous vehicle ride states, passenger interactions, and vehicle control interfaces on embedded Linux. Integrate software components that process vehicle sensor and system data, with error handling and failsafe mechanisms. Analyze performance metrics and telemetry
• collaborate with vehicle software, cloud, product, program management, UX, quality assurance, and feature integration teams.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior software engineer

c++

vehicle experience

foster city ca

zoox

autonomous vehicles

embedded linux

real-time systems

vehicle software

full-time

$235,000–$285,000/year

8+ years experience

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Works on highly visible in-vehicle features, including ride-state management, audio, lighting, vehicle controls, and infotainment tablets; may lead two to three engineers in feature delivery.

About the employer

Zoox is hiring for this role. Industry: All Other Transportation Equipment Manufacturing. Sector: 33.