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Machine Learning Engineer - Semantic Reasoning (Highway)

Zoox
Foster City, CAfull_timePosted 29 May 2026

About the role

The Scene Understanding Semantic Reasoning team at Zoox builds the high-performance reasoning engines that allow our autonomous vehicles to navigate complex driving environments and high-speed roads. We translate sensor data and detected objects into deep semantic understanding, ensuring our robots make human-level decisions in real-time. We are seeking experienced engineers passionate about the intersection of robotics and cutting-edge AI. In this role, you will focus on critical initiatives alongside partner Perception and motion planning teams to develop production-grade multi-task transformers, and integrate cutting-edge Vision Language Action (VLA) model outputs to build comprehensive spatial representations for our fleet. You will tackle the inherent unpredictability of urban driving on highways & freeways to improve range and accuracy, ensuring our vehicles remain safe and resilient at all times.

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