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Senior / Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Scene Intelligence

Zoox · Hybrid

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Last seen by MeritLog September 10, 2026Source: LeverSource version: lever-postings-v1

MeritLog read this listing from Zoox's Lever job board and last checked it on September 10, 2026.

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Job details

Work model
Hybrid
Salary
$199,000 - $305,000
Location
Foster City, CA; Boston, MA

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How this role compares at Zoox

Zoox has 245 live roles in MeritLog’s catalog across 11 job families, and 46 of them are in data & analytics. 230 of those listings publish a pay range, a disclosure rate of 94%.

This role's posted range of $199,000 - $305,000 sits above 73% of the 223 other Zoox roles quoted over the same currency and period.

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Job description

The Perception team at Zoox creates the "eyes and ears" of our self-driving robots. Navigating safely and efficiently in complex environments requires detecting, classifying, tracking, and understanding various attributes of surrounding objects-all in real-time and with exceptional accuracy. As an engineer in the Scene Understanding team, you will develop advancedVision-Language-Action (VLA) models that perceive our vehicle's surroundings to identify hazards and make driving suggestions. You will utilize VLA models for detecting rare events and ensuring safe driving in these situations. You'll work with state-of-the-art machine learning models that operate in real-time on our robotaxi platform with minimal latency. Collaborating with world-class engineers and researchers across sensors, planning, and other teams, you'll have access to premium sensor data and cutting-edge infrastructure to validate your algorithms in real-world conditions.

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