Senior Embedded Middleware & Automation Engineer

Zoox
Foster City, US
On-site

Who this role is best for

Aimed at senior embedded software leaders who specialize in automotive control units and thrive in collaborative, in-house development environments.

Best fit for

  • Experienced managers who can build and mentor embedded software teams from scratch.
    — “responsible for hiring, mentoring, and growing a team
  • Technical leaders with expertise in deterministic, high-performance embedded systems.
    — “enabling deterministic, high-performance behavior in resource-constrained
  • Professionals comfortable with the safety-critical demands of autonomous vehicle ECUs.
    — “safety-critical electronic control units (ECUs)

Things to consider

  • Role requires deep involvement in both software development and validation processes.
    — “embedded software developers and validation engineers
  • Systems must meet fleet-scale deployment demands with high availability.
    — “rigorous demands of fleet-scale deployment

How to stand out

  • Demonstrate experience optimizing embedded systems for autonomous mobility at scale.
    — “optimized for the unique challenges of autonomous mobility at scale
  • Highlight leadership in delivering updatable and secure automotive control units.
    — “deliver stable, high-performance, updatable, and secure automotive control units
  • Showcase past success in collaborative, fast-moving embedded software environments.
    — “fast-moving, collaborative environment
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Senior

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What success looks like

  • deliver stable, high-performance automotive control units
  • mentor and grow a team of embedded software developers
Typical background
experience in automotive or aerospace industrybackground in embedded systems and control units

Skills & requirements

Required

Embedded SystemsAutomationECU DevelopmentTeam Management

Preferred

Audio SystemsConnectivity Systems

About the role

Original posting from Zoox via Lever

As the Connectivity and Audio Manager at Zoox, you will lead efforts to deliver stable, high-performance, updatable, and secure automotive control units, primarily focused on audio and connectivity systems. You’ll play a key role in a fast-moving, collaborative environment, where the embedded software team is central to building Zoox’s ground-up autonomous vehicle platform. With many components designed and developed in-house, including custom software stacks, your team will be instrumental in delivering systems that meet both the rigorous demands of fleet-scale deployment and evolving customer expectations.

In this role, you will be responsible for hiring, mentoring, and growing a team of embedded software developers and validation engineers. Your focus will be on enabling deterministic, high-performance behavior in resource-constrained, safety-critical electronic control units (ECUs). These systems must be robust, highly available, and optimized for the unique challenges of autonomous mobility at scale.

Source: Zoox careers (Lever)

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