Shipping the software that powers Zoox's revolutionary autonomous vehicles is an extremely challenging job. As a Software Engineer on the Robotics Middleware team, you will be pivotal in designing and developing the middleware framework for our autonomous vehicle software stack.
Requirements
- Strong proficiency in modernC++ (C++14/17)
- Strong background in developing scalable, distributed applications in Linux and the Nvidia Drive platform
- Experience with GPU/CUDA programming
- Experience with robotics frameworks/middleware (e.g., ROS/ROS2)
- Experience with different processor architectures (e.g., X86, ARM)
- Experience with AI-assisted coding tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code)
- Proven experience in high-performance, distributed, and resource-constrained software systems
Responsibilities
- Contribute to the technical direction and architecture of our robotics middleware platform and the runtime control system
- Develop and maintain platform-agnostic middleware components, including Robot state machine, software interfaces, task schedulers, data transport layers, diagnostic reporting, and message interfaces
- Participate in design reviews and code reviews to maintain high code quality and share knowledge
- Collaborate extensively with software teams across the organization to ensure the middleware meets all technical requirements
- Participate in technical forums, contribute to technical documentation, and adhere to established best practices
- seeking opportunities to make our software and engineering teams more efficient and productive
- contributing to performance optimization and ensuring efficient, modular, and maintainable code
Other
- 3+ years of professional software development experience
- This position requires strong teamwork to collaborate on technical decisions, foster cross-functional partnerships, and uphold engineering best practices.
- Your excellence in technical communication, paired with your ability to balance technical precision with practical delivery, will ensure impactful outcomes across Zoox's software organization.
