Zoox is seeking a Senior/Staff Software Systems Architect to gather, interpret, and present data that supports architecture decisions for their autonomous driving platform, ensuring robust, scalable, and efficient solutions grounded in clear, data-backed insights.
Requirements
- Proven expertise in profiling and analyzing power and performance.
- Experience designing and validating fail-operational, fault-tolerant systems using real-world failure and performance data.
- Ability to identify bottlenecks, inefficiencies, power optimizations, and scaling risks, and collaborate cross-functionally to optimize system reliability and efficiency.
- Experience in Linux environments with hands-on experience using GPU profiling and monitoring tools, including DCGM, NVTX, and Nsight.
- Experience with Databricks, Looker, and Grafana for gathering analytics and dashboarding.
- Experience with systems or SW development for an autonomous vehicle company.
Responsibilities
- Lead analytics-driven architectural evaluations across compute, networking, and software.
- Apply analytical tools to logs and real-time data from simulation and test environments to validate architectural changes for power efficiency and performance.
- Identify and resolve inefficiencies and scalability risks, ensuring smooth progression from prototype to large-scale deployments (hundreds to thousands of vehicles).
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams—including service owners, safety, hardware, and infrastructure—to ensure reliability, fault tolerance, and efficient operation under real-world constraints.
- Deliver clear, data-backed recommendations to stakeholders, enabling informed system design and long-term architectural planning.
- Analyze power and performance measurements, assess service and operational efficiency, and identify solutions to potential integration bottlenecks or failure risks.
- Play a key role in profiling system performance, assessing operational efficiency, and identifying bottlenecks or failure risks across compute and service layers.
Other
- 10+ years’ experience in systems architecture or system design, with a strong background in software, hardware, or embedded systems.
- Strong communicator, able to translate complex technical insights into clear recommendations for both technical and non-technical audiences.
